Face of terror

It's been a while since I wrote a blog... However, this post is to vent my frustration and anger at the series of terrorist attacks that happened in Mumbai today...

Right now, I'm feeling a combination of emotions.. Although there's sadness and grief over the unfortunate loss of so many innocent lives, I feel a great sense of anger, frustration, disbelief and hurt. How could this keep happening? Is the government of India really doing anything to prevent this? How long is the government going to be in the reactive mode? Maybe they are doing things, what happened today only proves that it is not enough.

Also, the false sense of pride that the people are very resilent and will withstand any terror attack is only adding to the woes. I can see the news channels showing thousands of people continuing to travel on trains and buses to work tomorrow as if nothing has happened. What they dont realize is that those people do not have a choice. Its not that they are not afraid, just that they can not miss a day's work. Life goes on, they will say... How I hate that term now...

What happened today was also significant because of the openness of the attacks.. How emboldened these terrorists must be to come out in the open and attack innocent people?

Something else that comes to my mind is the continued terrorist attacks in places like Kashmir, NorthEastern states, SriLanka and Pakistan (not to mention Iraq, Afghanistan or the many African countries). It's an almost everyday occurance there and these attacks aren't even front page news for the rest of the world/country. It's almost like no body cares what happens in those places.. What will happen now is that all the countries will condemn this violence and then carry on as usual. In a couple of months, all will be forgotten until another attack like this happens! I wish the Indian government will prove me wrong this time and bring the culprits to justice this time.