These are excerpts from a conversation (some might call it a debate, but I think that would be a tad to rash) I had with a fellow Indian as to the reasons why the United States has not had anything to do with terrorist attacks since 9/11 while our country still suffers from these despicable acts from madmen who think they are fulfilling the God's wishes. She, as I am sure may of you out there, believes that it is solely due to the faulty system in India unlike the US, who's intelligence and spirit have been commendable in avoiding a recurrence of the sad tragedy that took place 10 years ago. I agree to a certain extent, but would like to present a few points,which, practical as they are, are still overlooked by many. I would wish my readers to give them a bit of time and thought.
Although I certainly praise
the American spirit and laud its intelligence... at the same time I
don't want to make any excuses for the fallacies in their Indian
counterparts, I do think having Canada on the top instead of being
sorrounded by Pakistan, Afghanistan, dearest China and Bangladesh helps a
lot....
With all due respect, I am
not making excuses, or crying about a difficult neighborhood, just
pointing out a simple and practical fact. I know terrorists are devils,
but still they are as practical as us human beings, a terrorist attack
across the Atlantic costs them much more than crossing the Arabian Sea,
or simply the Rajasthan/Punjab/J&K border.
Take the Delhi high court
bomb blast for example, carried out by an ameteur outfit, possibly
HuJI... now HuJI... with all its resources, cannot dream of crossing
over to even Africa, let alone conducting an operation in USA... so you
see, with all its security and spirit in place, USA does enjoy another
HUGE advantage...
PLUS... those candle lights
lit up for the victims, that is the spirit of the people there, I am
sure no one would even remember the date of Delhi High Court Blast few
months from now... let alone light candles on its 10th Anniversary...
and I'm not blaming the people here either, I wouldn't... U
wouldn't..... none of us would..
A simple solution to this is
creating enough Jobs... a man with his and his family's stomachs filled
would not care about battling for a paradise he has not seen.... It is
the empty minds which are the easiest to brainwash... and creating jobs
requires monumental changes in the system..
Even if someone out of a 100
Indians begins his career in Politics with the right things in mind, by
the time he or she rises to the power, that time has already brainwashed
the once honest mind and reprogrammed it into thinking only about
retaining the power for 5 years.... he/she forgets what he/she is
actually there for...
And ultimately we are back to square one.... with the whole thing simply whir-pooling inwards...
So the need of the hour is
that every citizen stands up and plays his/her part... be conscious in
public areas... go out there and vote for the right person for the right
reasons... question the leaders for the right reasons instead of simply
getting lost in the peripherals..... and blaming the system should be
non-existent, as one tends to easily forget in India, that one IS a part
of that system....
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