Again, India has faced another round of attacks on its innocent civilians. It is truly said that the strength of a nation is not guaged by its armed forces, or its economy, but by how people rise up at times of national calamities. India has been no stranger to calamities over the past few years, such as the Tsunami, Earthquake and Mumbai floods, just to name a few.
However, the calamity that India has faced in the last 24 hours is more about the dignity of humanity, and its dissappearance from the face of the earth. In the past, when people wanted to fight, they did so with a lot of dignity and grace. They only targeted the government, not the people. More precisely, wars were fought against armies (externally), or civil wars were fought (internally). There were (and still are) strict codes on what or what not to attack. Even in the Mahabharata, it was noted that before the start of the war, both sides, laid a framework boundary, which no side was mean to cross. In it, one of the first ones was that no civilian was to be killed, injured or inconvienienced in any way, shape or form.
How then do we describe the actions of 24 hours ago? I would describe the events that have occured last night as pure act of mindless, idiotic people, with no regard to religion, whatever it be. It can be seen that this (and other acts of such kind) damages the religious beliefs of those who claim to believe it. Any layman would find it terribly hard to give credence to a religion, which has been used as a shield to cover violent acts, while its moderates cry hoarse at cooling the situation down.
While I wish that those who were caught committing these acts be given a sentence fitting the crime, what is more important, is the reaction of the country to it. I commend the government for a quick reaction and placing the whole country on high alert. We must not be caught off guard, and let the demons of communalism and carnage rule in the coming weeks. Doing so, would mean that whatever (false) justfication the idiots gave for the action would be automatically be true. Hence, we must be on our guard even more, and make sure that while the perpetrators of this incident burn in hell, we as a country, and even greater as a global player, must seek the restraint that was the hallmark of our father of this nation.
Satyameva Jayate!! God Bless the Union of the Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic of India!
Jai Hind!!!!!!!!!!
