All have been witness to the ghastardly act of terror on display in Mumbai, India. TV channels have relentlessly captured every bit of detail and relayed it to the public, which perhaps has had its first brush with a REAL terror strike. Now as the operation subsides and facts emerge, it brings a sense of dreaded calm after a big storm.

But all of this has had a drastic effect on the psyche of the common Indian. People are questioning the failure of intelligence, security, internal affairs etc. which is something that has become almost like a prime-time soap-opera playing with regular ease across India. They are no longer willing to accept the dramatic responses given by netas. Hyperbole is out, Plain action is in.

Also, quite surprisingly and to some extent relieving, is the observation of people regarding the playing up of trivial issues like religion, caste, region etc. by Indian politicians. People are now rightly consigning all such dramatised vote-mongering and media-posturing politics to where they belong – the dustbin.

This is the awakening of an entire generation, rather population, to what matters to them the most. Politics shouldn’t be about who the person is or where is he from. Politics should revolve around the core issues – what is being done about infrastructure, security, economic stability, jobs, electricity, water, basic sanitation, education. The list goes on and on.  All these years, Indian politics has only revolved around creating trivial issues and grand-posturing on real ones. Now Indian politics shall have to change – politicians and the government must accept the fact that they have been a total failure to securely govern the very nation which they are given a mandate to rule, and should act in concert to reverse the damage as soon as possible. Only then would some sense of confidence in the Indian politician return to the normal level. Otherwise, people shall become more and more jaded, and who knows what might happen then.

This is my appeal to all the people out there. Please continue to foster this rage inside you. Its only you who can make a difference to this country. Nobody will come from outside to do it for you. So better buckle up your belt and get going. The ride is tough and might have certain surprises in store, but would surely bore fruit if completed.

Salute to the never dying spirit of today’s India…