You have to trust that I am neither a member of any political party nor a supporter of any political party in India before continuing to read this post.
This morning I was watching one of the popular English news channel and they were discussing the Mumbai Terror attack with some celeberities and commoners and everyone were sharing their feelings and what could be the possible solution, etc. It was a very emotional one and I could see people were really talking from their heart. Beleive me they were not targetting the politicians. But believe me when the anchor summarised the whole thing saying that we could understand the anger of the general public against the politicians and also gave an interesting quote confirming the same. I am still surprised how he was able to draw up such a conclusion from the discussions.
This made me wonder why is the media against the politicians, why do they want to make politicians the common enemy? It's not only the politicans who have to be blamed, we have to blame each and everyone in this country. If not for the support of the local people at every place, nothing like this can ever happen in any soil.
Looking at what could this drive to, the politicians just to satisfy the people's emotions, will have to react. We all know that when any reactive decision is taken during emotional times, we may not take the right decision. So let's be patient and let's do a good PR exercise on this incident and take the help of entire world and request Pakistan to take action on the trouble makers in their country. It's not right to blame the nation for some trouble makers and let's table all the evidence to the entire world and take a collective action against the terrorist.
There is a popular saying in Tamil 'Veedu rendu patta, koothadikku kondattam' which means when there is a trouble in the house your neighbour will be happy, as you will not be able to concentrate on your progress. So, during the times of our economical growth, let us not create unease in this country and stunt the economic growth and any fall out will be really troublesome for India also.
Let's restrain our emotions and win with our patience and non violent ways in the steps of our 'Father of our Nation'. In the same lines, instead of fanning the emotions, the media should also be very responsible in ensuring that we take diplomatic measures to get a solution for this problem. I still believe we would get a non violent solution if we all unite and be together and understand politicians are just one among us.
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Nice thought Venky.
I just received a SMS which goes on like this,
We need not worry about those who came through 'Boat',
But must worry about those who came through our 'Vote'
--- Save India.
It's our attitude to pass the bug to others.
But I would like to differ in your thoughts on solution. Non Violence to fight terrorism? No way!
Mahatma, used Non Violence as a weapon but the strategy was, Non Cooperation and Boycott. How can we apply Non Cooperation and Boycott in this scenario?
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