New Year resolutions seem to have come a month in advance for a country currently seething with the aftermath of the recent terrorist attacks. Amidst slogans of 'Enough is Enough' and 'War on terror' lies the underlying resolve to do something. That something has now become my worst nightmare.
Someone once said it's best to realize your worst nightmare. Because then you can only move one way and that's upwards. To me it made complete sense until the recent turn of events brought terror to my door step. I always believed when your worst dream comes true, you realize its not so bad after all and along with it comes the strength to deal with it. But now all those beliefs and all those cliches have been put to test.
And sadly i see them failing. At least in this one off case where the nightmare just doesn't end. And each time you think 'this too shall pass' it rams into you like a bullet, shattering all those newly adjusted beliefs after your last nightmare. Maybe it's also the sickness talking but personally i feel both helpless and hapless. More than the terror it's this pang of despair I am fighting.
Everything that had to be said about the terrorist attacks has already been said and delving further would only trivialize a reality that bites. And bites not just those who have been affected directly but the rest of us who seem to be standing next in the line of fire. The Intelligence (A concept i fail to understand ) has been caught napping, the netas have been caught off guard, the public and the media have been awakened. May I dare say, I see a silver lining in this atmosphere of gloom and impending doom.
If i had the conviction of Barack Obama I would say 'Yes we can' . But the cynical side of me doesn't allow me to mistake this transitory semblance of a national awakening to be a longstanding reality. Though i wait in anticipation to be proved wrong.
