In an Uncertain World

Terror attacks are not new to our country, well this was different. No i am not talking about the modus operandi, or the courage of the terrorist. it is something that probably has brought such a huge outburst from everyone. Although the attacks were brutal but we have found one new anti-terror weapon from the whole event that took place. well confused let me clear it up.

yesterday on television i saw several number of celebraties and business tycons shouting on highest decibel of their voice With not a crease out of place in their well cut and possibly outrageously expensive outfits these people implored government to act against terror. Accusing them of failing them and of course "their" country. I could see a angst and a sense of restlessness in their voices which i have never observed before.

One need to sit back and think for a minute, why this very attack has created such a huge outburst. Have you ever heard about a minister being sacked for a terrorist attack in india? never!! than whats so different this time.
Elite India(Top of the pyramid) has for the first time been shaken out of its slumber as terror has attacked what were so far its impenetrable citadels.

Taj mahal and oberios were well insulated from what was wrong with india untill wednesday night. It is such hotels that corporate biggies and big celebrities sipping expensive coffees and eating lavishing meals ridiculed the real India; an India they were squeamish to be part of.
Fake sympathy for terror victims in Delhi or Ahmedababad or Bangalore mixed well with the cocktails in the secure environs of the Taj and the Oberoi.
It is here that corporate bodies meet to discuss that big business deals forgetting what turmoil a middle class person goes through each day outside that wall. it is here that film producers with suitcases full of cash lured overpaid actors to act appear in their soulless films.

suddenly those places were in hands of people mad with terror, instead of soothing music there were gun shots. This was not meant for such places isn't it? Terror is traditionally linked with crowded market place, buses, trains, railway stations which would hardly effect our elite group of india. So no wonder the elite are enraged. Suddenly terrorism isn't just a dinner table conversation.

All of them are coming out and screaming on television, news paper, blogs and whatever place they can. yesterday was reading Miss Shobha de blog where she wrote "enough is enough". also news channels like NDTV running shows with this tagline. well it was enough a lot before terrorism shattered south mumbai. It was enough when bombs went off in hospitals in Ahmedabad, it was enough when in busy markets in Delhi, Diwali shopping turned into a gory dance of death.

Today terror has new target that is- Prosperity. those who were untouched by its dreadfullness are its direct targets today.

Where was this elitist angst when a brave bus conductor lost his eyes saving others in Delhi? Or those who have had their legs amputated after the blasts in Ahmedabad? Did elite India find the shrillness in their voices to demand what they are asking for now? Was a fund set-up to support government in fighting terror?

We are now ironically a lot safer, because we are irrelevant in this war. Our blood means little. The new targets are the top of the pyramid who were hardly bothered about what happened in real india. Sometimes it has to hurt where it really does. I am not saying what happened in mumbai was good. But if it would have again taken place as the old terror attacks this also would have gone unnoticed. The angst of the elite is our greatest ally in the fight to save our country, not some pointless candles that flicker away meaninglessly.

So for me this new anguish and anger among the hyocrates will force government to do something and it will prove to be a weapon for us against terror.