I was just informed of another blast.

Sometime ago, had there been a blast anywhere in India we would all know about it, the death tolls, the suspected groups....at least i would try to keep myself updated...i would definitely feel terrible for the victims...and i would be shocked at the act.

that was some time ago...not too long back, but in an age where a bomb blast warranted a certain degree of shock and not reluctant acceptance....an age where there were not so many attacks a week that one is absolutely unable to keep track of them all!

Barkha Dutt on national television called serial blasts a "monthly routine" in India. Minutes after a blast one gets to hear Narendra Modi stating that the UPA government is weak, that he had personally informed the prime minister of the possibility of such an occurrence. Somehow no one seems to offer condolences to those victimised by the blast, no one seems to show concern about the state of affairs in the site of the blast. All our ELECTED politicians care about is the Parliament House, and the affair that go on in their plush halls...somewhere in a political labyrinth our leaders seem to have lost their humane nature...somewhere in all the hustle and bustle of our daily lives the average Indian has begun taking terror for granted. After all, terrorism does raise its monstrous head ever so often..

There is so much debate about POTA. India needs stronger laws, they say. Indeed, that may well be the case, but much more than stronger laws, it's stronger law enforcement that is strangely lacking. We are unable to intercept a terrorist setup that is literally blowing apart the country, but we sure can make use of the opportunities terrorism sets up for us in the parliamentary house as a topic for many "fruitful" debates....an opportunity for the opposition to set the government up in bad light...we continue to thrash out the issue in public places, no matter that the terrorists are going about their work quietly.

Maybe it is time for us to learn from the enemy. They may be on the wrong side, but they sure know how to get their work done, which is more than anything that can be said for us....