After I saw the news of the recent terror attacks on Mumbai all I heard was the sentence "Mumbai spirit lives on. Mumbai will come out this triumphant. The count of the dead has increased from 83 to 89." But what I realized is the indifference that people showed while saying all this. Being a part of Mumbai does not mean one needs know how to read and write marathi but having the virtue of coming together that defines all of us "MUMBAITES".
You do not have the right to say that all what is happening is sad or the death of "innocent" people is very unfair. Unless and until you wished that you were there in place of the one who faced the blast and not thank God that you were not present there, you don't have the right to say that terrorist attacks are brutal. Unless you prayed that somehow if you could go back in time and prevent it from happening, you do not have the right to say that it is very sad.
Unless your world does not stop due to this or come to a standstill, you will not realize how painful it is. And God forbid no one should face this sorrow. But I had to. My world stopped as my parents faced their brutal fate and died in terror attacks. I had to put the pieces of my father's body together before his cremation. It was very difficult. But life moves ahead and so will I, eventually.
I am now living my NORMAL life but I miss the touch of my mother or my fahter's scoldings or my mother's cooking or rahter their voices.
But what I feel sorry about is the fact that people still come to me and blankly say sorry when they see me. Do not say sorry or shoe sympathy because it is the right thing to do. Show sympathy only if you really feel the pain.
The indifference increases with distance as well as number of occurences of the attacks.
Realize that your feelings make you the strong MUMBAITE that you are today. Do not lose the "humanity" factor that makes you human. Please realize that whatever stand you take today, whatever opinion you voice today is going to have a lasting effect on the society.
The question that I always ponder upon is: How does one instill so much anger in oneself as well as others that he becomes ready to kill another life-form?? Be it an animal or another human being. Are we losing ourselves as human as we move ahead with our lives in such high speed?? Are we still human or robots driven by anger and thirst for revenge?? I think I will never find my answer as no one has the bloody guts to accept the reality!!
- A Friend
2 comments:
This is the experience of a friend of mine who lost her parents during terror attacks in 2006. She is a strong girl n lives her life normally but she gets hurt everytime news of any terror attacks r shown. N the worst part is its all true whatever she has said. We r growin indifferent. We need to do something about it!!
hmm..i noe..the stupid formality of sympathy sucks.Many of us have shown apathy,indifference toward this..but now we are seeing people coming out voicing their opinions..their anger..so hope..it doesn't die out..and we finaly bring about a change
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