The all India cartoon show

Not that we did not know of it already but this incident has revealed the utter insensitivity of the people who rule our country. A woman loses her husband and they want to placate her with One Crore rupees? A man loses his son and they let their stupid insignificant ego say that not a dog would visit their ancestral family home? Citizens mourn the loss of their innocent loved ones and they say that women in lipsticks should not have any say? Can they stoop lower than this? Can they show any more signs of lack of basic human emotion and understanding?

If the ghastly terrorist attack was not enough, the so-called care-takers of our country, have made the atmosphere completely unbearable and bitter for me. At a time when I see people waking up around me to go to work / party / school / etc and instead get shot down by an incomprehensible species for absolutely no fault of theirs, a species that seems to be targeting anyone and everyone in their fight for a cause that most of us fail to understand, a species that is using religion brazenly as an excuse to make a complete mockery of any normal sense of mutual co-existence. Wasn’t religion supposed to be a code of conduct and principles to lead our lives harmoniously and with as less problems as possible? Whoever said this code of conduct was supposed to become an entry into a global competition where participant parties could any which way possible to make sure their contestant wins? Well, if the intention was this then this Miss / Mister Best Religion of the Universe has become too gruesome a competition to be played by civilized human beings now. And mind you this is one forceful contest. So forceful that now people from the same religion have started bombing each other and when caught, they cook filthy allegations against people trying to stop them (read ATS chief, who by the way, later lost his life in the Mumbai incident) and use every possible deplorable tactic to win. Let us put a break on it before it usurps the very mortals who were hypnotized by it into going crazy. We do not want to see any more of our people die for no reason or for foolish reason.

The so called intelligent media of our country hasn’t really lived up to any expectations either. Whoever said the responsibility of media is to report facts should sample out any news channel on Indian television right now for a rapid reality check. Before any expert committee or panel could be set up to discover the culprits, reasons, loopholes or logistics behind the attacks, our beloved Barkha Dutt and Pranoy Roy are all over the gaff already. So now these journalists are suddenly telling us what we should do / how we should react instead of telling us what actually happened. For that they obviously have their own cock and bull story.

The one satisfactory development is that people still seem to be talking about it and the much abused Mumbai spirit has thankfully had it away on its tows. But the cynical me says that just like the Jessica Lal or the Parliament case, nothing much will be done again and people will obviously have to go out to fend for themselves and get killed in the bargain. The British, when divided and ruled our country decades back did not know that they are setting a legacy. India, today is hopelessly divided in to two sets of people and one of them is the one that will vote for money, food, cloth and even alcohol. This is not to say that the other is particularly celestial or gifted – they will lift up their hands and say “What goes of our father.” Whenever you ask them about the country. But both the sets do not really want to have anything to do with the other or at least the latter doesn’t and the former has to accept this. And so the seasoned old politician divides. And rules. And we collectively stay right where we are. Need I say more?