It has become emotionally habitual for us to light candles to remember those who laid down their lives for terrorism or to put flowers and garlands on their Samadhi every year and shed two or three drops of tears. But remember! This is not going to resolve terrorism but only going to push the volume of business for candle manufacturers and flower vendors. Let us resolve not to light candles, but to light awareness among the public about terrorism and to use our anger to burn the evil terrorism and dirty politics and their influence on the very lives of the citizens of our nation.
Shifting the politician from one post to another and changing of one politician to another during turmoil or dramatically stepping down from the post has become the order of the day. This is nothing but cheap tricks played by the politicians to woo our citizens who are potential voters who make them cash rich and generation rich. They are very much aware that we will all forget all these grave issues when we are pampered with some other issues like increase in the price of vegetables, particularly onion or increase in the price of diesel and petrol. Or at least they will see that you do not get power for some days so that you forget all these issues and start grumbling about not getting electricity (mainly because you cannot watch TV). Otherwise as the last resort, they will create a major festival of our country, which is the general election with which you forget everything. You feel so proud that you are cared; you are respected and even greeted by these great politician and they tell you all about exercising your voting rights; the importance of it and you end up with choosing one of these people and things continue....candle lights and flower garlands
SUGGESTIONS: TO PUBLIC:
• CREATE AWARENESSS • DO NOT GET EMOTIONAL. INSTEAD GET ANGER AND USE IT SENSIBILY • DO NOT EMOTIONALISE WITH THE DATES LIKE 26/11 OR 7TH DECEMBER. GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TERRORIST WILL STRIKE YOU ON ANY DATE CONVENIENT TO THEM. REMEMBER! THEY WILL STRIKE YOU ON ALL THE 365 DAYS IF POSSIBLE • IF WE BECOME LENIENT, THEY WILL MAKE US REMEMBER ALL THE 365 DAYS FOR TERRORISM • LET US RESOLVE THAT WE WILL NOT ALLOW YET ANOTHER DAY FOR US TO REMEMBER, TO LIGHT CANDLE OR TO LAY GARLANDS • TRY TO DO SOMETHING TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM (POLITICAL, JUDICIAL, ECONOMICAL) AT INDIVIDUAL LEVEL • DO NOT MAKE POLITICIANS HEROES; TREAT THEM NORMAL, AT LEAST YOUR EQUAL • DO NOT FORGET GRAVE ISSUES. ALWAYS KEEP THEM IN MIND. NOT ONLY ON THE ANNUAL REMMEBERANCE DAY • DO NOT BE CARRIED AWAY FORGETTING GRAVE ISSUES WHEN OTHER ISSUES (MAY BE IMPORTANT) PAMPER YOU. ALWAYS KEEP DEBATING
TO RULING MACHINERIES
• EQUIP POLICE AND SECURITY FORCE WITH ARMS AND TECHNOLOGY AT LEAST EQUIVALENT TO THE TERRORISTS • IT SEEMS WE HAVE SEEN LOT OF FILMS SHOWING TERRORISM BUT WE DONOT KNOW WHETHER FILM PEOPLE TAKE CUE FROM THEM OR TERRORIST FOLLOW FILMS, BUT LET US ALSO LEARN FROM THESE MEDIA TO TACKLE THE ISSUES • DO NOT EYEWASH SIMPLY BY TIGHTENING THE SECURITY WHENVEVER THERE IS A TERRORIST STRIKE SOMEWHERE, AND THEN LOOSEN YOUR GRIP AFTER A FEW DAYS. REMEMBER TERORISTS ARE NOT FOOLS. THEY DO NOT STTRIKE YOU IMMEDIATELY AFTER ONE. THEY TEND TO STRIKE YOU ONLY AFTER EVERY THING BECOMES COOL AND WHEN YOU STOP YOUR CHECKING AND PEOPLE ARE WORRIED MORE ABOUT OTHER ISSUES LIKE PRICE RISE, RAINS, OR POWER CUTS • DISASTER RECOVERY MANAGEMENT SHOULD NOT BE ROUTINE BUT BASED ON REALITY AND WITH COMMITMENT • SIMPLY NOT TO SHOW THAT SOMETHING IS THERE ON RECORDS THAT WE HAVE DONE MOCK DRILL LAST YEAR AND WILL BE DONE EVERY YEAR • INTERCEPTION OR LEADS RECEIVED THROUGH ANY INTELLIGENCE SOURCE ARE NOT JUST FOR SHOWING TO USA OR THE WORLD AS A PROOF THAT THE LINK HAS COME FROM PAKISTAN OR FROM SUCH ORGANISATION, BUT TO USE IT WISELY TO AVOID THE MISHAPS • LET US HOPE P.CHIDAMBARAM WHO HAS NOT SHOWN ANY CONCERN WHEN THE PRICES WERE RAISING FOR VEGETABLES OR OTHER ESSENTIAL COMMODITIEIS AND INFLATION WAS TOUCHING AN ALLTIME HEIGHT BUT SHOWED HIS ANGER IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE PRICES OF CAR, REAL EASTATE AND FLATS INCREASED WILL BE ABLE TO COPEUP WITH TERRORISM DELIGENTLY NOT ON PAPERS BUT PRACTICALLY. LET HIM NOT SHOW ANY SORT OF STATISTICS OR COMPARISON TO MEDIA THAT IT HAS REDUCED PERCENTAGEWISE COMPARED TO LAST WEEK OR LAST MONTH EVERY NOW AND THEN
TO MEDIA
• SOMETIMES WE FEEL WHETHER YOU ARE HAPPY TO GET SUCH ISSUES SO THAT YOU NEED TO FOCUS ONLY ON THESE ISSUES 24 HOURS A DAY WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT SPENDING YOUR TIME AND BRAIN FOR OTHER ISSUES FOR AT LEAST SOME DAYS THEN START OVER WITH SOME OTHER BRIBERY ISSUES • WHENEVER SUCH THINGS HAPPEN, IT IS HIGHTIME STOP PUTTING ON YOUR SCREEN SOME OLD AGED POLITICIANS OR BUREACRAUTS DISCUSSING THE ISSUES STARTING WITH PERSONAL FIGHTS AND ENDING WITH A FORCED SMILE • TAKE PUBLIC, STUDENTS, WRITERS AND INTELLECTUAL ON THE DIAS TO DISCUSS CREATE A REFERENDUM AND SEND THEM TO POLITICIANS • INVITE CRITICISMS, OUTBURSTS, DARING COMMENTS, ANGER AND ALLEGATIONS, HOWEVER VIOLENT THEY ARE. LET IT BE TRANSPARENT AND UNBIASED • USE YOUR INVESTIGATING SKILLS WHICH WAS USED FOR UNEARTHING BRIBERY ISSUES ETC TO PROBE THESE TERRORISM ISSUES ALSO ANY CONNECTION, POLITICS, CAN BE BROUGHT OUT FINALLY WE MAY SAY “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH” BUT REMEMBER! OUT THERE THESE TERRORISTS ARE WAITING, TO GIVE US A LITTLE MORE
-Sasidhar