Uncle Sam and Mother India

Day after day , the impact of the blasts is receding.It already has. The media is just waiting for the next "Big Story" and as the steam runs out of the 7/11 Mumbai blasts it will move from the Front page and Headlines to the middle of the paper.Some other story will take its place. The story is still "hot" and hence still there on the front pages.Eventually for the reporting community its just another story like there was one almost 14 years ago (1993 Blasts) where the litigation process is still on.But thats not what I want to talk about.I want to talk about Uncle Sam and Mother India.



9/11/2001: NYC, USA: US attacked at twin towers. The miscreants identified.George Bush declares "WAR AGAINST TERRORISM".Propoganda across media about the need to handle terrorism. Some support it, others are against but whatever it is across media most of it is glorified. Even if there is dissent in some parts of the world against it there isnt much Uncle Sam cares for. After all the world media is alos dominated by the US. Uncle Sam is shrewd and kills many.What he does may not be right , may involve killing innocent people and may even be criticised by the UN but who cares. After all Uncle Sam is Uncle Sam!

7/11/2006: Mumbai, India : India attacked? Did you hear that? I didnt see anything like that anywhere. All I saw was Mumbai Blasts everywhere. Thats the difference. Mother India doesnt seem to care much for her own children or may be the politicians have sold her to a brothel and now for her to care much for bastards seems unlikely. So it takes a few days for out Prime Minister to make a statement. None of the Ministers, the so called guardians of the biggest democracy in the world come to rescue its people on a public platform. What are they waiting for? No wonder the guilty take years and years to be punished when a strong statement from Prime-Minister takes 3 days to come.Finally a statement has come from the Prime-Minister about the peace process with Pakistan being put on hold.This is not the first time around. I have been repeatedly saying it because there have been many an instance in past on similar lines.History it seems is not the politicians favorite area to learn from. So Mother India tattered and sold is being abused time and again. May be she goes through throes of pain evertime she is attacked. But the screeching loud screams of pain are not heard in this media saturated world.

So where do we go from here? Uncle Sam and Mother India,it seems have not much in common. Even the enemy takes different forms. So US ally in fighting the war against terrorism may be the offender in case of our own country. Diplomacy works but it only works for the mighty who can armtwist the entire world and make it agree to its own opinion and subdue the voices of all others.

Somwhere down the line , in the past 59 years of our countrys' existence we have turned blind ,deaf and dumb so nothing affects us anymore!