A confident Indian!!!

Dictionary.com has one of the definitions of “Destiny” as follows:

Destiny:  A predetermined course of events considered as something beyond human power or control

As much as i do not like the sound of that definition (particularly the “beyond human power or control” part), I have come to believe lately that there is more truth in that definition than any other that i have come across till now.

Here was my definition of “Destiny”:

Destiny: a seven letter word that is abused almost universally as a cause of all our problems, or the cause of events that we would not like to take blame for.

I had always believed, and still do upto a certain extent, that we control our own destiny. That blaming things on “destiny” was only a way to excuse ourselves from trying to work that much harder. By blaming an event or series of bad-lucks on destiny, we as humans found a good excuse not to try to analyze our losses or drawbacks.

Either i was too over-confident, or too ignorant to the powers of a certain someone/something out there, which somehow charts a particular course for each individual.

How else would you explain a “Deve Gowda” with 3 MP’s in parliament becoming the Prime Minister of this huge country of ours. What a waste. If ever there was a lighter side to the effects of destiny that was it.

Over the course of the last few years, I have come to realize more and more that there is an external force out there which seems to control our fate/destiny because everyone seems to be using it a lot.

There has been a joke going around for years together.. “if there is an atheist in god (or any external power), bring him to india, and he will start believing in him(it)”

We have laughed about it for years, and never realized how that joke is on all of us and how pathetic we are not to realize that instead of laughing about it, we should do something about changing it.

A country next door trained its eyes on us and has challenged our sovereignty, if we do not stand up to it now, i dont think we ever will. How many incidents does it take for a sleeping nation to wake up?

1.    Attact on Parliament - 2001

2.    Akshardham Attack - 2002

3.    Kargil Intrusion - 1999

4.    Banagalore – 2005 & 2008

5.    Ahmedabad - 2008

6.    New Delhi - 2008

7.    Mumbai Attacks - 2008

 Even kumbkarna used to wake up after 6 months. It has taken more than 4 years since we were first challenged, and what has been our best response? THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO FREAKING RESPONSE.

From NDA to the UPA we lack a strong will to roar out to the world and to that neighbour next door that we are not going to be F**ked around. After 9/11 it took the US less than 6 months to wage a war against the Taliban. It took them less than 2 years to wage a war against Saddam. That country did what it had to to protect its own interest. WHY CANT WE?

Dont get me wrong, i am not asking India to wage a WAR against Pakistan. If we are smart enough we can play the same game as they are doing. Start a civil war in an already divided country, and then get them so held up in their own problems that they do not have enough time or money to wage a pseudo war against us.

But am i confident that my government and my intelligence system is shrewd enough to play that game? I dont think so. And for the lack of that, if the only response is to take back Pok, hey, go ahead and do it. Lets go get our land back. This is as good an opportunity as any to make ourselves count.

I want to be a Indian who is confident that his country will not let alone any country or any person who dares train his eyes at our way of life. Sadly enough, that is not the case today.

I want to be a confident Indian. And Only I can change that.

Lets bring about a change. Its time to build a confident India and a confident Indian.

Lets not leave it on Fate and Destiny.

 

List of attacks in recent times:

1 October 2001

Attack on J&K State Legislative

Assembly, Srinagar

 

13 December 2001

Attack on the Indian Parliament,

New Delhi

 

24 September 2002

Akshardham Temple Attack

 

25 August 2005

Twin Blasts, Mumbai

 

29October 2005

Blasts in New Delhi

 

28December 2005

Attack on the Indian Institute of

Science, Bangalore

 

7 March 2006

Serial Blasts in Varanasi

 

11 July 2006

Mumbai Train blasts

 

Aug. 25, 2007

Hyderabad Blasts

 

Nov. 23, 2007

Blasts in Lucknow, Varanasi, Faizabad

 

May 13, 2008

Jaipur Blasts