Moonlit Sunshine

A line of unforeseen events have occurred, over the past few days, the impact of which has been disastrous, both physically as well as psychologically. People and their lives are taken for granted. The perfectly planned and executed terror attacks on Mumbai have managed to instill a sense of fear in the hearts of everyone, regardless of monetary status.


The fickle-mindedness of the politicians is not a surprise even at this point of time, when the entire nation is mourning the death of over a hundred people and the very few true Indians, the NSG commandos. The blame-game has begun. On one hand, there is Shiv Sena, unable to decide on whether or not to “hold a bandh” on Monday. On the other hand, we have people, who have conveniently chosen to resign from their offices, knowing for a fact that the elections are round the corner. We then have our very own CM, visiting the devastated Taj, accompanied by Ram Gopal Varma and Riteish Deshmukh. RGV was there to draw parallels of this disaster with the disaster of his horrendous films, perhaps. An earth-shattering issue as it seems, it has managed to accelerate the animosity between politicians on a personal level. Such things are bound to happen in big cities, a statement made so effortlessly by the Deputy CM, who probably should have tried showing a certain amount of political maturity, which is definitely expected from him, especially when the country is going through a crisis like this. Politicians stink. There will be a day when fingers will point at us, for having chosen such people to form the political system of our so-called “democratic” country.


Issues do not end there. In a country with the second largest population, it is a disgrace to see how our leaders still look for personal gains, even when the nation is going through hell. Expectations agglomerate and come crashing down. India is not as vulnerable as it seems. It is a democracy. The citizens are the culprits and the victims of such attacks. We were culprits, who regret sending such people to run our country and now, we are the ones victimized.



Politicians are busy passing the buck and here we are, suddenly realizing the importance of solidarity, secularism and patriotism. These words were unheard of for a really really long time. Do we need a “massive terror attack” to get us all together to pay heed to these terms? It’s not enough for us to expect our leaders to act. We should expect ourselves to be more concerned about what has been and is happening around us. It is hard to believe that we are all united and feel “patriotic”, only after such things happen to us. Patriotism is nothing to feel proud about. You are an Indian if you have it. You aren’t one, if you don’t.



It’s high time we put an end to the pointless blame-game and focus our attention towards the latent loopholes, that we have been oblivious to till date. India belongs to all of us. There is no way we can let her fall prey to insensitive terrorists and self-centered politicians. Together, we can scale unbelievable heights and take our nation to a new level, which no one would have ever imagined in the past. This’s not the end. It is just the beginning. It’s never too late, is it?

JAI HIND.