This is not the future of my country. Its not the time to forget, but the time to remind ourselves again and again that the nightmare is not over. This is not an incident that needs to be forgotten, but one that calls for the entire country to come together- Hindus and Muslims united - and ask the government for answers. WE DEMAND ANSWERS!! This is the result of a complete intelligence failure. Why are we paying taxes if even our basic need of security can not be met? How can 10 terrorists take Mumbai hostage? Why do brave men lose their lives in dozens, when such an act can be prevented. Stand up and speak out - DON'T LET IT PASS!! If we do, it will come back to haunt us again and our future generations. Fight Terrorism- DON'T SUCCUMB TO IT!!
Showing posts with label Terror. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Terror. Show all posts
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
Why are we Reactive not Proactive?
According to an exclusive, Missing link to mumbai terror, by TIMES NOW, "a Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) operative Fahim Ansari who was arrested in February 2008 in Uttar Pradesh on the suspicion of conducting a recce of south Mumbai had 9 maps which detail the plotting of the Mumbai terror attack."
This is certainly good progress by the police/investigation officer but, why have these maps come to light now when everything is over? Why couldn't we recover these maps earlier and try to stop these attacks?
It's a shame that we could not retrieve these maps earlier from a suspect, who has been under our custody for more than 9 months, and prevent this horrific incident. I fear may be the maps were recovered earlier by the ATS of UP and no action was taken and even if the ATS of UP forwarded their concerns to the Mumbai police, may be the Mumbai police just did not respond. When an intelligence bureau advisory can be ignored anything seems possible (Relevant Article).
I am using this incident as an example, but I truly believe that the policies of our country (political, economic, terrorism etc.) and most Indians as individuals are reactive and not proactive. We never plan upfront. Everyone is in a comfort zone (The "chal raha hai chalne do ..... jab kuch hoga dekhenge" attitude) and is happy to be there. Only when an external force disrupts our zone we react to what has happened and then we define a new comfort zone, and the cycle continues.
Maybe, I am being cynical and things aren't that bad. Do you think we as a nation are Reactive or Proactive? Please send in your comments, I would like hear your thoughts on this topic.
This is certainly good progress by the police/investigation officer but, why have these maps come to light now when everything is over? Why couldn't we recover these maps earlier and try to stop these attacks?
It's a shame that we could not retrieve these maps earlier from a suspect, who has been under our custody for more than 9 months, and prevent this horrific incident. I fear may be the maps were recovered earlier by the ATS of UP and no action was taken and even if the ATS of UP forwarded their concerns to the Mumbai police, may be the Mumbai police just did not respond. When an intelligence bureau advisory can be ignored anything seems possible (Relevant Article).
I am using this incident as an example, but I truly believe that the policies of our country (political, economic, terrorism etc.) and most Indians as individuals are reactive and not proactive. We never plan upfront. Everyone is in a comfort zone (The "chal raha hai chalne do ..... jab kuch hoga dekhenge" attitude) and is happy to be there. Only when an external force disrupts our zone we react to what has happened and then we define a new comfort zone, and the cycle continues.
Maybe, I am being cynical and things aren't that bad. Do you think we as a nation are Reactive or Proactive? Please send in your comments, I would like hear your thoughts on this topic.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Now or Never
24 hours after the terror attack on Mumbai, while the people of this country have not yet fathomed the loss they have suffered, its really shameful to see that politicians have started playing the blame game. There is always time for politics and this is certainly not the time. These are tough times for everyone and we as a nation need to provide a united front and take actions to make sure that the people of this country never fall victim to such acts of evil. The common man already has many challenges and difficulties he needs to face and worrying about the safety of his loved ones is one thing he could do without. The people of this country want and deserve to walk its motherland without fear.
In the past 12 months the country has been a victim to more than 6 terror attacks. The questions everyone wants to ask the leaders of this nations are - Why have we been a victim of so many attacks? Why has nothing been done after the first few attacks, and many more? I know its too late to raise these questions and no matter what the answer is the present is not going to change but the answers are required so that we can move ahead with resolution. This is the time to investigate and learn from what has passed, make the right conclusions and implement the right system so that incidents like these never happen in the future and even if they do we are better equipped to tackle them quickly. I fear if we do not act now India is heading towards a certain doom.
In the past 12 months the country has been a victim to more than 6 terror attacks. The questions everyone wants to ask the leaders of this nations are - Why have we been a victim of so many attacks? Why has nothing been done after the first few attacks, and many more? I know its too late to raise these questions and no matter what the answer is the present is not going to change but the answers are required so that we can move ahead with resolution. This is the time to investigate and learn from what has passed, make the right conclusions and implement the right system so that incidents like these never happen in the future and even if they do we are better equipped to tackle them quickly. I fear if we do not act now India is heading towards a certain doom.
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