Mumbai..chalta hai..

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20

60
60
 26 Nov
when

enough was not

enough
Mumbai..India ..26 Nov
2008

what happened???
Today was Mumbai
Yesterday Delhi, Jaipur,
Bangaluru, Ahmedabad,
Gauhati…
and Tomorrow ?

Why us????
 because

Yahan Sab Chalta

hai…
history of chalta hai

In mahabharata brothers
faught over

land

…….chalta hai ..write

history of chalta hai

In ramayana
seeta had to be stolen by
ravana

to prove that good prevails over ev

history of chalta hai

moghuls
raided, exploited and
plundered

we sat back and waited our turn to be slaughtered

one by one
history of chalta hai

Alexander came
we sat back and got
hammered

Why should we preempt, he is still far

away
history of chalta hai

The british came as traders

ruled us for the next two
centuries

we quietly suffered and sacrificed..

history of chalta hai

the great partition

tore our very fabric along

religious and caste divides

we suffered the pain and

anguish..patiently
history of chalta hai

the constitution
divided us further into
religious and linguistic states

We never worried about the nation..ala

chak de
history of chalta hai

1948

we barely reacted to the raiders

led by pakistan in kashmir

here begins the phase of intelligence failures

and kneejerk reactions to national security
history of chalta hai

1962
The chinese slaughtered an ill
equipped, ill informed army
because
The political leadership remained
ensconced in romantic hindi chini
bhai bhai duet
history of knee jerk reactions establishes her
history of chalta hai

1965
We were caught napping
initially

The armed forces gave a

brave account of themselves
We still failed to develop effective proactive
measures to be well informed
history of chalta hai

1971

we liberated bangladesh
because
The political leadership
displayed the will to go
This complicated issues
further……
history of chalta hai

1971 - 88

We slept

While pakistan devised the plans

to bleed us through a thousand
cuts… op topac

Kashmir began to follow path to militancy and divisive

politics.. Soon
history of chalta hai

1988 - 1992
The rot spread across all states and
alienation of minorities resulted in bombay
blasts followed by a series of anti
establishment incidents across the country

Boom time for regional political parties to

add fuel to the fire and appease who they
could…

we still gave no heed to the systems and measures

required to handle the internal disturbances… or national
history of chalta hai

1992-1999
Liberalisation took the load off the
governments head towards a better
economy .. We moved forward under the

We again forgot to keep our

eyes open

Kargil
happened…..
history of chalta hai

The kargil war

Caught napping once again the
nation ran towards armed forces
to save the day…
Lots of changes made but once again no
systemic changes. Impact of body bags
didn’t last long…

And now……
history of chalta hai

The kargil war

Caught napping once again the
nation ran towards armed forces
to save the day…
Lots of changes made but once again no
systemic changes. Impact of body bags
didn’t last long…

And now……
 20
Mumbai police chief Hassan Gafoor- "All
operations are over. All the terrorists have
been killed”

terrorist Terrorist
s
60 hours
600

kille
thousand
s
traumatis
the trouble starts…….

Symbols of
national
prosperity …..
raped
Taj hotel seized by terrorists….

smok
ed
Fire, fire everywhere…..

burnt
peopl
emai
med
traumatis
ed
Rescued hostages…

One billion
scared…..
Chalta
hai…
AND WE ARE
TOGETHER
Mission begins…..

The military
operations……
Calm before the storm…
Taking charge…
Positions
….
busy
commandos…
Combing operation begins….
…..and life goes on nourished by the sacrifices
of our unsung heroes who laid down their lives
in the line of duty and those who died in the
Mumbai blasts and the aftermath.

Our heartfelt condolences to those who

lost their lives in this ordeal..
the military
operations……

were a surgery…
…

where is the
Will we still allow chalta
hai??

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nannik65@gmail.com