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Mumbai Terror attack
The ongoing, and radically different way of terrorist attacks that has been happening in Mumbai, India has taken the fear factor among the public to new levels. While the police, along with Army is doing its best to bring the situation under control, and we are certain it will do so sooner or later, what this incident leaves back as a trail is not just the blood of scores who succumbed to this ghastly act, but also a question on the very capabilities of the Intelligence.
We also cannot help but fret over the complete inability of the government in doing a whit in putting any coordinated effort in thawing such acts. Come to think of it, how many times have we heard the head of the nation coming out and addressing the nation, “condemning such acts of violence” and then going back and sitting like a lame duck. And how many times have we heard someone coming up and facing the nation, assuring that some proactive steps are being taken to ensure that they have national security on top agenda. The answer is so blaringly obvious and enough to put any level headed person of the concerned department to shame.
One attack on WTC was enough to prompt US to wage a full-on war. While the attack itself could be termed quixotic by some, it did go a long way to prove that the US government does care for its people treats it as a question of national pride and to show what is the right place for such perpetrators of violence. But, it is a sheer pity that the spate of terrorist attacks across the length and breadth of India over the last year has not touched the right nerves of the Indian goverment to get their acts together.
A few days from now, for all we care, it might just end up as just another incident in our history, just another spicy news to the media and just another political agenda for the opposition to strengthen their chance. When will we rise beyond the ordinary?
