When Hell descended on Earth

It has been 48 hours since people have been glued to their television sets all across India watching every move of the biggest horror unfolding in front of our eyes. Never has Mumbai been pulled down so badly, but here what we see is cold blooded devils simply massacring innocent lives for some really stupid goal, possibly a jargon that they themselves don't understand. It is time someone put some sense into these egghead's brains, that they cant achieve heaven by breaking hell loose on earth. WE agree that we belong to a city which never sleeps, but hello!! We do have a heart and it hurts, seeing our top cops dying away like that, seeing our fellow brothers and sisters falling prey to a mass murder, seeing our heritage buildings burning away and all for satisfying someones stupid mission. Mumbaikars have been very resilient all through, yes we do have an undying spirit of coming back with the same spirit again & again no matter how much we are hit, but this time, we have lost a lot. The spirit needs to turn into anger, a revolution has to come about, how long are we simply going to light candles in remembrance of people who have laid down their lives. It is about time, we came over mere political issues and have the guts to take terrorism to its ultimate end.

This is the same feeling that people felt in USA after the September 11 blasts. Whether Mumbai, New York or some other city in the world, people are losing their sense of security, we no longer feel safe in our own homes. You never know when a celebration dinner could actually turn into a big mourning for the family. This time, the impact is very high and it has hit big time. Earlier, after the blasts in the train or the buses, people in mumbai still continued to travel by these the next day on... Life didn't halt. In fact I was one of them, travelling by the same local the next day. But this time, things are different. Even the smallest sounds are creating panic among people. For a city which is famous for its bindaas attitude, a petty tyre burst can make us duck with fear. That is the scene now. A city where we used to comment that we don't even have time to breathe, it is about time, we all stand up and tell our politicians to shut up and watch the show. It is time, the culprits are really removed from their burrows and put to death.

In hindsight, think about the parents, of these terrorists, what pain they would they be undergoing; Watching their kids choose death over life. What is it which woos these young men to choose death, what makes them deaf to the cries of pain and pleas and still press the trigger. A particular video tape was telecast today, showing two of the terrorists smiling at each other and killing innocent people recklessly. How do these people face their conscience or do they actually have one.

Tears stream my eyes as I think about all those brave men, who laid their lives for the sake of this city, fighting and protecting us. They died so we could live. In this moment of despair, it is their spirit and bravery that keeps us going. Mumbaikars are more angry with the death of our bravehearts than the terrorism act. If only this could all come to an end, if only humans start behaving like one...