WHODUNNIT?!?!?!

You done it!

Food for thought for everyone of us? It sure is.

Who's to blame for the cruel acts of terror which are on an India-tour for quite some time now and probably seem to like the country so much that they aren't wanting to go back? Who's to blame for the innocent lives lost in such dramatic acts of devastating violence? Who should be held responsible for the loss of such prodigious amount of wealth and heritage?

Isn't a person responsible for whatever happens to him? Yes, he is. So, that means, we won't be wrong in saying that a person lets things happen or not happen to him. Then why should it be different for a group of persons? Why should it be different for a country?

Politicians, intelligence, infrastructure, terrorist groups, Pakistan... and relentlessly looking for even more objects, people, organisations to blame. How, then, are we different from what the politicians are doing? Does playing the blame game run in our (Indians') blood? Everyone seems to be so good at it and so frequent too.

Education can't be blamed either. Almost all of these criminals are very well educated. More educated and experienced than the average Indian. And if an IIM/IIT-graduate can say 'No' to a job which'd earn him 6 figure salary a month and choose to start with something of their own then what's so surprising about such out-of-the-box application of the education that these merchants of death have received? The only difference being in the adjective - one being constructive, the other destructive. The human race is just evolving. Everyone of us wants to do something different. Terrorists are humans too, after all.

There's also these so-called "thinkers" of the country who come out on the television, roar in anger, and say things that everyone around already knows. Won't we love to do that too? Not many of us would make sense, though. Not many of those who are already doing it make sense either. If you can't help a situation get better, don't complain and make it worse! If you want to point out the negatives, come with a torch, show a possible way out. Because, seriously, and believe you me when I say this - We've had enough of all that. And 'Enough', now, is 'More than enough'.

Bangalore happened. Then Ahmedabad. Delhi. Now Mumbai. So much has happened and it's only the recent past. So much has happened before this recent past too. And after they come, they destroy and they leave, all we talk about is the spirit of the people of the victim-city. The Spirit. Yes. The Spirit. And for some strong reasons, I can't help but think, that it is this Spirit that is responsible for whatever is happening to us, to our cities and eventually to our country.

We can't help it. We have this nature of always wanting more. More, more and much more. More money, more luxury, more comfort, more leisure... more TERROR? Earlier we wanted a Sarkozy for ourselves because he seemed so larger than life. Then we dumped him because he probably was no different than what we already have. Now we want an Obama for ourselves. We want to manage our country like some 'X' country is managed. We want facilities in our country like some 'Z' country has. A country of a billion people has to peek over the fence for inspiration.

In such a process, neither do we find a Sarkozy or an Obama nor do we try to appreciate and give a chance to what we have. How about giving the Singhs, the Patels, the Raos a chance. You'd say "Haven't we already?" Yes we have, but maybe they really aren't the right people that we have elected and are letting do what they want to. Such a spirit has got us to where we are now and surely has the potential to take us further. It's up to us now, to let it do what we want.

Each one of us has it - that Spirit of getting back to business after the devastation. That isn't really wrong. Like we have a choice! Like we can sit back for months and mourn over what happened. Like we can stop doing what we do in our day-to-day lives and maybe just stop living. We can't do that, can we? We have to move on.

And it is this very 'moving-on' that lets us forget everything that has happened and run amuck when the next tourist appears. Forget it and they'll come back to remind you. They want you to remember it, don't they? If they didn't then the magnitude of such terror wouldn't have been increasing by every attack. They want us to remember it. Keep it in our memories forever. So let's keep it in our minds and show them the other side of remembering such events.

It's such a "Catch-22" situation, this. The Spirit that allows us to get over with such horrendous acts of crime and move on with our lives is the very reason why there always will be a recurrence of similar events, of an ever-increasing magnitude. Why should we, then, get over it and start moving on? How about not letting the emotions fade away and, for once, and probably, for all, get done with it for ever. Get done with it so that we don't have to worry about it for the rest of ourselves.

A definite realisation struck me this time around. It was that our lives, the lives of the people of this country, are far, far more precious than those of the politicians. Those politicians elected by us. They carry Z+ security - what for? Baffles me! For the first time I realised that our lives are at a greater risk than the lives of these politicians. For the first time I realised that these politicians are there to serve us, not to be served. For the first time I realised that there is a definite possibility that the dinner this coming weekend could be my last. I cannot trust anyone around me. I don't want to. Why should I! They make friends with you, live with you, win your trust and then right when you begin to feel that life couldn't have been better, they STAB you!

It's scary, isn't it? Are we feeling helpless? Confused? Nowhere to run? Probably, yes. But. We Indians have had an history on this and quite an history, mind you! They say we come up with our best when we have our back against the wall. We perform under pressure, as they say in cricket. Injury, with insult added, puts us on our mettle. And that is when we show our true colours. Once-in-a-blue-moon colours.

There certainly is a way out. Yes, there is. To hell with the politicians, intelligence, infrastructure, terrorist groups, Pakistan... whatever elements you have. We'll take it in our own hands. We can definitely deal with what's happening around us. If these elements don't work in our favour, we'll make them work just the way we want. Just hoping we find a way sooner than later. But now that we've found who's responsible for all of this, I feel it'll be sooner than later.

I FEEL I CAN BE PROUDER TO BE AN INDIAN!