Thursday, January 10, 2013

a letter to the PM



The recent gruesome incident of mutilation of Indian soldiers dead bodies by Pakistan army shows how brazen they are about their heinous act and how meekly we are going to let it go once the issue cools down. Even right now the reactions are of “rethinking about bilateral relations and peace talks”
As a citizen of this country I feel they are encouraged to commit such acts only because of the inaction on the part of our government. Pakistan denying their involvement in this incident is another blow to the government. This is the similar reaction as denying Ajmal Amir Kasab being a citizen of Pakistan but this is a clear violation of the LOC and ceasefire agreement and it needs no more evidence. Violation is a very subtle journalistic word used here and it sugarcoats what we actually want to say. They have literally and metaphorically crossed the line and they are testing the patience of us Indians and we are letting them because apparently we have a lot of it to spare to them.
We need action and by action we don’t mean condemning or strongly protesting it. I think we have already done enough of condemning and protesting. This is now the question of national pride and honor; to show the whole world how serious we are about our military. Such mild reaction portrays that the government cares very less about the brave men who guard our borders, the real heroes of this nation. It’s time to actually do something; something more than verbal wars. No other country would tolerate escalating ceasefire violations year by year facilitating the entry of infiltrators in the country. The country knows that the armed forces are bound by the ministry orders ,which is why, the sentiment of letting the army do their job freely, is aroused in the citizens.
We are a nation of freedom fighters, a nation of valiant brave fighters who would be so deeply hurt right now seeing this coward face of India. Agreed, there is a lot of difference between the situation now and the situation then. It is indeed an entirely different issue, it does involve a lot of diplomatic factors, international pressure too; but is our country really that weak that it cannot voice its anger on the international platform and take serious action on this? The Prime Minister has not even spoken to the citizens to give us an assurance that something serious will be done about it.
Why does our country have to be so law abiding and so full of virtue and principles when the neighboring country clearly disregards all of that and brazenly comes and kills our soldiers so brutally. The fact that it has the guts to commit such an act of inhumanity shows it has no fear about us and they know we are going to react like rabbits to this lion attack. Why do we need good relations with a country like this? In the reaction of such an incident at least India should have suspended all kinds of bilateral relations with Pakistan with immediate effect. We only say we protest but do nothing to mark that protest. That is indeed an insult to the word “protest” in itself.
I am a young mind and I believe in revolution because I see that my government is so passive about everything. We need action and we need it now. It’s time to swim in the current instead of flapping our arms.
India awaits active response
Thanking you