Twin Tragedies strike North and South
Two man-made disasters - one accident, one very intentional - within 24 hours of each claiming >150 innocent lives that were looking forward to celebrate Deepavali with family and friends, sweets and lights…
I wrote yesterday only a few hours before this fateful event complaining about how rains can stop our cities from functioning. We all know that our infrastructure is not the best - if rains should not halt normal life, then improve the infrastructure before showing that rains are just vagaries of nature! Instead, we have continued to overlook the power of Nature, its fury, and went on trains speeding into flooded rivers.
Going back to Delhi - Pakistan has condemned the terror - thank you! BJP has called it a failure of intelligence - well, if intelligence were perfect then there wouldn’t be any terror at all, would there?
So far nobody has claimed responsibility - usually the perpetrators are very proud in coming out and sometimes there are even multiple claims as if this is like scoring first in the exams!
Our Army is already stressed - they have to help the earthquake victims, they have to help the cyclone victims - and they have to protect the nation! Are you kidding me?
A hot outburst! What’s your reaction?
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