How India reacted to bomb-blasts which occurred in Hyderabad on 25/8/07

The media community got a rude shock when the Indian Prime Minister Mr. Atal Bihari Hajpayee refrained from commenting anything whatsoever in the press conference which was held after the twin blasts that rocked the city of Hyderabad on 25th August, 07.

AB Hajpayee evinced the same characteristic demeanor and body-language that he was known for. He carefully listened to the reporter’s question (the first and the only one), slipped into a state that’s perceived as ‘coma’, flung his hands, blinked his eyebrows- all this, as usual, occurred in a span of two hours- after which it looked like Hajpayee would utter a few words, provide the much-awaited reaction, and delineate his strategy of combating terror. But that wasn’t to be. The press-conference was, at that point, called off by RSS citing 'colossal waste of time' as the reason.

Faced with the possibility of not delivering any 'breaking news' on the hottest issue of that day, media-people came up with an idea to avert the same by speculating various “what-if” scenarios, with respect to how would have some of the other Indian political leaders reacted to these blasts.

First, they speculated how YSR Rut-ti and his party would have reacted to Hyderabad blasts. After a discussion, they thought this is how he would have reacted:

"What do you expect us to do? Do you want us to keep vigil on all the chaat-eating people?"

"The state government will definitely not have the wherewithal to go into this sort of intelligence operations.”

Then, they speculated how Shivraj Pothole would have reacted:

"When floods and incidents like these happen, people try to help each other to mitigate suffering."

"We did what we felt was right. Such incidents, in fact, took place even after POTA was brought in."

"The country is very big and even if we have the information that something is likely to happen, sometimes we don't know when and where this is likely to happen."

Then, they speculated what would Muckmoron Singh have done. After discussion, they came to the conclusion that he would have decided to create a special permanent fund for the victims of terrorist attacks.

After this hypothesizing was over, some of the news-channels decided to conduct a poll to decide which amongst these should be considered ‘the most appropriate reaction’. Votes/SMS’/Phone-calls came in from all parts of India, and the vote-split (average of all the channels) read as:

20%: Hajpayee’s reaction was the most appropriate
80%: The bail given to Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan was a right thing

So it was concluded that Vajpayee’s reaction- that of maintaining complete Silence- was indeed better than the reactions which others would have hypothetically given.

This is how India tackled the sinister problem of Terrorism, after twin blasts that ravaged Hyderabad, and on the next day of the blasts, everyone was at work, performing daily chores and gossiping “How come only 80% of people think that Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan deserve to be free?”, “What was Sanjay Dutt doing in Vaishno Devi?” and the headlines “Hyderabad is a resilient city", “Resilent Hyderabad bounces right back”, were splashed all over the newspapers and TVs.

Thus, all was well till the Terrorists came to kill again.

Indian Independence Day-Glorious Pakistan?

There’s no limit to the stupidity that some of talent-shows being aired on TV descend to. I was watching ‘Sa re ga ma pa Challenge 2007, a talent-show for singers, on Zee Tv. They aired a special Independence Day episode, where Indian singers sang songs praising our motherland-India-obviously. The contest had/has 3 Pukestani singers as participants as well, and they were allowed to, much to my disgust, sing Pukestani patriotic songs. The next episode was even more shocking. As per the competition rules, one participant ought to get eliminated- the one who gets the least number of votes from audience. In this episode, all the participants in the bottom-3 (3 singers who got the least number of votes) were Pukestanis. And going against the competition rules, judges and the show-managers decided that since a few people had circulated canards in the media that: “Pukestani singers refused to sing songs Indian patriotic songs”, the audience got influenced and did not for those Pukestanis, they would not eliminate any one in that episode!

Judges’ decision was followed by a farcical drama, with Pukestani singers getting emotional, the Indian participants-with tears coming out of their eyes- hugging the Pukestanis, everyone in audience rejoicing at the decision that was arrived at, concluding with the host of the show- Aditya Narayan- making a statement :“All these false rumours and canards were a handiwork of those who wish to create barriers and divide India and Pukestan. Nothing of what’s been spread has happened.”

I am totally disgusted at this episode, particularly with the show organizers, judges, the host, and the audience in the studio. Is it difficult for us to acknowledge a simple fact: Pukestan by its very definition is founded on anti-Hindustan sentiment? It’s the same scum of a nation which has waged 4 wars against us. It’s the same country which has initiated and sustained a proxy-war against India, which has liquidated more than 90k innocent lives till date?

For God fucking sake, it’s our Independence Day, and it’s an Indian talent-show. Those Pukestanis should have sung Indian patriotic songs just like others.. Instead, the platform was allowed to eulogize a land that’s always been and is still a hub of Terrorism. I am not bothered about what occurred behind the scenes, whether the Pukestani singers refused, or they were not asked to. I don’t care what does the so-called ordinary, average Pukestani thinks of India and Indians. The fact of the matter is: conceptually and historically Pukestan, by its own proclamation, is an arch enemy of India. Any thing that glorifies Pukestan, is an affront to India, and hence is something plain unacceptable to me. It’s a disgrace to see Vande Mataram being followed by some Pukestani patriotic song.

I was also rankled by the utter nonsense and tripe that the Pukestani singers were mouthing, clearly trying to appeal to emotional side of the Indian audience. What was detestable was that one of them even gave a back-handed compliment by saying: “how he always felt at home in India, and how due to rumors & canards he was feeling very uncomfortable and depressed”, and “how he’s just there to sing and do nothing else”. In that case, if they are only here to sing, why didn’t they sing Vande Mataram or any other song glorifying India. It’s our fucking country, if you can’t respect my Independence Day, go back and compete in Pukestani talent shows, where, the voices of singers, I am sure, are so similar that without seeing the singers, it’s hard to distinguish one voice from the others.

The judges, what should I say about them? Just like most of us Indians, they are equally ignorant of what Pukestan stands for, or it seems they too are typical pseudo-secularist media-influenced types. Himesh Reshamiya: against whose opprobrious music, even the boisterous cacophony and slogan-chanting of opposition parties in Parliament will pale in comparison. Ismail Darbar: the man who has not had a single successful album after Devdas, because of which he’s stuck to just being a judge, as that’s the only way he can get enough money to trim his disgusting, eternally-oily hair. Bappi Lahri: a man who’s every second musical composition is plagiarized- and still not worth emulating, as he’s known to sue people who’ve plagiarized his songs. Or Vishal-Shekhar: the duo which through its album Bluffmaster gave us some of the most popular wannabe songs, which are still a rage in page-3 parties frequented by the likes of Booby Darling.

Then the studio-audience, of which most of the members are grossly ignorant and astoundingly stupid. These look like the types who even though have no money to support themselves, will still take a loan to pay for the show-tickets, just so that they are seen dancing and prancing like monkeys on TV, for a few seconds. They have not a slightest of clue of what India-Pukestan issue is about, and still have the gall to mindlessly suck up to and applaud the equally-ignorant-judges’ decision, and utter useless, anachronistic platitudes such as “India Pukestan bhai bhai” “Sadiyon se yahi karta aaye hai Bharat”, which they had learned during their last year of education-in most cases not exceeding 5th standard-in Municipality schools.

Then the biggest dolt of them all: the incompetent show host- Aditya Narayan. Leaving aside his worthy credentials namely-: a) He’s a son of a popular singer Udit Narayan. b) He’s sung a few songs as a playback singer for ‘child’ characters in movies, because his dad wasn’t allowed to sing for 2 characters- father and his child, we have before us, what Aditya Narayan looks like on the show: An image of a complete jackass smiling with his mouth ever-open for flies to enter in. He’s a complete dunce, with an unrivaled talent to bore even the stupidest of Saas-Bahu-serial-fan to death. He should migrate to Pukestan, and I am sure he will win the most tele-genic TV host award, apart from being the only one there.

I’d like to say so much more, but shall end the spanking and reserve it for some other post!

Adios!