Independent India is Dead, Long Live Independent India!!!

Happy Independence Day to all my Indian friends across the world! And there are two different greetings I would like to give, to the two different set of Indians across the globe. Indians living abroad, in developed countries like UK, USA, Singapore etc, enjoy this day, have party, show some patriotism by wearing tri-colour dress, host Indian flag, play some patriotic songs, dance and have a good time today. Indians still forced or choose to stuck here in India, please stay safe, have a quiet time today, and pray to god that the day pass by without any terror attack on our country, basically, be safe today. 

Some people may try to explain to me the definition of freedom, and importance of Independence Day! A lot of you may not agree with me as well, but being an Indian, who lives in India, if we think we are Independent, we are foolishly living in a dream world. We just witness a terrorist attack in Mumbai last Saturday, which we don’t even call terrorist attack. We are so used to have these kind of blasts, attacks, that it no longer a terror attack, its just another day in India. I moved to Mumbai last year, and people told me that it’s a great city. They also told me that its much more safer than Gurgaon, from where I moved. I agree to that as well. You can’t think of going out late at night in Gurgaon, but its safe to go out here. Or is it? Last year, we experience serial blasts hitting different parts of Mumbai, and I was on my way back from office. I felt the real fear that I might not be able to reach home on that day. And last Saturday, we planned to go to Fashion Street, for some shopping. Maybe it was luck, or my time has not yet come, on our way, when we reached Bandra, we decided not to go there due to traffic, and instead went to Phoenix Mall in Parel. I don’t know what would have happened, had we went to Fashion Street, where the attack on India happened. And I was not alone, was with my family. So, yeah, Mumbai is safe, I am yet to figure out how, but people say its safe. To me, Mumbai has become the battleground for India, as it has witness all kind of attacks. But why Mumbai, we just had serial blasts in Pune couple of weeks back, and we are still trying to figure out if that was a terror attack or not. Its serious, but I was amused by the statement from Police, that it may not be terror attack, as these blast did not kill people! The last Saturday attack in Mumbai is not treated as terror attack, and will be dealt with some political angle to ensure the arrested terrorists are free to go without any charges. 

Pune Blast, Mumbai attack, and terrorist killing Maruti officers by torching them are not terrorist act, and are normal events! Kasab is still alive, and I think we should let him go to Pakistan. What he did was another incident. Not sure why people are calling him terrorist. His lawyer should file a petition about changing the case completely. If all these other events are not terrorist act, how come Kasab be a terrorist? I am really sorry for the people who lost their life during the attack where Kasab was involved. But I am also sorry for the life of Maruti officials who were burnt to death! I am sorry for all those policeman who were injured during the last Saturday attack. But isn’t it same as someone died in a road accident? It seems same to me today! We are all vulnerable, and can get killed on any day in the street! We may not return to our home on some day, people are dying everyday, and others go on with their life, waiting for their turn to die. 

Don’t get me wrong, I love my country, have full faith in our constitution, and respect my national flag, respect our freedom fighters, stand in respect of our national anthem, but I don’t consider my country Independent today! It may have been Independent earlier, in 1947, but slowly and slowly, we again got captured by terrorism. Today, we are slave of the fear, and its not fear of unknown, this fear has a face. The face of terrorism, which is everywhere, in different avatars, and we try to deny it. Whatever you say, you cannot convince me that Maoist are not terrorist, Mob attacking policemen in Azaad Maidan Mumbai are not terrorist, People killing Maruti officials are not terrorists, People killing Muslims in Asam are not terrorist, People who destroyed Babri Masjid are not terrorists, Kasab is not terrorist! 

Independent India is dead today! Long Live Independent India! Come and lets spend 2 minute of silence in prayer for the departed soul of Independent India!