Found.......and Lost??

26/11/2008 will be remembered as the most horrific day in the history of Mumbai. It beat the 1993 bomb blasts and 7/11 train bombings by a long margin to bag that infamous aforementioned title. We saw Mumbai being held hostage for three entire days and except a handful of NSG commandos, the rest of us could only wait, watch and pray. At the end of the ordeal, the spirit of Mumbai's citizens was left insulted and ridiculed. Hundreds of people were either dead or injured or traumatized. Many people had witnessed their near and dear ones pumped with bullets while they stood by in terror.
Despite the usual incompetence shown by the television media with unregulated visuals of the entire event (which might have delayed the rescue operations), they had achieved one significant result - they had spurred the people of the entire country into action. The sensationalisation of the entire event (though inappropriate according to media ethics) had got the people of India together to raise their voice against the incompetence of the Government. For the first time since the Gandhian era, the people of India had spoken out against the administration and demanded change. Democracy was at work at last......or was it??
We have moved into the new year and its been just over a month since the "horrible, historic event" which was touted to be the event which would change the way our entire Democracy worked, but how many people still remember the event as vividly as they did a few days after the ordeal? Already new sensational topics have come up for discussion in colleges, offices or even local trains. Raju's Rs. 7000 crore fraud is more appealing gossip than keeping alive the fury which had been generated against the Government. We are moving back into the same lethargic state in which we have always found comfort and convenience. Its much easier to put it behind us and move on rather than ensuring that we carry our duties to completion. Not even an ordeal of such horrific proportions could keep our attention for more than a month. We no longer care if India declares war against Pakistan or Kasab is hanged or not.
We CANNOT let this attack against out city, our own people go unavenged. We CANNOT and must NOT forget and move on as we have been doing all these years. This is enough provocation for us to act and ensure that our Government, henceforth, shows accountability and ensures that audacious attacks do not place in the future. We have found our voices. It is our duty to ensure that we never lose it again. Democracy will either win or degenerate. We have to choose our nation's fate.