YES, WE CAN
Last week, I was driving past Lumbini Park in Hyderabad, where a bomb blast had killed more than ten innocent people in a blast last year. I could see hundreds of people going into the Park – the blast had no effect. We are a people who can easily get over tragedies and carry on with our lives – and Mumbai will surely recover soon from yesterday's mad terrorist strikes. As Obama said, “ yes, We can; Yes, we can heal this nation. Yes, we can seize our future.”
Taj Hotel, Mumbai — the image was hosted by the publisher and was not captured.Heritage under fire – the burning Taj in Mumbai
While the Government seems to be helpless against the mindless terrorism, what we the Citizens can do is perhaps to ignore the terrorists and carry on with our lives – of course it is not easy when some of us get blown up – but the terrorist should not have a feeling of success in bringing life to a standstill. It is really sad that some of the top encounter specialists of the Mumbai Police are dead. And they were not wearing bullet-proof jackets. Sometime back around 40 specially trained greyhound cops of Andhra Pradesh were killed by Naxalites, while they were travelling in an open boat. The best of cops should be trained not to be complacent – we can't afford to lose them.