Monday, December 08, 2008

An outraged Indian....!

The year 2008 has been a journey of sorts for India. The thing that stands out of all this (overtaking even the financial crisis) is, of course, the terrorism that's strangling the country... After all these bomb blasts and yes, the gruesome war at Mumbai, Indians are restless...

Times like these shake awake, the feelings of Patriotism and responsibility towards one's country. The young and old alike, want to take responsibility, get some action done, see something change and contribute to that change... At this juncture, the India Today Group has come out with a movement brilliantly named "Declare War against Terror" and asks every citizen to take part in this movement pledging to weed terrorism... I was highly thrilled to watch the advertisement asking us to join it by visiting the website or through sms's... Was waiting to see what this movement is going to do, may be an opportunity to let out our anger in the form of some productive action - contributing to the cleaning up of our country... Just high disappointment... The ad' simply concluded: "the participants' names will be on the website and broadcast on TV"...!!! There was nothing about this being a platform to start various activities, nothing about any "actions" whatsoever... Then not wanting to accept disappointment I checked out the website, expecting more information. But none... The only good thing was the "Ask experts" on terror... But there again, I couldn't find already asked questions and answers...

"Names will appear on TV and website"... Is that all you can think of to say to people just after the attack. Is that all you can say to the enraged public who in a very long time have come out of their cocoons and really want to act on something... I noticed there's a column on "Suggestions and Ideas to act against terror" in the pledging form... The only consoling part... If there is going to be any such "acting on such gathered ideas" (I really hope there is), people like me I'm sure will be more than ready to contribute even if it is going to be only a very small part irrespective of their names being broadcast on TV or website...

2 comments:

arun said...

hello... dint u know dis before itself.. all these initiatives r jus mere publicity nothin else...
I hope its high time u stop believing evrything and every1!!!

abishek said...

wch website is it ?
y dont u try writing to The India Today Group, ur suggestions, instead of waiting for them to take the first step.
I ll be rite there beside u if u go ahead, and the claimers of all those names that get displayed on tv might just join our army... :-)