Todays date is enough for me to write my article-- 26th november...in the year 2008 was nothing less than a worst nightmare...three years later also it pokes me somewere within that why we had to face such a day? why did they do this? what did they achieve by doing it? and many more hidden questions whose answer is not yet clear for a normal human being, who might have been affected some way or the other that day(26.11.08)...
Thanks to the electronic and the print media for whom we were always updated about the happenings, could visualize the destructions, pain, fear.....it was not a smooth watch even...when I went off to sleep that day and the following two days, atleast once I used to think what are those that are facing the disaster going through? what more are they facing at this moment?...I know some might think after reading this, that I was just thinking about all this sitting in my own comfort zone...but that was the most that I could do at that very moment...as because no one except the ones who faced can imagine even, what it is to see or know that you can die any moment...
After this incident I one day came across the book written on KASAB...dont know what was going within me at that moment!! but I bought the book...and I sarted reading the first page on that moment itself...and now when I completed reading the book, I feel, might be the hidden anger that I had and still have for this creature, made me read the book and know about this Butcher(KASAB)...he truly proves his names meaning - BUTCHER...
After reading the book I did come to know many things about how these people turn from a human being to a merciless creature?...came to know why they become so? and many more such things...after reading the total incident how it happened, I cant express what was my feeling... what kind of uneasiness I was facing within me myself.. how much bitterness did I gather while reading it..the question that repeatedly went on within me was HOW? HOW can a human being kill another such species in such a merciless way? what have they turned into? atleast animals are more merciful than them...
We who were not directly affected with the incident might have forgotten to some extent...but we cant even imagine what it is and was for the families who faced its outcome.. will they ever be able to forget this day? will they ever be able to clear a hidden fear from their inner soul? they might try to show they are brave and have started leading their normal life, but down the memory lane many couldnt forget, they cant forget ,which is obvious...people say mumbai have faced a lot and they again have the ability to forget and lead their normal life...its true but another hidden truth is - do they really have any other choice rather than this?
Innocent people were killed without any fault of theirs, they were not even given a moment to realize what was happening, they didnt have the oppertunity to fight back...WHY? I dont think the ALMIGHTY sitting up there even have the answer to this common question...
Wanna give a respectful SALUTE to our INDIAN ARMY and MUMBAI POLICE DEPT...the ones that sacrificed their lives for saving these innocent people...I dont want to mention any particular name because apart from the names that were mentioned at that moment there might have been many such brave men whose name didnt get noticed...so I SALUTE to all those brave hearted men who sacrificed their lives for the nation without a second thought...they fought for us unconditionally...howmuch ever we praise them it will fall short in front of their contribution and sacrifice...
Want to ask GOD that are all these incidents really needed? why are we facing a situtation, were human beings have become so in-human that they are ready to take each others life mercilessly?...what can one achieve by doing so? what pleasure does GOD get by making such things happen?whats the fault of those innocent hawkers in the station, those innocent people who might have been in the station to recieve some near or dear ones, those innocent people who where having dinner with their loved ones, the innocent people who were on visit, and many such innocent people who while leaving their house that day, didnt even imagine that they wont return back?..
After three years, even today the culprits are not given due punishments...why? huhhh!! I consider myself to be foolish to ask such a question, because I dont think we will ever get an answer to it...
How much ever I write its not going to give back the families their lost ones, nor will it be able to wipe out the fear from within the ones who faced it, nor will it help to rectify the situations...but still I decided to write because somewere within ,some unidentified force, forced me to write ...might be this is how I wanted to remember the sacrificed souls, the horrific incident and today's date...
I would like to end by praying to GOD, that please dont repeat such incidents, use your magical wand to stop these happenings,we dont need them in our lives...the sun rises and sets on YOUR wish so control the uneasiness and the inner animal of these in- humans who are doing all these merciless incidents...
After reading the article many might like what I wrote and many might not...but I am not writing it for being praised, I am writing it as a form of shradhanjali from my end,for the innocent souls who lost their life on that horrendous day...may their souls rest in peace...
My this article is not only for the victims of 26/11 but for all the innocent victims who were preyed upon by the illeterate villains and the inhuman creatures...
My this article is not only for the victims of 26/11 but for all the innocent victims who were preyed upon by the illeterate villains and the inhuman creatures...
Simply excellent and very exciting
ReplyDeleteI salute you for that ..
I'm very impressed reading it.
Simple yet beautifully written. Expresses the agony that India faced. Its not about any incident or a particular individual. The root runs deep. Let me say that communalism feeds on itself. One cannot fight hate with hate, to fight it one must curb the hate within. The root goes to the formation if the RSS and The Muslim League. However thats another one. Heard of Syed Sallauddin the head of LET, who creates these Frankenstins, it we. Like it or not.
ReplyDeleteAs far as Mumbai facing the sharp edge of the knife time and time again, watch Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday's closing act. If you havnt already. Cheers,God bless
Nice write up ... But I want to ask one thing there were so many big tragedies
ReplyDeleteIn Jammu n Kashmir state which I hv witnessed but no one says about them ... But 26 / 11 is celebrated every year in memorizing the sacrifice of brave people.. Why is it only memorized... There are so many other dates too where we had lost many brave n young lives... I totally respect n appericiate what u hv written .. But at the same time it hurts when we only highlight this incident... I had been witnessed when I was 8 yrs old and in Jammu there was a bomb blast in our bus n where I hv seen on spot death of my friends of my class... N many more civilians but hardly dat was spotted in news ... Becoz 26 Nov happened in Mumbai so it is vry much in highlight ... There had been countless Bomb blasts in Jammu n Kashmir but unfortunately they hv been never focussed.. It's sad n it really feels bad !
Good one Kankana.
ReplyDeleteYou have proved with Your article that still HUMANITY is there in this world.
"May their Souls rest in peace some where but NOT ON EARTH because our system has failed to PROTECT.
And, my small TRIBUTE is: "CHABBEES NOVEMBER (26/11)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWLY6pscsv4
KRISHU
Meenakshi its not about 26/11 or 9/11... Its about the loss of innocent lives that i have mentioned, i dnt want to highlight any particular incident.. I wrote about 26/11 for the first time in 3 yrs, because recently i completed reading the book on Kasab.. Something forced me to write... Not only J'n'K.. But considering others like delhi, jaipur etc... What i ended with states clearly that we have tolerated lot and we really dont need such useless n inhuman incidents... Its a write up for every loss that we indians have faced, and might be the ingredients of my write up came from 26/11...as somewere or d other this was thebiggest terror attack that India ever faced...and still justice remains pending...so dont think in tgat way dear.. Loss of innocent lives in terror attack, in any part of India , is a loss for all of us, is an incident that can never be wipped off...
ReplyDeleteWow, the added video adds so much to the dramatic value of it. Its awesomely rendered and hauntingly composed
ReplyDeleteExcellent work Buriya!!
ReplyDeleteGood reading. I think almost all the Indian feel the same and share the same. But we can do nothing about it.
ReplyDeleteNICE. VERY WELL WRITTEN . MORE RESPECT TO THE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT FOR US ON THAT UNFATEFUL DAY AND CONTINUE TO DO SO. THE VIDEO IN THE END IS HEART WRENCHING.
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ReplyDeletewell said my sis ...love u n i like alot ur background pix
ReplyDeletevery nice...quite impressive!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your write up. The inner animal of those young men, being boosted up with some unreasonable and irrational arguments and to prove "their" power to create panic in common people and to make chaotic environment, can make such disastrous pandemonium anywhere. This is deep routed. And you never know what is going on this planet, who are actually behind the scenario of these kind of disasters, genocide, even the natural calamities. we got to go deeper .....
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