I was glued to the t.v. from the minute I heard about the attacks. Usually, I tend to avoid watching t.v. news 'coz they sensationalize every little thing. And watching the same clips over n over n over again gets extremely frustrating. But this time round, the actual event in itself was so sensational that there was little scope for our journos to add any more spice to. Every two minutes something new would happen. Every time I flipped channels, there was a new development. And for a change, the reporting seemed more or less responsible. Thank God.
Watching a national horror unfold on television...that's something none of us would ever have imagined! No wonder we were stuck to our t.v. sets...quite unable to do/think much...there was a constant prayer on our lips...please God...not him/her...which soon turned to Please make it stop...please!!
They did manage to terorize us, no doubt. But they also managed to bring us closer together. We were no longer Hindu or Muslim, north Indian or south Indian, this or that...we were ONE. I'm saying were 'coz now that the worst is over, we are back to our usual bickering and finger pointing and cynical commenting. The news reporters have gone back to replaying the same clips over n over and highlighting random comments by random people and blaming the political class. Well...there is a lot of anger among people right now. And rightly so. But we need to take this forward. Merely blaming someone for what has happened is not what will help. (And I really want to know what good is some minister's resignation now???) Hundreds of people have been killed through no fault of theirs. And perhaps many more will be...unless we do something about it. I'm upset too. And I really want all this to stop...let's all start thinking. Let's come up with concrete things that can be done which can prevent a repetition of such a carnage...and perhaps make us better equipped to handle disasters in the future. Please give it a thought.