BULL!

I am twenty years old, and in my twenty years of life, this is what I have seen:-

December 1992-January 1993: Riots all over the country because of Babri Masjid.

12th March, 1993: Blasts in Bombay

24th December, 1999: Hijacking of IC-814

May and July 1999: Kargil War

September 11, 2001: Planes crashing into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
Begining of the American war on Terror

September 27, 2008 - Bomb blasts in Delhi flower market

September 13, 2008 - Bomb blasts in Delhi markets

July 26, 2008 - Serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad…

March 7, 2006 - Terrorist attacks in Varanasi

July 25, 2008 - Bomb blasts in Bangalore

May 13, 2008 - Bomb blasts in Jaipur

August 25, 2007 - Blasts in Hyderabad

May 18, 2007 - Bombing at Mecca Masjid, Hyderabad

September 8, 2006 - Bomb blasts in Malegaon, Maharashtra.

July 11, 2006 - series of 7 train bombing during the evening rush hour near Mumbai.

2002: Riots in Gujarat

November 27, 2008: Attacks in Bombay

There are countless more which have not made this list, only because I cant remember them.But they happened. Twenty years, innumerable murders. Because that is what they are. Not 'random acts of terror', not 'jihad', but plain ole murder. And I realised this today, after staying fixed to the NEWS all day, that I've actually got used to the fact that every morning when I wake up and read the paper, there will be news of a Blast some where, or a war somewhere else. People dying doesn't shock me any more, simply because that is what i grew up with. What I feel right now is not fear, or terror or sympathy, I feel anger. I am angry at the fact that 20 people weilding guns can hold a country of 1.1 billion to ransom. I am angry at the fact that the cops are underprepared to deal with a crisis. I am angry at the fact that politicians are now demanding police reforms. I am angry at the country that I have inherited, at it's tendency to live from crisis to crisis. I am just plain angry.
My TV is switched off. I'll not turn it on at night. I, quite frankly, have had enough. I'll have dinner, say a prayer for the victims and go to sleep. I hope to find peace there.