Resilience – an abused word
Thursday, November 27, 2008
I am sad, disgusted, confused. I get madder as I watch the news. I feel helpless. There are a million questions/thoughts in my head. Who are these guys?? What religion teaches you to kill innocent people?? Are these people even fit to be called human?? I wonder what is it that these animals want?? A part of me says – whatever it is just give it to them… nothing is worth a hundreds of lives and the sense of insecurity that has become a part of our lives…
The other part of me wants to stand up and tell these %^*^^&& to get out of my country and let me live in peace. A part of me looks to my government and implores it to do something about the vulnerable country that we have become. I now hate the words like resilience and phrases like “spirit of India”. I now feel that it is an excuse to not do anything about these attacks. I now do not want the country and me to forget about this in a few days and get on with life. I definitely do not want life to go back to “normal”. I want to be like the Americans who still haven’t forgotten the 9/11 attacks and bombed a couple of countries in their supposed quest for the culprits. I don’t want India to go that far. But I also do not want my country and the politicians to become the “peace loving” country that we love to be. I want the politicians to remember that the number of people who died are not just a statistical number but they meant the world to someone. I want the same politicians to remember that tomorrow it could be them. I do not want to listen to things like intelligence failure. I do not want the lives of the people who died fighting these terrorists go in vain. I want the law makers of this country to now to something to take the bulls by the horns. I want to now become like an Israel or maybe even like the Arab world. I almost believe that an eye for an eye is the only thing that works. I want these jerks to be scared of even thinking of attacking my country. I do not want India to become like some of the countries I do not want to visit due to fear of safety. I do not want my foreign friends to ask me if it was safe to travel to India. Most of all I want each one of to stand up and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!
The other part of me wants to stand up and tell these %^*^^&& to get out of my country and let me live in peace. A part of me looks to my government and implores it to do something about the vulnerable country that we have become. I now hate the words like resilience and phrases like “spirit of India”. I now feel that it is an excuse to not do anything about these attacks. I now do not want the country and me to forget about this in a few days and get on with life. I definitely do not want life to go back to “normal”. I want to be like the Americans who still haven’t forgotten the 9/11 attacks and bombed a couple of countries in their supposed quest for the culprits. I don’t want India to go that far. But I also do not want my country and the politicians to become the “peace loving” country that we love to be. I want the politicians to remember that the number of people who died are not just a statistical number but they meant the world to someone. I want the same politicians to remember that tomorrow it could be them. I do not want to listen to things like intelligence failure. I do not want the lives of the people who died fighting these terrorists go in vain. I want the law makers of this country to now to something to take the bulls by the horns. I want to now become like an Israel or maybe even like the Arab world. I almost believe that an eye for an eye is the only thing that works. I want these jerks to be scared of even thinking of attacking my country. I do not want India to become like some of the countries I do not want to visit due to fear of safety. I do not want my foreign friends to ask me if it was safe to travel to India. Most of all I want each one of to stand up and say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!
5 comments:
>>>I now hate the words like resilience and phrases like “spirit of India”. I now feel that it is an excuse to not do anything about these attacks.I now do not want the country and me to forget about this in a few days and get on with life.
So true... I guess a lot of us must be cringing at the term "resilience" ... I did today too while listening to the news...
Its time for us to unite and tell in one voice that WE WILL NOT VANISH INTO THE DARK WITHOUT FIGHTING ... what we guys as young Indians can do is simple ..
1) Vote
2) Rise above caste and religion.
3) Learn to stand in someone elses pains ... nothing is detached from other things ... everything here is related ... If we see a guy eve teasing on streets most of us remain quite saying "Apan kyon doosre ke fate mein taang dalein" Its high time to say NO to any kind of injustice which we see around.
The sound of the word 'resilience' turns me off now completely..what are we -resilient scapegoats....I say BS.Don't categorize us,don't manipulate us,let us feel the pain,the anger and let us derive our own meaning ,let us feel what we should feel -ANGER.Let us be!
I think the incidents in India lately has shocked people all over the world. It's of course extra sad when it happens in your own country. It has certainly scared me to the extent that I don't want to go to India, coz I'm still damned determined to do so one day. Statistically, a large concentration of people live in India... so incidents will occur (don't mean to provoke though).
I agree with you about using religion as an excuse to kill or go to war. I'm not a very religious guy, but suicide bombers, terrorists and jihad disgusts me. If there is any values in religion that appeal to me, then there are universal righeousness and goodheartedness. What to do with extremists though...?
Hi Jonny,
I do not know how to say this without sounding extremely naive or patriotic but here it goes. India for most times is quite a safe country to be in :-).. we do have these attacks happening but its def not like our neighbours!
As for extremists - I do not think any of this is done for religion but its a struggle for power. I just feel people have misused religion for their own benefits... its sad but very true..
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