So it has happened again! Those politicians stay safe in their beds while we get blown up. Post 9/11, the world was a very different place. Everyone was scared of everything. People were scared of shoes; hence we started stripping folks down at the airports just in case. People were afraid of white powder in letters. (They didn’t know if the white powder was from their friendly neighborhood drug-dealer or the Jihadi SOB in Afghanistan) We got scared of airplanes flying really low. We got scared of any guy with a beard or a turban. (So every Punjabi with a turban was labeled a terrorist).
Anyway, while the United States directed all its funds towards security measures, we here in India were still handing out freebies to so called ‘lower’ castes. ( Free blankets and soup for all). Ok, the first time it happened, we were ‘unprepared’. The second time it happened, we were ‘not as well prepared as we should be’. I’ve honestly lost count after the recent Delhi bomb blasts; but I’d like to know what we are now. The speech by the Union Minister for Home affairs was the same speech from the last two serial blasts at Bangalore and Ahmedabad.( Very conveniently not mentioned the city’s names should he be caught unawares) ( I condemn the bomb blasts in Mumbai…uh..sorry …sorry…I mean Bangalore….oh..where are we? Yes…I condemn the bomb blasts in Delhi. The terrorists will be tried and punished to the full extent of the law). Snooooooooooooze!!! I am sure even the SOB terrorist doesn’t give two hoots about his ‘threat’. First catch the terrorists! You haven’t a clue where they are going to attack, and you talk a lot.
After that outburst, coming back to the point, we were scared of a lot of things, but now we have a new instrument of terror to fear….THE DUSTBIN! Recent blasts have had bombs being placed in dustbins! Yeah, I am not afraid of that big nuke that says DO NOT TOUCH OR BLOW UP! But I am petrified of that darn dustbin. Now people are scared to go near one. So much for the littering problem in our country. We already throw garbage around the public dustbin and not into it. A positive to this is that the garbage does not add to the shrapnel. (Ah…Nikhilesh discovers the silver lining to the cloud) Not only do we start suspecting every man with a beard wearing a belt, hoping he isn’t carrying any TNT underneath that robe, but now we got to suspect anyone throwing anything bigger than a tissue paper into a dustbin. Imagine the plight of the garbage collectors. You wake up early in the morning, nice smell of garbage, you approach a bin to clear it out ….KABOOM! You’re flying high! (And not like Ozzy ).
But in all seriousness, I think it is time we start to forget about hurting religious sentiment and start worrying about safety of people. Start with all your funda-MENTAL-ist groups who plague the cities and towns. Am sure you’d clean up a lot of terrorists and naxals that way. We’ve honestly had enough. The opposition party can keep pointing figners, but I am sure you SOB’s wouldn’t have done a thing. 2/3rds of the special security forces are busy protecting small fry chief ministers and politicians, we are meant to burn in the fires of Jihad.
Have you ever seen a major task force surrounding George W Bush? (The most hated, most stupid and yet most powerful man on the planet) Nope, the secret service remains true to their name and we don’t see them; while a small fry dalit woman CM in our country has a battalion guarding her. (I am not mentioning the name, for fear of my life). This is the plight of this country. The terrorist want the people, it’s highly unlikely they’ll gain anything but some extra news time by killing you dumb-bat politicians. At least we’ll get a darn holiday if you go! Come on! Stand up! Be a man! Do the right thing! (Sorry Russell Peters) Take one for the team, you b***ards!
Anyway, while the United States directed all its funds towards security measures, we here in India were still handing out freebies to so called ‘lower’ castes. ( Free blankets and soup for all). Ok, the first time it happened, we were ‘unprepared’. The second time it happened, we were ‘not as well prepared as we should be’. I’ve honestly lost count after the recent Delhi bomb blasts; but I’d like to know what we are now. The speech by the Union Minister for Home affairs was the same speech from the last two serial blasts at Bangalore and Ahmedabad.( Very conveniently not mentioned the city’s names should he be caught unawares) ( I condemn the bomb blasts in Mumbai…uh..sorry …sorry…I mean Bangalore….oh..where are we? Yes…I condemn the bomb blasts in Delhi. The terrorists will be tried and punished to the full extent of the law). Snooooooooooooze!!! I am sure even the SOB terrorist doesn’t give two hoots about his ‘threat’. First catch the terrorists! You haven’t a clue where they are going to attack, and you talk a lot.
After that outburst, coming back to the point, we were scared of a lot of things, but now we have a new instrument of terror to fear….THE DUSTBIN! Recent blasts have had bombs being placed in dustbins! Yeah, I am not afraid of that big nuke that says DO NOT TOUCH OR BLOW UP! But I am petrified of that darn dustbin. Now people are scared to go near one. So much for the littering problem in our country. We already throw garbage around the public dustbin and not into it. A positive to this is that the garbage does not add to the shrapnel. (Ah…Nikhilesh discovers the silver lining to the cloud) Not only do we start suspecting every man with a beard wearing a belt, hoping he isn’t carrying any TNT underneath that robe, but now we got to suspect anyone throwing anything bigger than a tissue paper into a dustbin. Imagine the plight of the garbage collectors. You wake up early in the morning, nice smell of garbage, you approach a bin to clear it out ….KABOOM! You’re flying high! (And not like Ozzy ).
But in all seriousness, I think it is time we start to forget about hurting religious sentiment and start worrying about safety of people. Start with all your funda-MENTAL-ist groups who plague the cities and towns. Am sure you’d clean up a lot of terrorists and naxals that way. We’ve honestly had enough. The opposition party can keep pointing figners, but I am sure you SOB’s wouldn’t have done a thing. 2/3rds of the special security forces are busy protecting small fry chief ministers and politicians, we are meant to burn in the fires of Jihad.
Have you ever seen a major task force surrounding George W Bush? (The most hated, most stupid and yet most powerful man on the planet) Nope, the secret service remains true to their name and we don’t see them; while a small fry dalit woman CM in our country has a battalion guarding her. (I am not mentioning the name, for fear of my life). This is the plight of this country. The terrorist want the people, it’s highly unlikely they’ll gain anything but some extra news time by killing you dumb-bat politicians. At least we’ll get a darn holiday if you go! Come on! Stand up! Be a man! Do the right thing! (Sorry Russell Peters) Take one for the team, you b***ards!
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