Am I proud to be an Indian

I've been meaning to start a blog for quiet some time now, I had many write ups ready on things I like to do such as some new guitar technique that I found, a new way around the university firewall, DRM and its implications on Indian market etc but it never got off further from the writing pad.

Today morning I was woken up by a SMS from my friend Dishank quoting Arun Shourie "not an eye for eye ,but for an eye both eyes. for a tooth whole jaw ……..please stop running to mummy" My initial reaction was being happy that some leader is finally saying what must be said but then I realize that in the history if our nation this has happened numerous times and every time nothing ever happens.

Lets see what the government has done till now to ensure this will never happen again in the future, After the attack the police and the intelligence agencies did a good job of bringing justice to those immediately responsible for the attack something that should have been done before the attack nevertheless we did something, after that our leaders officially condemned the attacks and asked Pakistan to take the necessary steps to curb terrorism, then we asked for international co-operation and the UN banned certain militant outfits, the parliament had a session and surprisingly all political parties acted in a mature manner and the leaders didn't fight over petty issues.

But if history of our nation suggests anything then we as a nation will do nothing, we will mourn the attacks for 3 months, for another 3 we will read about it in the newspapers and after that it will take a backseat from our as well as the governments mind, the around election the issue will be raised again by opposition and after elections it will be forgotten again by everyone except those who lost someone in the attacks.

We have the third largest army in the world yet terrorists have attacked the parliament, they have attacked Mumbai, they attack some city some town some street almost every second day and what have we done to curb this menace ? "We condemn the attacks that took the lives of our near and dear ones and we shall take every step to see to it that it never happens again" End of story each time

The terrorist attacked parliament and what did India do ? Had this been the white house the US would wipe every Muslim nation off the world map (no offence to anyone but isn't that what the US does ).

The SMS that started this soon turned into a debate and my friend and he raised the point that I may complain about it but is the country ready for war. The point here is the things we cherish like T.V item numbers, Karan Johar's movies,Indian sports etc are all a product of freedom and this is an attack on our freedom as a nation.

I am a patriotic person and our nation has done many things we should be proud of but the fact remains that showing mercy to Pakistan in '69 war is one the grave mistakes India made and is still paying for it, its high time we correct them.