It’s the month of India’s 65th Independence Day and
everything is turned upside down by a few rumor mongers who took it upon
themselves to make an issue out of an event which they had no relation or
connection to. And, then started a mass exodus. People leaving, for the north
eastern parts of the country, in hordes, railway stations in major cities
clogged as people running for the fear of one thing necessary for everything
else, their LIFE.
Even after the panic started and railway stations in major
cities were besieged with thousands of passengers heading to northeast cramming
the platforms, staircases, booking counters, waiting lounge, waiting for
the elusive special trains and other trains, while no satisfactory action was
taken. Other than a few pacifying and comforting words and assurances of
security, where was the action? The government was trying to put the blame on
our neighbors and social networking sites, while in the states they were giving
assurance of protection whereas nothing was forth coming. One fact everyone missed was that the government
was giving assurances of protection on one hand, and on the other it was putting
up Special trains after Special trains. If that didn’t give a mixed message I
don’t know what did. Then came the news (blow for some) of banning bulk
messages and restricting the limit to 5 sms’s/day. In the age of Whatsapp,
Blackberry messenger and Android phones one can only wonder of kind of impact
that would have had on people who were “allegedly” behind this(#Clueless).
Now that everything has been said (not done), the D-Day came
and went and nothing major(other than a few incidents) has happened (hopefully won’t
happen). But instead of first seeing that order is restored in the country everyone
has been blaming everyone else for everything. We Indian’s are really masters
when it comes to blame games. And now comes the big question, Will these people
come back? What will be the action taken? Will they safe after they are
back? Will be miscreants be booked? We can only hope.
This exodus shows us what we truly are. We proudly say
“Unity in Diversity”, but how many of us truly believe in this. Isn’t it time
we remove the mask and say that we only believe and relate to people who are
from our state, speak our language, eat the same food and blah and blah and
blah. In a previous post I asked this question, do we really have an “India for
Indians”? At present the answer seems like a big bold NO.
Disclaimer: These are just my views and opinions. Not trying to hurt any sentiments - regional, personal or otherwise. Peace.
