"Ghajinitic" changes required

Its more than a month since the Mumbai attacks happened. The memories hardly seem to fade away; the scars are deeper than the ones on Aamir Khan's forehead in Ghajini; the hatred 10 times more than Sanjay Singhania. But alas! The difference remains! Its real life v/s the reel life.. and the story ends there. The steam seems to be running out of the "fight against terrorism" campaigns in India; 1000s of NGOs have come forth to help raise our voice, committees are put in place, people have protested through candle marches, signature campaigns and what does our government do? replace the outspoken RR Patil with a "effervescent" personality, Mr. Chagan Bhujbal, whose outstanding track record speaks for himself. And not to say the least - India has more or less finally concluded that Kasab is indeed a Pakistani - congratulations India. Now we need to start convincing the world and Pakistan of it!

Sometimes, I really wonder, while US leaders are MBAs from top-notch schools, the Indian leaders arent far behind when it comes to exceling in their qualifications, just that the benchmarks are different. Rape, Murder, Scams, etc. are only the most obvious one of those! People say India is today not a part of the 3rd world nation. Analysts bring forth statistics showing India to be the amongst the top economies of the world. For once everyone is ready to believe that India has truly come of age. Yet we continue to have similar people leading our country since the last 51 years, exposing the truth about the veiled face of "New India".

Unfortunately, none steps being taken currently are aimed at restoring peace and harmony in India. Whatever has been done will ensure that time is bought till next elections and that sooner or later people will forget about the incident as a cruel act of terrorism, only to resurface a year later when the next event happens.

Should India do an Israel to eradicate terrorism from India? A few touch questions need to be asked here. I guess India needs the 8 packs of Aamir Khan to muscle its way into the "Gang's hideout". Otherwise the government would need to solely rely on Indians having a "short term memory loss" syndrome to avoid any uncomfortable situation arising for them at the elections!