There is a hard felt anguish and anger which at the present moment should be channelized into something constructive by the impotent leaders of our country. Being an Indian, I would like to question the media who is hyping “Mumbaikar” (Is it just the concern of Mumbai or Mumbaikaars) —– Why are we talking about attack on Mumbai or just the Mumbaikar being affected? Isn’t it an attack on the sovereignity of India and all the Indians? Aren’t we people, living in other parts of India equally  disgusted with whatever is happening to our motherland? Don’t these ghastly and dastardly attacks repeatedly undermine the democratic value of our country as a whole?

It is a shame that we are considered to be such soft targets throughout the world. At this point, I would like all the people of the nation to stand united and reject all the political parties which are engaged in the slangwhang match be it Mulayam Singh, Raj Thackrey, Narendra Modi, Vilas Rao Deshmukh etc. Shouldn’t every body rise above the petty politics and religion, and think about the country as their prime responsibility? Instead of accumulating land acquisitions and money shouldn’t they pay more attention to the cost of a human life?

This anger should be reaped and its flame should keep burning in our heart and not snuffed out with the passage of time. Isn’t it high time that Pakistan should be asked to either take strict action against the perpetrators of this attack or else our armed forces will step in destroy them? We have no grudges against the citizens of Pakistan but we will not spare the terrorists or let them live anywhere in the world…

All the countries in the world consider India to be a joke, though having one of the largest armies in the world but lame politicial leadership with no guts at all!

Today we are talking about Mumbai, but what about Delhi, Jaipur, Guhawati, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad? Hasn’t the time come for the political leadership to be held accountable? Shouldn’t there be a process by which the a new referendum is taken and these politicians be voted out ?

We Indians are compelled to have captive power generation, captive water supply, private schools, costly healthcare, rampant bribery and now should we keep our private commandos for our security? Has our nation stooped to this level?

P.S. This blog holds angry statements of my husband, who is equally disturbed by the recent events.

The Ripples

A ripple in the still waters, the waters though calm runs deep. It's the ripples that animate the surface of the water with joy, sorrow, excitement or grief.

The ripples indicate the turmoil on earth; they also signify the victory of the kingfisher that dexterously dives to catch its prey.

It's an awesome sight when waters dance whenever someone tosses a stone in the river. An amateur may form just one ripple but a maestro may form several such ripples in a row that too with a single throw!

How wonderful are these ephemeral ripples, each ring forming a face happy, gloomy, angry, ugly, beautiful or smiling, the way the onlooker perceives!

The good and bad times in our life are just like these short lived ripples see how beautifully the water balances them both and maintains its tranquillity and when again the wind does softly blow, the water again enjoys the ballet of these small and big ripples.

What a lovely sight it is to see a dried leaf bid farewell to the tree and ultimately caress the river that flowed down its tree. Its undying romance for the water, which it always ogled at when on the tree Now is the time to finally find solace in the arms of the water, which humbly offers her the coffin (ripple) on which it will gently float its last journey