Why??? Is it that these people have no d*mn brains…what have they attained by doing this…does it give a sense of satisfaction to these insane people…??? Am sure no one has any answer to this… so many innocent people dead…hundreds injured!!
The latest bomb blast in Jaipur has really shaken me…not only because the city is so close to me but it just reflects the state of mind which people have…I mean just for the sake of some idiotic motive…a person doesn’t even think twice before his/ her action….just to fulfil his aim (whatever it is)! Hah…what an irony…8 blasts in a beautiful city of Jaipur…which faced its first encounter with terrorism!!! From Pink City to Red City…the transformation took just 13 minutes!
People were caught unaware… coz this is something no one ever dreamt of….i spoke to a couple of people who were at the site at the time/ just after the blasts…and the review which I got, really brought tears in my eyes…the scene described to me were awful….85 already confirmed dead…more than 150 severely injured (as at 10 am today)….and the toll is still expected to rise….
In a peaceful…historic city like Jaipur, no one can actually imagine that this can ever happen…I guess this was the first of its kind…the places which were chosen were intended for the maximum damage… Hanuman mandir…that too on Tuesday….Choti and Badi chaupad wherein thousands of people gather during evenings…just for an evening walk…. In front of LMB which is a very famous shop of yummy sweets!! Near the famous “ganne ka juice” shop, which had been there since last …I guess more than some 50 years! … There have been so many sweet memories of all these places…and what’s left are just ruins!!!
But the best thing which has come out from this incident is that although it was feared by the administration that there could be a tremendous supply crunch of blood in SMS hospital, it was really amazing to know that thousands of people have gathered outside the hospital to donate blood!!! I mean when people are still in the delimma that whether there will be any further blasts…still they are coming out of their shells and only on humanitarian grounds donating blood to people whom they don’t even know!!!
What a contrast…where one person is trying to kill another whom he doesn’t even know…there is another who is willing to venture out in danger to save a stranger’s life!!!
Guess....that's life!!!
13 comments:
Hi Arpita,
I truly agree with you that
Why??? Is it that these people have no d*mn brains…what have they attained by doing this…does it give a sense of satisfaction to these insane people…??? Am sure no one has any answer to this… so many innocent people dead…hundreds injured!!
The people who have done this should not be considered as a human being, they are even worse then a beast
Rupa
yes, i support your views, as the pink city is very special to me as well and it came as a total shock to me. in fact, to think of it, i was in jaipur during the last week of april and was visiting rajasthan after so long and couldnt stop myself in appreciating the historic beauty of the state!!
curfew has been imposed as of now, and again, nothing new with these terrorist activities in india…cities targeted recently were bangalore, hyderabad, ajmer and now jaipur!! needless to say that they have no religion to follow, no faith, as they target mosques and temples alike!! they are the best examples of cowards, targeting kids and innocent lives!! if they had the guts, they could have challenged our army directly, i mean its so easy to plant bombs in public places and then create a nuisance out of it!! i feel really sad about this today and it makes me even more depressed to think of terrorism in india!!
Siddharth
Nice contrast..talkin bout the last paragraph..
But just one concern.you seemed to have been moved just because it happened in a city where you have spent some part of your life..had it been in some other place would you have reacted in the same fashion..
Sandip
as you sow …so shall you reap…
what goes around …comes around…
those who live by the sword …die by the sword…
people need to remember this….
‘religions’ have become ‘commercial institutions’…for ‘vested’ interest…
and anyone taking the ’shield’ of ‘religion’ to justify killing …..is doing great injustice to the spirit of religion….
‘religion’ actually means….’re-uniting with God’…and is just a pointer / way on the path….but ‘man’ has converted the ‘means’ to become the ‘end’ in itself….
and in any such crisis - we see the display of both sides of - what humanity is capable of….
one is trying to destroy….
the other is trying to save…and instill life…
one is driven by hate…
the other is driven by love….
and at a different level….
if one can transcend …
it all is times play….
man is an instrument…
in the game of karma…
that he himself has written….
Vasu Chittipeddi
Over the years we have matured as a nation.there were riots after 93 mumbai blasts and the motive of these people was again the same when they targeted varanasi mumbai local trains and jaipur yesterday because these cities (except jaipur)have ahistory of being communally sensitive
But the courage shown by people of these cities has been commendable.I still remember how whole mumbai came out on streets to help the blast victims.This is what we need to learn from these incidents and keep giving a befitting reply to perpetrators of such heinous crimes.
May the souls of those dead RIP and wish a speedy recovery for those injured and Hats off to the natives of these cities!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aimless Wanderer
a great nd timely blog
the guys who did this have no religion and no nationality
if they had they would have been proud enough to show it
other than killing few and injuring the others they have not acheived anything neither are we as a country or individuals have got any wrong notions to create riots any more…..
we now know who our enemy is and hopefully not create any more communal riots even though they seed in the most volatile of our parts…..
they have failed in their attempt and will never again be successful…
jai hind!!!
When iam adding these comments i myself dont know whether iam doing this just to show off my thoughts or my language proficiency.
Iam i prepared to do something that some of those people of Jaipur have done in time of such crisis-helping people in who r in need???.cause who knows similar things can happen in our own place sometimes.
Point iam making here is-r we ready to do something abt this and do less talking abt the situation???
I think the best we can do here is to educate the youngs,because these r the people who r targeted by the terorists at thier early age and r driven by thier philosophy of hatred and r trained,motivated to do things which r beyond thier own understanding.
So can we educate these orphans and provide them with the basic amenities thay they need to survive,of cource its not only orphans even well brought up children are also dragged in to these activities. so there is a need to educate those parents too.
Cheers
Chethan
Yes Arpita I agree with you there is no answer to your questions.
We can exhibit our humanity during such incidents which reiterates that yes there is humanity left within us.
But the greater question being those who have taken the route of terrorism have lost it completely changing them into monsters. How do we all deal with that problem.
Bomb blasts are happening as a regular series in India, with a new entrant being our pink city. Yet we have just accepted our fate and continued restoring our lives back.
We all need to fight Terrorism or else suffer being a victim all the time.
Nivedita
Well, till a few years back… bomb blast was something that occurred in the most well know places of target like Mumbai or Delhi … rt. now the focus has shifted to less prdictable cities … then Hyd. ..now Jaipur … it’s not about this city or that … rt. now India is the target … and I feel the present setup is very linient with respect to national security … so many blasts in a such a short span … it’s not something that we mourn the loss and forget it after a few days … it’s something which we need to prepare ourselves to fight it out … for that we need to take some measures with an iron hand …
My condolences to Jaipur blast victims …
Padmaja
It is the unpleasant nature in human beings the cause for terrorism. When people are unpleasant they tend to react and vent their ugliness. The good people are the real culprit. The good people in the society have ignored these people and have not taken the steps to help them when they needed help desperately.
Terrorism has taken shape due to variety of reason. There is an ignorant society breeding hounds in name of religion. When people have no control of their inner self they tend to react and express their discontent as they have easy access to ammunitions and bomb they just go for it like a child. There are many societies where humans have been treated badly and they have resorted to terrorism. Naxalities and Tamil Tigers rights were suppressed and good people ignored them and there was no one to intervene and resolve and due to the sufferings they have resorted to terrorism.
Our own politicians are breeding and supporting such anti social elements. Our country is very tolerant. If the same would have happened in UK or Europe or Australia they would take the necessary action and steps and these terrorist act will never happen again. Atleast they will take the steps to mitigate terrorism.
Where it is Pakistan sponsored terrorism or internally motivated we need to have a system to prevent such loss to human lives. In India the intelligence report is very there much before the attack but there is no system to act on the intelligence report and prevent such mishaps.
Israel will react with spade to spade. Israel would have taken Pakistan to task right away. It is our country which is very much tolerant and quite about taking the necessary steps.
Murali
Siddharth>> there was this one line which I read in The Kite runner…which said…the biggest sin is to steal…by lying you steal the right of someone to know the truth…by snatching you steal a person’s right to have something, by killing you steal a person’s right to live… a wife right to have her husband…a child’s right to have a parent…I guess, none of these inhumane ppl realize this!!
Sandip>> Well I was always touched by any such incident…be it serial blasts in Mumbai…or hyd…or the riots in gujrat…Mumbai… however, I decided to pen down my thoughts now… Isn’t it better to be late than never?? I felt I should write about it and I have done it!
VASU>> that was a nice way of expressing yourself
Rupa>> don’t degrade beasts yaar...:)
Aimless Wanderer>> Frankly speaking I personally don’t think that religion is the reason for any of the blasts….its all done with an ulterior motive…religion is just used as a bait for innocent people who fall in for this stupid reason…all this is done only for power…politics…be it internal or external!!! Do you actually think that these people aka terrorists are actually bothered about religion…well I for one don’t think so! BTW yess.. I agree…the way people have reacted and united in such complex situation is just commendable…I spoke to one of the personnel there and they were really surprised at the turnout of people today morning for donating blood… I mean they had all equipments, resourses etc…but blood is something for which you need to depend on junta as a whole and the timely turning up of people has definitely saved many lives!!!
Chethan and Nivedita and Padmaja>> I agree with you… we all need to be united at all such times…education is really important…people should know and understand where are they falling…and even we should do our bit to instill such thoughts in the minds of all the people whom we come across…
Murali>> There isn’t any point in blaming society at large. Although I agree that terrorism in some cases are a result of suppression etc.. but do you think killing and taking revenge is the correct way out…if you and me can understand this…then why can’t these terrorists?? The attacks happen everywhere, its not a particular city or country...Wars are not always the answer to such situation..although I may sound a bit philosophical, I believe that in wars there would be more innocent people dead than terrorists..and m sure no one would want that to happen…isn’t it??
Its easier for you to say to declare a war on Pak since we are in the southern part of the country and may not be affected that much, but have you wondered that if we do declare a war, how many of our people would be dead from places like Kashmir, Punjab, HP, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujrat in addition to the general public of Pakistan!!
Arpita, Totall agree with you. This is one of the most cruel act happened in the recent times. The agony and pain are never understood by poeople responsible for such acts. They have a fanatic intention of getting things done in a wrong way. But the heartening thing is Jaipur is back to normal today and people are back to work. Salute the fighting spirit of People of Jaipur and india.
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