Impose a ban on sending more than five SMSs and MMSs– That’s the latest groundbreaking idea from the think tank of the most competent government this country has ever had! But that’s nothing new. That, in fact, is the regular MO for the people in charge of protecting us! Bring up crime against women, they’ll ordain- Stay put in your homes after dark, don’t trust strangers and Oh, how can I forget, show no skin! Speak about snatching incidents on the rise, you’ll hear- Don’t go out alone, don’t carry valuables and do not wear jewellery! You give a bunch of people the responsibility to protect you, they fail at the task, and they take away your freedom!
Nothing against the minor discomfort the bulk SMS ban is causing if it actually does help with the problem in Assam. But doesn’t it reveal, yet again, how futile the defense mechanisms of this nation have become? The forces funded by the taxpayers’ much taxed purses are utterly useless in keeping them from harm’s way. And how’s that accounted for?
Do you watch the news? Wait, I’m not asking if you watch the news channels, I’m asking if you watch the news, and believe you me, there’s a BIG difference (Let’s leave that for another time.) If you do, doesn’t the consistent supply of bloody headlines disturb you? Don’t you wonder when it all’s gonna end? I’ll tell you when, when the ones that are paid, and more importantly, trusted to protect are held responsible and accountable for their performance. When being reprimanded for failure would mean termination of service and not a transfer to some remote part of the nation. When everyone involved in the defense system bears the brunt for their failures. When the loss of every single life starts getting more screen space than the title of SRK’s next. And when that news is followed up until the devil and justice has claimed it’s due.
Every life is precious, priceless and preserving it is the paramount responsibility of everyone in uniform and of everyone pulling their strings. Is the present system of justice and defence any good? Let’s run a quick, short check… Arushi Talwar murder case- Unsolved, Kurla murders- unaccounted for, the monkey-man of Delhi- Ah, forget it! These are just a few, and much publicized cases where the forces have failed. The number of terror blast cases that the uniformed clan is clueless about, I don’t even want to go there! But it’s not their fault, really, for the system they come off is flawed itself. It doesn’t create heroes or sleuths, but it continues to churn out pot-bellied bribe seekers at a startlingly steady rate!
If I believed, I’d be praying that the bulk SMS ban solves the problem, I’d be praying for the people of North-East India, for the people of South India and also for the people of all parts of India. But since I know better, I’m just throwing a punch at the core of this chaos, knowing well that it’ll make little, or perhaps no difference!
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