It took this long for us to realise… - Ashima Gupta, Mumbai

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11/26, Wednesday — A day that started as usual for the city — packed trains, traffic jams and the grind of the city life. But there was something in store, something none of us could imagine, a nightmare to unfold, a terror to strike, a city to be under siege of a few men who have no religion, no humanity. The only religion they understand is of terrorism, the only language they speak is that of the guns and the only thing they celebrate is over dead bodies of innocent.

 

Mumbai a city of dreams, a city of lights, a city of hope. It’s a city that never sleeps, a city whose roads are paved with gold, a city where one could take a taxi at 4 am and reach home safely. But the night of November 26, 2008 changed it all. It made me question myself as did all the previous blasts and attacks. The magnitude was more than anyone could imagine. We had become numb to the regular bomb blasts, they had almost become a part of our lives, but this, I cannot not imagine it as a part of my life. This was something one heard that happened in Kashmir. Something we sympathized with but never realized the intensity of the fear they faced. For the first time that day and the days that followed, made me realize what the Kashmiris went through. The fear they lived in and their struggle to survive, their desire to have a normal and happy life.

 

For the first time I realized what a terror attack felt like. Right here in my city. It makes me wonder was this city sleeping through all the planning to terrorize the city, when we believe that this city never sleeps? The roads are paved with dead bodies of the innocent and the blood of the injured? The question that hit me the hardest — WILL I FEEL SAFE ANYMORE? 

 

All of us are only talking, I guess its time we do something. It’s easy to debate that who  is behind the attacks and so on and so forth but even if we find out what are we going to do about it? Are we going to react? Are we going to teach those people a lesson? It’s easy to say lets learn from America. What are we going to learn? Do we have the balls to do what America did? Or are we a bunch of cowards who hide behind the pretext of a peace loving nation? Being peace loving is good but when someone comes and rapes you, you just don’t lie down and enjoy. We are at a stage where on being raped as we cannot react, so we are enjoying it. Why? I don’t doubt the capabilities of my country’s army. The only people I doubt are those who we have elected to run this country a bunch of incompetent people who don’t know there fronts from their backs.

 

Come on guys Pakistan is shouting loud and clear that they really want to help us. So let the leaders take this opportunity and attack POK and destroy those terrorist who sit there as a future threat to man kind. Let’s do the same thing what America did in Afghanistan after 9/11. We need to make a statement to those people that we are not going to lie back enjoy this rape.

 

One can go on but I guess its time to act than just talk. Let’s not give each other ball talks lets just have the balls to act and show them what we mean. I know our security forces and commandos have it them. I just want to thank all those army officers and police men and marco’s who helped us get through this. And one thing to the politicians — if you guys can’t be of any help then keep your trap shut and not add to the already fueled sense of irritation and anger. At least show some sensibility now. Giving resignation only reflects on your incapacities’ on a badly performed job. Own up and do something about it. Touring the places will not help or change anything.

 

I am so ashamed to say that it took so much destruction and so many lives for us to realize what we should have years back.