Who does this???
Thats been the question foremost on my mind since yesterday morning when I was woken up with the news that several bombs had been set off in Bombay. Those few seconds of terror when I didnt know what happened to my brother was quickly suppressed by my sis-in-law who informed me that he was fine and luckily had not yet left from work. He could have been on any of those trains back home, and since he travels in the first class compartment it could have been him instead of someone else's family member in the list of dead. It brought to me the fact that nothing in life is assured and sitting in my room watching NDTV all alone I suddenly realised how far away from the people I love I was, not one of my friends knew about this - not one!!!
The rest of this entry is going to be a rant against the media of this country, so people uninterested may tune out.
Last year a couple of shoe bombs took out a few buses in UK and the whole fucking world was told about it, continuously for a few days, non-stop whether we liked it or not. Not too many people died, but immediately the whole world knew about it. Yesterday the country was rocked by 14 bombs - YES 14 EXPLOSIVES. 6 in Kashmir, and 8 in Bombay and when I tuned into the news networks the only piece I managed to catch after 20 min was on Fox News, which focussed for 30 sec on the actual event and then did bits on Condi Rice and the 'Afghan' Ambassador to the US. AFGHAN??? WTF people, WTF??? Last I remember Afghanistan is not India, they asked him how this affects the war in Iraq??? What is wrong with the media in this country, when will they realise that the world is not the 'Fucking United States of America'. Every bloody thing is 'I...I...I or Me... Me... Me...', well let me answer some of the questions that she posed to the Afghan Ambassador.
How does it affect the war in Iraq - It doesn't, since the war in Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terrorism it has everything to do with OIL. Too bad Pakistan doesn't have oil, we would have been rid of that countries political powers long ago, though when I think about it Paks are already US lap-dogs so I'm reconsidering that statement, thank god it doesn't have oil (would have been one more bargaining point against India).
Do the people of Afghanistan feel bad about this terrorist act - ANY FUCKING PERSON WITH A HEART WILL FEEL BAD YOU STUPID BITCH!!! And you are asking a politician, whats he going to say - "No, India deserves what it gets. And Bombay especially since the readers digest said its the rudest metropolitan city in the world" (Oh and this by a magazine that promotes 'Global Warming' as being good for you).
After seeing this I turned off the TV, went and subscribed to NDTV online and watched what was happening back home, through the view of Indians and not self centered moronic American Journalists. And the rudest city in the World once again came together at a moment of tragedy and supported each other. When New Orleans went under water, people came out on the streets and looted and raped - when bombay last year went under water people came out on the streets and offered free raincoats and food. They opened their homes and made them into temporary shelters, no doubt they cried that the government didnt do a thing but they went ahead and did things on their own. There was no looting and no raping, no gun fights nothing. Women and children walked across the city to get to a dry spot and some food in the middle of the night. This year when the blasts occured, the first people to the site were the poorest people who live in shanties besides the tracks. They ran into the trains and pulled out people and tried their level best to help. This from the rudest city in the world, you know what I think. I think 'Readers Digest' is full of shit and they can take their shit and stuff it up their ass.
Unlike other cities in the world, Bombay is famous for its 'Sab Chalta Hain Attitude' and by god I am proud of it, for its what makes it the best city in the world. Already within a couple of hours of the explosions trains were functioning again, roads were opened to the public and the city came back to life. We have seen this kind of violence in the past, and we will see it again in the future but we will never let them win by becoming paranoid like the people in NY or London, for this is Mumbai Meri Jaan...
The rest of this entry is going to be a rant against the media of this country, so people uninterested may tune out.
Last year a couple of shoe bombs took out a few buses in UK and the whole fucking world was told about it, continuously for a few days, non-stop whether we liked it or not. Not too many people died, but immediately the whole world knew about it. Yesterday the country was rocked by 14 bombs - YES 14 EXPLOSIVES. 6 in Kashmir, and 8 in Bombay and when I tuned into the news networks the only piece I managed to catch after 20 min was on Fox News, which focussed for 30 sec on the actual event and then did bits on Condi Rice and the 'Afghan' Ambassador to the US. AFGHAN??? WTF people, WTF??? Last I remember Afghanistan is not India, they asked him how this affects the war in Iraq??? What is wrong with the media in this country, when will they realise that the world is not the 'Fucking United States of America'. Every bloody thing is 'I...I...I or Me... Me... Me...', well let me answer some of the questions that she posed to the Afghan Ambassador.
How does it affect the war in Iraq - It doesn't, since the war in Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terrorism it has everything to do with OIL. Too bad Pakistan doesn't have oil, we would have been rid of that countries political powers long ago, though when I think about it Paks are already US lap-dogs so I'm reconsidering that statement, thank god it doesn't have oil (would have been one more bargaining point against India).
Do the people of Afghanistan feel bad about this terrorist act - ANY FUCKING PERSON WITH A HEART WILL FEEL BAD YOU STUPID BITCH!!! And you are asking a politician, whats he going to say - "No, India deserves what it gets. And Bombay especially since the readers digest said its the rudest metropolitan city in the world" (Oh and this by a magazine that promotes 'Global Warming' as being good for you).
After seeing this I turned off the TV, went and subscribed to NDTV online and watched what was happening back home, through the view of Indians and not self centered moronic American Journalists. And the rudest city in the World once again came together at a moment of tragedy and supported each other. When New Orleans went under water, people came out on the streets and looted and raped - when bombay last year went under water people came out on the streets and offered free raincoats and food. They opened their homes and made them into temporary shelters, no doubt they cried that the government didnt do a thing but they went ahead and did things on their own. There was no looting and no raping, no gun fights nothing. Women and children walked across the city to get to a dry spot and some food in the middle of the night. This year when the blasts occured, the first people to the site were the poorest people who live in shanties besides the tracks. They ran into the trains and pulled out people and tried their level best to help. This from the rudest city in the world, you know what I think. I think 'Readers Digest' is full of shit and they can take their shit and stuff it up their ass.
Unlike other cities in the world, Bombay is famous for its 'Sab Chalta Hain Attitude' and by god I am proud of it, for its what makes it the best city in the world. Already within a couple of hours of the explosions trains were functioning again, roads were opened to the public and the city came back to life. We have seen this kind of violence in the past, and we will see it again in the future but we will never let them win by becoming paranoid like the people in NY or London, for this is Mumbai Meri Jaan...
posted by Abhi @ 12:51 PM
3 comments
3 Comments:
Another one from the spiritual point of view!
Really Abhijith you've got to give more!
Do you want to go back to India and fight for a cause? By fight I dont mean the stupid ones with guns, but one with brains? Are you ready to go back? Am I? Is any one of us? what is you immediate response?
So your immediate response is to defend your own stand...
maybe one problem our country faces, is that all those who could make a difference, never ever show inclination towards being(or aspires to be)a leader of a movement (whatever the movement be). Someone has to fill in these gaps which we leave, and someone definately does! And then we crib about having the wrong kind of people in power...
excellent post - the first time I read it I was sent into lots of thought, why didn't this country come together? Why did the media reports call it looting when they just needed food? Part of me thinks its because this country is too young, we dont know how to work together. Each person came here with at most their family. Indians have been living as a civilization longer than that word had meaning. But at the same time, this country did come together in other times, usually of war - world war 2 everyone took cuts and women who society wouldnt let work were allowed to help. Now, we get tax cuts when we go to war. The media has nearly stopped reporting about iraq.
Somethings happened here, maybe its the pres, maybe its the lonely technologies, who knows. Something is turing the us into descrete parts.
The media here are horrible, there is no such thing as informed citizenry in the beacon of democratic ideals. The first time I realized this was watching CNN after the sept. terrorist attacks in 01. They were walking through rubble picking up pieces of paper trying to read them - live. I've never trusted the news shows for actual news since.
-p
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