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The not-so-old terror attack on Mumbai is the threshold limit of tolerance and forbearance of a nation. And clichéd as it sounds, "history repeats itself", perhaps rings truer and louder than any other adage in our times here in our nation of India. The strangulation has returned once again, and the moment to begin re-discovery and re-unification begins again. A new struggle starts. That struggle what yesterday was the struggle against the British oppression is today the struggle against our own men - our selfish men, to be precise - those politicians who sleep well, who eat well and are protected by z-class security. It's time we rise against them in reality rather than simply sit in our drawing rooms and crib about them. Its time we wipe our tears ourselves than depend on them to do it. It's time we agree for once that we were wrong for choosing wrong people as kings, queens, jacks and aces of our nation. It's time to introspect our own power.
But some questions persist. Are we ready to participate in the struggle - the struggle to eliminate politicians and find some real leaders? Are we ready to sacrifice our dreams, careers and well-being? Can we, a group of billion lambs, get united to fight a bunch of few hundred wolves and dogs? Can we defy rules en-masse? Can we make noise and yet be peaceful in our protest? Can we make a difference for our security? If there is an appropriate time to answer these questions, it is but now.
I recount Jawaharlal Nehru's words on the midnight of freedom - "A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity." And as I said earlier, "history repeats", it is here where I tell my fellow Indians the same thing in context of today's time - "This is one rare moment which has come to step out from old to new, to end an age, and when the suppressed soul of our nation has found an utterance.
It is this moment where we can take pledge of dedication to serve our nation, her people and the whole humanity." Brothers and sisters of my India, I ask you - Are you going to lose this rare moment and this opportunity to genuinely make a difference?
Raise my friends! Let us make a beginning. We may not have guns, but we can fight. We may not have ammunition, but we have action. Let us act. Let us do some pro-active things. As youth, we can do a lot. Let's us write to the president, the prime minister and all those at posts of authority millions of letters every month. Let us ask them to respond clearly without words the actions they have taken to safeguard our nation and our people by submitting monthly reports. Let us have mass gatherings at the residences of chief ministers of respective states and ask them what they have done that month/week.
Let us ask them how many 'foreign trips' they have taken, how many promised benefits have been delivered. Snub them if they deserve it. Kudos to those who threw politicians outside their houses, to those who refused to accepted their honey-dipped words that hid malicious intents.
A word to media houses: Media houses, you can make the single-most biggest difference. Invite public to write to you their causes/proposals of protests, etc. I would like to request media houses to carry out a week-long ban on politicians. I'd like a united ban on telecast/print of any news related to any politician or any of the hooliganism that their parties involve in. Make them realize that without media houses their message cannot easily reach people. Punish them media houses.
When Shobha De declared 'Enough is Enough', help us give momentum to that campaign. Please expose politicians Media Houses. Please rise above petty profit and TRP trap.
It's time to give a new azaadi to Bharat. The idea is not to fight terror. It's not the job of us common people. But it is our job to safeguard ourselves. Its time to make noise whenever anyone cheats you and that means anyone. Be it the havaldar, the corrupt bureaucrat or the PM. And for God's sake, let us the common men get united. Let us forget our differences of Hindu-Muslim-Christian, North-Indian and South Indian, Maharashtrian and Bihari, Brahmin and Dalit, etc. The more brittle we remain, the more the hammers of politicians will try to crack us and to break us.
There's a lot more to think about and even more to do. Let me stop here as this is the initial outburst but definitely a genuine outburst like most of us Indians. The pounding of my heart as I put this down is the WAR CRY I yearn for. I reiterate - RAISE, brothers and sisters. Let the new struggle begin.
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URBANEYE
TO,
THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA
RESPECTED SIR,
I would like to take the oppurtunity of IBNLive initiative to directly post you my feelings.
Sir,todays situation of India has become worse than ever due to negligence of our politicians towards the citizens.The citizens are angry and are not feeling secured under our political system.The faith on our politicians have vanished and India wants answers for their sufferings.Their have been several attacks on our important metropolitan cities in the current year...it is not only mumbai...so now people have united and they would like to raise their concerns directly to the government.
The government has croosed the line of negligence and now they are answerable to the people but they are just politicising the issue.So people have enough of this and they want some direct action so that noboddy dares to do such things in future.The government is not at all concerned with the problems of the people...they just want to achieve their political interests.The frustration of the citizens are very much visible and this anger will only reduce when they will see that the government is doing something for their social security and punishing the people behind this inhuman acts.
If the government does not take this stride of the citizens seriously then they can face a new freedom struggle of india.
Sincerely Your's
Abhishek Dasgupta
Student ...
Posted by rohanarsenal
lets put our individualities down...
i'm utterly shocked by the mumbai terror scenes...
this rubbish thing is growing up like another religion called TERRORISM...
whch is still being nourished like growing plant by our SHAMELESS POLITCISED POLITICIANS,
who hav climbed the steps of the parliament though not having the required capabilities...
who r yet to dare it n put a step outside their big bungallows to lend a hand to the sufferers
during the course of 3-day long MUMBAI TERROR ATTACK...n the cause for that process is nothing
but is this STUPID COMMON MAN,for electing those STUPIDS...having in mind dat its gettin brutal day by day...
the below r history...
2004 aug-assam
2005 oct-delhi
2006 mar-varanasi
2006 jul-mumbai
2006 sep-mumbai
2007 feb-samj.exp
2007 may-hyderabad
2007 aug-hyderabad
2008 may-jaipur
2008 jul-NAMMA BENGALURU
2008 jul-ahmedabad
2008 sep-delhi
2008 sep-gujarat
2008 oct-manipur
2008 oct-assam
2008 nov-mumbai
still hw many v need...?
lets stand up for the cause of "NATION ABOVE EVERYTHING"
n 'll protect the dearest MOTHERLAND...otherwise this'll become a host nation of TERRORISM
like PAKISTAN...whch is going to witness a 4.5kg AK-47 in the hands of school going children of the NEXT GENERATION...
let's join our hands together to curb infiltrations,and henceforth TERRORISM...n let's show the world wat v r...
lets stand up... ...
Posted by darshangulur
An eye opener article.Whatever written its all correct.For changing a system we need to be in system.I dont understand why people blame politician,infact its our fault.Because we choose them as our CM,PM and President.After such a huge attack,they are asking for each others resignations,i mean its all nonsense going on.And i think giving Condolences can be good publicity.Thats all our celebraties generaly do. ...
Posted by jyotibangare
Good article.!!
Pls change the system and reform in required in India
-Election process
-Currency note replace by card like Singapore
-All politicians money be seized
-Main source is corruption starts from politicins,govt and goes to all
-Have a common law to all people and strickt enforcement
-Keep the qualified, capable minister with only track rocord only allowed.
-Scrap all IAS, Babus ,political system
-Follow the US democracy
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Posted by hrsmrg
Our lives have always been ruled over by tyrannical government.. I believe.. there has never been a democracy.. a true one. Millions of hearts are weeping after this attack. We are ready to start a new freedom struggle against our own men and their selfish motives. We can't make them come out of their self love. We are here for ourselves.. We do not need the "great favors" of our politicians.. Let us invigorate ourselves and move towards a brighter future by joining this thread and let us show to the world that we are invulnerable.. ...
Posted by rameshwarirao
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