Blast In Mumbai's Suburban Train

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My neighbor today was asking me about the blasts. It wasn’t the right time to answer her insignificant questions like “Who is behind these blasts?” but I just very casually and matter-of-factly said “terrorists”. By terrorists I meant just that - terrorists. Normally I hate to bring religion into anything but I need to mention here that she is Muslim. The minute I said terrorists, she suddenly looked very alarmed and said that it’s just these fanatics within the state who do all this and blame it on the terrorists. Now! What exactly did she mean by “blaming it on terrorists”? Any person belonging to any religion who is behind the blasts is a terrorist! It could very well be those fanatics residing within the state belonging to “my” religion, I agree. But how did she assume that I was not referring to them? She just associated the word terrorist to her religion, why? It’s hurting how she was least concerned about how it has affected the common people in Bombay. How the heck does it matter if the person behind the blasts was Hindu or Muslim or Christian. For me that’s a terrorist! – and terrorism is his religion!! This one experience has left me a bit upset. I am wondering if the fault lies in her thinking or is it people like us who have made them feel like that. It’s probably both. Whatever the case may be, I wish people start thinking “human” first and then about their communities. Else what is the difference between terrorist’s thinking and ours? Don’t we think the same then…just that the actions differ?! I don’t really know how to react to all this. And what are we going to do about all this? Are we experiencing some kind of anarchy in India? There is no control whatsoever. Aren’t we compassionate enough to think deeper about these problems? Should we just forget all that happened in a DAY??? “EVERYTHING BACK TO NORMAL IN MUMBAI!” As much as I love Bombay for this very reason, I don’t think bringing back everything to normalcy is going in the right direction. I say just stop all the work, protest, and show opposition of some kind! And let the Govt “hear” your anger! They won’t care a damn about all this if you show this so-called “resilient” approach. That is not being strong. It’s being nonchalant to the casualties. Just being glad that you and your family are safe and just sympathizing with the rest is not going to help matters. Showing the terrorists that we are still fine and normal is not the right approach! I can so well feel what those families are going through, having had a close experience myself. We are just blaming the Govt. through blogs or just making it some lunch time discussion. But how about just “doing” something to show protest, in whatever capacity we can - like a "Satyagraha". I know I am repeating myself but I strongly feel that people should unite and stop all the work for some days and show how badly these blasts can affect the whole nation and not just the families of the dead and injured. Close the companies, offices, schools for a week, month and show that this is affectng us!!!!!!! Just hope it's not just "return to normalcy" or "resilient Mumbai" but a more hard-hitting reaction from my people in Bombay! counter easy hit[SIZE=7][COLOR=red]