The Bomb’s ticking away… Wake up!!

In the last 18 years of my existence, I have never felt so vulnerable and insecure about the lives of my dear ones as I do now. There were rumours about bomb plantation in the metro too. And today, when one of my dear friends, who travels in metro every working day, didn’t show up in college, all the thoughts that came into my mind were immensely  negative. The evil souls have succeeded in furnishing terror in my mind and perhaps, I am not the only one. 

Since the 2001 terrorist attack on the USA, the American goverenment has been  proficient enough to avoid any other major attack in the country. The Indian Government and few others, on the other hand,  are amused by seeing the game of ‘numbers’ than being apalled by deaths and taking serious measure to curb the same. It’s a shame that glitches in the security system  have not ceased to exist yet. Living in a high-tech world, security personnels coninue to use their hands for security checks as if they were born with the ability to detect metals etc. with the same. Is the Indian Government so poor (or so corrupt) that it cannot afford a proper security system and enough CCTVs?

  A child is supposed to feel the safest inside the walls of his home but  we are at the height of vulnerability in our own nation. For our honorable government, Kasab’s life (and their own lives) is obviously  dearer than a common man’s. Why on earth is Kasab still taking breaths? It takes seconds to hang a person to death but may be our government is too ‘serious’ to take this seriously. Over the years, if the terrorists have become smarter, we have become dumber with each day. As a matter of fact, no one wishes to live in a country free of poverty, corruption, unemployment etc. as much as one wants to live! In order to witness the changes brought by various policies, say the Lokpal Bill, we first need to remain alive and the government needs to make sure that we do. 

Our lives are not secluded, there are many more lives associated with ours. A father dies with his son’s death, life stops existing for a woman who lost her husband in a bomb blast and a little girl’s world gets confined to blood and flesh that can never be washed away from her mind. Everyone has to die but no one deserves to be smashed to smithereens in a bomb blast and die. We have had enough candle light marches at the India Gate for the deceased and more than enough sympathies. What still remains inadequate is seriousness. I remember a joke that some kids in my class used to crack few years back- “If you are serious, go to a hospital..!!” Well, the scenario now is, “If you aren’t serious now, you shall die on the spot, forget the hospital..!!” The bomb is ticking away and it’s time to wake up!