Mumbai attack – which could amass global attention to wards it ans so towards those who have been doing such an act for decades, also amasses attention towards the root causes of imperilment of the nation.
I was working on a different article from mid November, about the pride of our nation, the unmanned moon mission of India. However I couldn’t complete it as me expressing pride can wait while pain of losing the integrity of the country, of losing the safety of the country, of losing the lives of people of the country that we were born and brought up in and we love cannot wait.
One hundred and seventy one was a death toll, More than three hundred people injured. Amongst these there were kids, women, men, old people. Kids got orphaned, old parents got support less. Whats so disappointing is, terrorists walked in so easily through sea and carried out their entire mission with almost spectacular success of spreading mayhem , of blood shed and of damaging integrity of Indian people. Need less to say, for such endeavors to be sustained domestic traitors are to be involved. I haven’t been able to figure our as to why that isn’t it being established. Indian public was addressed and told that the culprits will be punished. Well its a no brainier to decide as to who might have done it and who have been supporting them with training, munition and of course safe harbor with in the some border. Pathetically uneducated and uncivilized crowd who are bored with their own lame lives are up to doing this task in the name of god over and over and over again. Which is kind a proved right upon the confession of captured terrorist. One question remains, is there any one who can be accountable for all this. Leave alone of insurgent attacks, is there any one accountable for what happened with rescue team, that was sent out to the situation spots?
India suffered several terrorist attacks in last decade and Mumbai is not an exception for that. This one on 26/11 drawn more attention for it happened on one of the land marks of financial hub of India. More of foreign tourists from west and rich class people were targeted along with public places like railway station, hospital and restaurants. Lets not forget the incident of plane hijack in beginning of this new millennium. Of course not to forget at all for the state in which Kashmir is in right now. I am more than positive in stating that all these incidents are intertwined by single motive by single but diversified (by name ) source.
However like every other country, we are susceptible to terrorist attacks too especially when we have traitors with in land. That’s the reason why we are ready with police forces and counter terrorism squads like NSG which was founded in 1985.
We are emerging super power?
How much of bureaucratic procedures were to be followed by the commodes before the y could leave the base which let terrorists to settle down is not much of a news to any one now. However it could be over looked with by giving them a benefit of doubt that neither the officials not the authorities had an idea of gravity of the situation. However no benefit of doubt or any kind of leniency could be granted towards those who made police forces combat against richly armed terrorists with world war II like .303 lee and sten guns. What about the poor munition and hence the display of incapability of these and so incapability of India to face today’s terrorism. These rescuers volunteer to save citizen.s life, our life when our lives are in danger and what are they equipped with? sub standard Bullet proof jackets which let bullets to pierce through them. More over these substandard supposedly bullet proof jackets were said to have been distributed to police officers with knowledge of them being of poor quality. And of course as mentioned earlier world war II munitions to fight against heavy machine guns including A K -47s.
Ten terrorists and eleven location and 60 hours of engagement has somehow made this emerging power look like ill equipped to fight contemporary terrorism. Elite bureaucratic procedures that were followed to get rescue team on board which led to delay and let attackers settle down has questioned Indian ability to fight modern terrorism.
Truth is India is not ill equipped to fight modern terrorism, though our army and police are still stuck in the system based on British Royal (as reported by news paper in UK) they could fight. How empowered could we be if we are to be provided with modern munitions. India also has so much budget and so much resources.
Point today is :
India was under terror attack, is still under threat like the world is in.India has more threats as she share border with these radicals. But are doing enough to protect ourselves is the vital questions. After the vital clues that were provided about terror insurgency through sea and possible terror attacks even before attacks been over looked because of some carelessness( or whatever ) and poor equipment and inability to display and act with rapidity to shake opponent’s establishment, I feel India sure is under threat, not only by these attackers but also by those who we have entrusted safety of our nation upon.
I feel extremely sad not only for those who were targeted in the terror attacks at various locations, rather for those who lost their lives while saving civilian’s lives, for those through whose bullet proof jacket could bullet pierce through, for those who were fighting with old fashioned incapable guns ( which more than a decade agao I probably used for hitting targets in NCC) against heavy munitions and grenades.
