Every Indian blogger is going to or is already blogging about the tragic scenes in Mumbai. There is enough said and there are enough opinions fluttering around for me to add another. The government is being criticized, the terrorists are being feared even more, the people are uniting under the umbrella of devastation and everyone is wondering what the hell can we do to stop these bastards?
It's scary how a person can be convinced to kill, brutally. Obviously, that person has a strong conviction that what he is doing is the right thing. "Revenge is right." "It's for the greater good. Right?" WRONG. I just wonder what echos in their heads. Are these terrorists freaks? Are they brainwashed? Are they working for money? Are their families being held ransom? What the hell is driving them to do such crazy, mindless things? I'm a human too. I know what it feels like to feel anger, hatred, love and the other countless emotions. Yes, I've been brought up in a good household and have been provided with all the "luxuries" of life. But how much shit can they have gone through, and how much have they been brainwashed to kill? They mindlessly murder and enjoy the success - it's sickening.
Human capacity is at times, unbelievable, especially when the world gets a devastating reminder. Be it 9/11, the London bombings or the countless attacks in India, it is beyond me how someone can live with themselves after killing. I'm naive, unexposed, unharmed - no doubt and I'm glad. I guess it's beyond me to truly understand what it takes to kill and what goes on behind it. I'm glad that I'm not going to kill.
But what do we do about these killers? Hunt them down and kill them? Slightly hypocritical? So, we should NOT kill them? But, how can we live with that? "Kill them bastards!" Right? Should we take things into our own hands? Or no wait, let the goverment handle it, right? But the government sucks balls, what can they really do about it?
We naive, helpless, almost insignificant people light candles, pray, get worried, console those that have lost, get upset, change our status on FaceBook showing that we are praying. But, how much of this praying and lighting candles is going to actually make a difference? Yes, it might lift the ones that have been hurt, but is it going to stop them from getting hurt again?
So, what should we do? Join the army? Start our own armed anti-terrorist organization? Vote? Oh some would say we should do small things to make a small difference and the small differences will eventually sum up to become something bigger. It's all easily said and done, but how big is this "bigger thing"?
I'm not being a skeptic nor am I trying to prove a point. Honestly, I don't have a purpose behind this post. I don't even want this to make sense to you. It's just something that's spinning in my head. I want to throw it out there and see who my mind resonates with.
P.S. It's a mad world. Listen to: Gary Jules - Mad World
1 comment:
Ah, Anish, but this post does make a lot of sense. You have clearly brought forward all the important questions that I'm sure most Indians are thinking about, one being that voting seems to be the most any Indian can do to help change things, but when all the really awesome people are become doctors, lawyers, engineers, leaving the country etc. all we have left to vote for are a bunch of losers who ultimately are on top of the country, "administrating" the shit out of it.
So to pick one loser from a bunch of losers, seems to be quite a sad fate but really now, the only solution is for someone to give up his dream and become a politician, and do something good for this country - which ain't happening. And it's not like we don't have good potential leaders, we do, but then we have the rest of the population voting for the real assholes, so what chance do they have right?
Day before yesterday, during all the shit that was taking place, the leader of the opposition and the PM couldn't even take the same bloody flight and arrive together to show the public that there was still some unity and integrity left in India.
And as some people may have responded: "Man, that's some pretty fucked up shit."
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