Sunday, September 17, 2006

Shut Up!!!!...and sit in train!!!

Rejoice!!!!Mumbai is back in action.After one more series of
blasts.Mumbaikars are back to their normalcy,the very next
day.Cheers!!! This is the real Spirit of Mumbai.Come what may...We are
not going to stop.Every body listen to this.The terrorists.The Bandh
Men.The Rain God.The sewage system in sorry state.The
politicians.Everybody.We are not going to budge.Do whatever you can.We
will always stay firm.Bravo Mumbai.Come on.Lets celebrate the spirit of
Mumbai!!!! Finished? Now my turn. All those who are in an urge to celebrate the spirit of
Mumbai...I just want them to do one thing.Step into a local train and
look at the faces of the people sitting in there.What do u see on their
faces? Do they look as they are out to celebrate their spirit? Do they
look as if they have defeated the terrorists in their efforts,
whatsoever they are considered by the spirit celebraters. Look at their
faces closely if u want. What do u see? I'll tell u. You won't find any spirit or feeling of victory on
them.All that u can find is helplessness. Yes helplessness. Do u think they have boarded the train to put their spirit on
display??? The truth is that the so called Undefeatable Mumbaikar is a
defeated person.He is bound up to his schedule.So tightly, that he
can't even think of untying himself from it.He has to reach his office
next day.No matter what.Flood,Riot,Bomb Blast....Whatsoever. He has to earn his daily bread.He has to feed a family.He has
to pay his bills.And if he has a loan,he has to pay it's
installments.Loan for a personal reason.Or to raise his standard of
living to match up to his other competitors in the race.He has to pay
the fees for his kids education.And if they are into professional
education....his god save him!!!(which god has failed to in some cases
during the blasts).And he has to keep abreast with the regularly
swelling inflation.In short,he has to keep together his daily
crumbling.He has to reach his workplace as he cannot afford to miss a
day.He has to reach as he has pending files,pending projects,pending
reports,pending papers....pending something or the other.Work all
day,till he almost drops,only to find something pending.For this,at
least he has to reach his office. Imagine a housewife asking her husband to stay home for a day
as the day before,trains have blown off in serial blasts.What do you
expect her husband to say?"Honey....I hve to go to ....I have to show my spirit to those
terrorists who caused the blasts!!!" Or will you see him sying,"I have to go.....my father doesn't own the company to take holiday
whenever I want.....If i am not paid...What will we eat???" What sounds more realistic??? Mumbai is a city of dreams.People live here with dreams in
their eyes.But for many,earning a daily bread is biggest dream this
city can show.And for that he has to board his train.Or for that
matter,step out of his house.He can't even afford to be scared.Well we
can call this helplessness of his as his Undying Spirit!!!! And for solution to the problems of people of Mumbai.We can say
there doesn't exist one.After floods...there would be floods again next
year.After blasts.....there would be blasts again sometime years
later.After riots.....There would be riots again as some like to play
pranks with useless statues at prime locations of the city.Whatever has
occoured...will occour again.And people will keep on going..and
going...and going...and going....like energizer batteries.Keeping up
their so called 'Spirit'.With one and ony one line in their minds,covering whatever other thoughts thier minds may generate.... 'Shut Up.....and sit in train...'

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