A sense of frustration and anger

Last 2 days have not gone easy. Most of the us were glued to TVs and twitters, trying to get up-to date information. Life somehow seems to be so fragile. The heart bleeds for those brave soldiers who died. At the same time, a sense of revenge against those terrorists. Beyond that its a sense of helplessness. Frustration. 

Should we tolerate this anymore? Enough is enough. We need to take action.

Here are some of the thoughts from the people blogging.

Sambit Bal has a thoughtful article on cricinfo.

An exceprt from his article:

That England shouldn’t play the next two one-dayers should have been a no-brainer. Middlesex and Western Australia needn’t have bothered making explanations. Sport is not bigger than life, not even in a country where it is said to be the religion.

 Every time I see the photograph of the young man – who looks not a lot older than my son – dressed in jeans and t-shirt, carrying a machine gun as casually as he does the satchel over his shoulder, bearing a sinister glee in his eyes, I am reminded of Barack Obama’s words about the killers of 9/11: “My powers of empathy, my ability to reach into another’s heart, cannot penetrate the blank stares of those who would murder innocents with such serene satisfaction.”

Let me declare my interests. I love this city. If anything, the last two days have made me realise the depth of that love. I have no guns and grenades to defend it with, but I can fight for its spirit. It sounds like a cliché, but clichés also happen to be true. I can’t wait to see a stadium in Bombay reverberating to the sounds of cricket. I will be there.

There is a good article of first hand account of wednesday shooting on india uncut blog.

And then there is a stream of photos on this on Flickr.

Wake up !!!

Do you think that the responsibility of India’s growth is in wrong hands? Do you complain about corruption in politicians and bureaucrats? Are you worried about India’s future? Are you worried about lack of infrastructure and resulting traffic jams? Are you worried about handling of terrorism?

You are the culprit. Because you were sleeping, when the country needed you the most.

Wake up now. At least.

This is the main theme behind Janagraha’s “one Billion Votes” campaign, also known as Jaago-re campaign. This is mainly aimed at urban youth- working class and the students.

This campaign works towards bursting the myths about perceived difficulties in enrolling your name in voter list. Also, you can fill in your details and it will automatically generate the required form for enrolling, which needs to be submitted at the electoral office. The site has tools to identify your constituency and also gives address of the nearby electoral office and also generates a map. And once you submit the form, they will track its status and inform you.

Come… Be a part of this drive…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I woke up… what about you ?????