Don't go by Emotions
Mr. Pannu's post shows the emotional outbrust against the establishment/ say the ruling party. This is the kind of politics played in our country, as people don't have worth while issues to bring to the people in order to get political support. Media itself is not unbiased and tows the line of favored political parties. The try to sensanalise the news so that people get attracted to it. Mr. Pannu's post looks to me more into this line.
Now let us discuss the issues raised by the author of the post.
1. Firstly, Mr. Manmohan Singh cancelling his visit and attending the victims. Well if he was not doing any thing then it would have been a very good gesture. Don't expect PM of the country to be present every where. Let the people on ground do the work they are suppose to do. There is a home minister and there is a CM of the state, apart from the long line of civil officials who are suppose to be acting in such situations.
2. Getting diplomatic support. I guess the entire world have condemned these attacks. These news were very well coverd in US media and I am sure must have been covered in other countries. The problem with such reporting is that the terrorists want exactly that. While the people do have right to no, and media does have the duty to inform, sensanalizing the news has the negative effects on the efforts of the govts to control the terrorism.
3. President's Bush's reaction. Well apart from making the statement, he is not expected to do any thing else. It has not be proved as yet as to who did it? The rule of the law is that a person is not guilty unless proved otherwise. We know that Pakistan is supporting the terrorism, however when it comes to proving it, it becomes difficult at the international level.
I think we made a big mistake by not taking actions after the terrorists attack on Parliament. The unfortunate part is that the then Govt. did moblize the military thus spending the major cost of the war, and yet chickened out to cross the border.
Terrorism is going to be the order of the day. We have to be strong enough to face it. We need to take actions at our level also, and not leave every thing to the govt. There is a lot that can be written on the subject. Let us not blame the government for every thing, and let us not expect our PM to be every where. I am sure he would visit Mumbai as some point of time.
