Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Shaken not stirred

As Bombay burns in the aftermath of the bomb blasts, a certain amount of cynicism has crept into the soul of the Mumbaikar. Violence is now accepted as a way of life, terrorism is not going to end and will be a way of life for all in the coming decades.
When the going gets tough, the Bombay spirit gets going, they don’t sit wallowing in self pity, but get going and do whatever is required to be done.

The biggest joke and irony is that, even in the hospitals these silly politicians think it is customary and politically correct for senior politicians to visit the hospitals; where the victims are battling for their lives, creating insult to injury.

These VIP visitors with their 2 dozen gun toting security guards hamper the efforts of hospital staff who are even otherwise ill equipped to handle emergencies like this. The visits serve no purpose as loss/grief is a personal emotion, and the visit is actually counter productive to the recovery and convalescing process.

The citizens are resilient and bounce back despite the odds and become more fatalistic in their attitude towards life in a metro. As they pick up their threads, stalked by the shadow of death, they have stopped believe in bullshit and are no longer vulnerable to deceit by the powers to be.

Like James Bond’s martini they return shaken not stirred to figure out that the spelling of “God” subsumes that of “dog” too. Halleluiah! – Vinay_

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