Ahmadabad hit by 17 blast!!!
18 bombs failed to blow in Surat..
Another live bomb found..!
Mumbai Attack - Terrorist strike at heart!!
I switched off the laptop. Put on my Ipod and and started humming away 'Kabhi kabhi Aditi.." A friend came home and we started our regular round of jokes, having food watching something on laptop. Someone mentioned the bombings. The moment silence was broken by loud chewing of food by rather bulky roomie. Someone mentioned Bachhan's tour of US leading to, as all discussions go, an animated discussion on how Himesh Reshamiya is arguably the most happening singer in the country. After having food, talking to parents I retired for the day. Today, the boaster of the soundest sleep in any conditions found the air conditoning to be less than perfect, bed bit dusty. It took me few minutes more than longer to sleep.
Kaise koi muskuraye. Kaise hasde Khush hoke..
Kaise koi soch le –
Everything's gonna be ok..
Remember the feeling when you are terribly hungry and are feeling terribly irky. With slightest of provocations you snap. Isn't that feeling accompanied by the knowledge that you just need to satiate yourself with some food? Remember that feeling when you are eating the lousiest piece of bread and you desperately need a liquid to help you gulp down a rather unyielding morsel. Don't your arms unknowingly look around by themselves for a sec before you fetch water? What if they never arrive?
The reaction to such horrendous acts has changed over the period of time. The usual barbs at the failure of government and politicians have been accompanied with varied reactions. The skeptics have questioned the motives and have laid suspicions on political motives. Few suggest extreme steps against such agencies of corruption while others have tired of being leeched dry the development efforts, have resigned to the fact that this barbarism will never end. These point of views have been felt, heard and even endorsed by us at length for me to dwell much on it. This continuous harbingers of terror have prompted various interesting opinions. Then there have been few like this colleague of mine, who have been used philosophy to tranquilize their insecurities. The movie which has everyone raving "The Dark Knight" has a tagline- Can you fight evil without being a part of it?
This school of thought seeks to find solutions to this perennial despair, within us. Classical society demanded the individuals who draw from it also work towards building it. Each action, activity or decision taken is completely for personal gain. It questions the efforts we are making at individual level to conserve the resources that world is short of and thereby resulting in a fight for survival.
Then there are few who put their faith in technologically out witting them. "Cant we devise something that facilitates instant detection of bombs?" someone says with a plea in his voice. Another guy dismisses it and has a rather comical suggestion, "I suggest we should sell them bombs that we would be able to detect without mentioning in the brochure." Well, all I can say is that the guy was a Patel. "And perhaps sell the detecting equipments to the government." he adds thoughtfully. I guess times like this are always congenial to such humor. Another point of view, of course, is to forget the whole deal completely and move on as it never happened. Something my roomies have perfected, I think. The point these guys make is that media makes the situation worse and if we let the thing get to us we would only be encouraging what these people seek. "Don't bother. Its just not worth it." they say. Fair enough, but then again the realization that it could be our families next or the images in the news of a 10 year old child with blood on his body, crying desperately refuse to let the thing go by.
People may or may not voice their opinions aloud but the fact remains that every such incident takes away a bit of us. I do have a personal take on the whole affair though. I think its time to hold on-
Its time to hold on to the belief that there is enough good in the world to outdo the evil. To hold onto the conviction with which we watch movies that good will triumph in the end. It is best summarized by the words of certain Annelies Marie Frank more famously known as Anne Frank who lived for long enough through Nazi terror to feel far worse than we do now. "It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart." she says. We do have something that can never be taken away from us. Our friendship. Now such fairytale terms in light of dark tragedies do seem more suited to school kids but therein lies the key. I think best way to comfort ourselves and confront this issue is to remind us that this world has created wonderful set of people so we do have something to hold on to.
Morgan Freeman once famously said, "Hope is a good thing. Perhaps the best of things." Perhaps bit of all the approaches would be the perfect recipe to live through these era of human fascism. Don't mind if the chocolate bar is bitter. Just use technology to make it taste better. Make fun of its funny taste rather than complaining. And most importantly do not forget that there are many awesome chocolate bars in the world!
Kaise koi muskuraye. Kaise hasde Khush hoke..
Kaise koi soch le –
Everything's gonna be ok..
Remember the feeling when you are terribly hungry and are feeling terribly irky. With slightest of provocations you snap. Isn't that feeling accompanied by the knowledge that you just need to satiate yourself with some food? Remember that feeling when you are eating the lousiest piece of bread and you desperately need a liquid to help you gulp down a rather unyielding morsel. Don't your arms unknowingly look around by themselves for a sec before you fetch water? What if they never arrive?
The reaction to such horrendous acts has changed over the period of time. The usual barbs at the failure of government and politicians have been accompanied with varied reactions. The skeptics have questioned the motives and have laid suspicions on political motives. Few suggest extreme steps against such agencies of corruption while others have tired of being leeched dry the development efforts, have resigned to the fact that this barbarism will never end. These point of views have been felt, heard and even endorsed by us at length for me to dwell much on it. This continuous harbingers of terror have prompted various interesting opinions. Then there have been few like this colleague of mine, who have been used philosophy to tranquilize their insecurities. The movie which has everyone raving "The Dark Knight" has a tagline- Can you fight evil without being a part of it?
This school of thought seeks to find solutions to this perennial despair, within us. Classical society demanded the individuals who draw from it also work towards building it. Each action, activity or decision taken is completely for personal gain. It questions the efforts we are making at individual level to conserve the resources that world is short of and thereby resulting in a fight for survival.
Then there are few who put their faith in technologically out witting them. "Cant we devise something that facilitates instant detection of bombs?" someone says with a plea in his voice. Another guy dismisses it and has a rather comical suggestion, "I suggest we should sell them bombs that we would be able to detect without mentioning in the brochure." Well, all I can say is that the guy was a Patel. "And perhaps sell the detecting equipments to the government." he adds thoughtfully. I guess times like this are always congenial to such humor. Another point of view, of course, is to forget the whole deal completely and move on as it never happened. Something my roomies have perfected, I think. The point these guys make is that media makes the situation worse and if we let the thing get to us we would only be encouraging what these people seek. "Don't bother. Its just not worth it." they say. Fair enough, but then again the realization that it could be our families next or the images in the news of a 10 year old child with blood on his body, crying desperately refuse to let the thing go by.
People may or may not voice their opinions aloud but the fact remains that every such incident takes away a bit of us. I do have a personal take on the whole affair though. I think its time to hold on-
Its time to hold on to the belief that there is enough good in the world to outdo the evil. To hold onto the conviction with which we watch movies that good will triumph in the end. It is best summarized by the words of certain Annelies Marie Frank more famously known as Anne Frank who lived for long enough through Nazi terror to feel far worse than we do now. "It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart." she says. We do have something that can never be taken away from us. Our friendship. Now such fairytale terms in light of dark tragedies do seem more suited to school kids but therein lies the key. I think best way to comfort ourselves and confront this issue is to remind us that this world has created wonderful set of people so we do have something to hold on to.
Morgan Freeman once famously said, "Hope is a good thing. Perhaps the best of things." Perhaps bit of all the approaches would be the perfect recipe to live through these era of human fascism. Don't mind if the chocolate bar is bitter. Just use technology to make it taste better. Make fun of its funny taste rather than complaining. And most importantly do not forget that there are many awesome chocolate bars in the world!
