Watching Mumbai on TV…. live !!
I am sitting in the executive lounge at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo…. waiting to board my flight to Hyderabad.
Sitting down and thinking about stuff….. and I usually struggle with this, but never the less.
Mumbai has been in a firestorm, and the second largest compatriate population watched it on TV… live. They were 20 or 30 or 40 of them… who held a city hostage and we watched it on TV…. live. There were people dying, crying, asking for help…. and we watched it on TV… live. When the hostages came out… a storm of media people would surround them asking questions, so that we could watch it on TV…. live.
While the rhetoric on patriotic feelings will continue through a peak in the aftermath….. I feel a little ashamed of myself.
Terrorism is here and is here to stay !! We like it or not, it is not going away. There are people in this world who make a living out of killing others….. so they will come again. They will come again and we will go through this again….. watching it live on TV.
The family of Taj’s GM were burnt and he could not get a fire truck to rescue them for 3 hours ?? The terrorists could freely move around the city, get inside buildings at will – maintain communication between themselves…… and we watched it on TV… live.
I am sure many lives were saved, and many more could have been saved….. if we all did not get used to watching it on TV…. live !!!!
The politicians are similar to these terrorists….. damage our national fabric through their politics. Terrorists use guns, and politicians use their words……
When Mumbai was burning with riots against non – marathis….. we still watched it on TV… live !! That was terrorism as much as what we have seen in the last few days.
I am not trying to blame anyone, nor am I trying to go after the politicians or the media. Everyone is in their business……. and they are all getting better at it !!!
Just that we are losing touch with each other as compatriates.
This post is probably the least thought through of all my posts…. sorry about coming across so emotionally (if you are still reading it)…. but that is what I feel…. and really strongly !!
Stay safe….
