Man, Mumbai’s bomb blast made each of us angry. Why can’t we stop such acts happening again and again? Mumbai’s 7/11 could have been averted if the police and intelligence people hadn’t failed to crack the arms seizure. Those guys just claimed the success and forgot every thing. I don’t know why police and government have such adhoc concern towards terrorism when the whole country is suffering from it. What saddens me is that I heard at least filmi guys taking local trains next day to show support to the common man but not about any MP or MLAs.
Resilience and Courage
I remember the last year july26 rainfall, when the mumbaikars showed their resilience, their camaraderie and their binding for the city and its people by giving helping hand, when needed the most. Rich, poor, labourers, students and every one on the street, took care of unknown, showing directions, distributing food and whatever one could do. Those gestures touched every one in the city, but I also had a few colleagues ( from delhi) who though had witnessed the wrath but were adamant that only poor people come to help as they don’t have much to loose. Now a year later, when the blasts occurred in Mumbai on 7/11, mumbaikars showed their courage and resilience once again and came out in full support for fellow mumbaikar at time that counted most. This time my new colleagues from delhi were flattered at the courage of mumbaikars. One of them said “people talk and communicate a lot in delhi, but nothing like this happens in such kind of situation”. I loved everyone’s appreciation for the people of Mumbai and was smirking at those Raspberry people who maligned the city by awarding ‘the rudest city in the world’; those guys will always remember courage and camaraderiship of mumbiakars as sh*t on their face.
Normalcy- need or compulsion
Everyone asks how come Mumbai gets back normal so early; well, there are several raison d'être to it. Mumbai is the business hub and the financial capital of the nation. It generates billions of rupees and dollars of business every day. If Mumbai is shut down for one working day, it leads to loss of billions of rupees which both the government and corporates don’t want to loose. Mumbai’s economic strength has become its compulsion, the compulsion to continue no matter what happens. But there is another aspect too. Mumbai may look glamorous and rich to outsiders but in reality is made largely of labourers who contribute to the mumbai’s economic strength. Earning livelihood is a compulsion for such people and it is this compulsion which forces people to return back normal so soon. It this economic strength that terrorist like to target and it’s the need for normalcy that politicians take for granted.
Myopic Concerns
News channels can never stop amusing you even if it is a moment of grave concern. They gotta do something to make you bang your face on the wall. Instead of covering hidden angels to the 7/11 blasts they were out to the Janta with some really thought provoking analysis – what was the astrological pronouncement, what was the numerological significance to the day and event. Not leaving behind was one news channel that broadcasted ‘blasts and the bollywood’ to make our day. Thankfully, there was no karan johar explaining the relation between his new movie to blasts.
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