Thursday, April 16, 2009

And He has the Audacity to SMILE?

Kasab that is. The Man and The situation Ive been avoiding talking about before I Spent the three most horrendous and testing days of my life. But right now, as i read article after article of the man sitting contemptuously in Indian Jail, with no signs of remorse, whatsoever I just cannot leave this emotion behind. Even as I write, the words are flowing in hard, harsh strokes of the keyboard, each vying with the other to be typed next.

This man, who along with his colleagues ran amok and devastated lives of thousands of Indians on the ill-fated day of 26/11 sits with a snide smile on his face, with the cheek to make demands such as asking for a newspaper? (With money recovered on his person that day, no less). What right does he have to even have a trial. Emotional and unfair (??) this might sound to a few, but there isn't a single bone in my body that believes he deserves to be living till this day. He certainly is happy he's alive, and trying to ensure further extension of the same by trying to get a Pakistani lawyer to defend him.

His mother's going to come for the trial it seems. I hope he sees the despondent look in her eyes and feels miserable, like a stinking pile of the worst kind of rotten flesh possible. To top it off, a survivor, Andreina Varagona FORGIVES him. I'm sure shes entitled to her opinion and I congratulate her on her large heart and ability to overcome the trauma she endured. But I will not bother pretending I can. I'm a petty little person who cant find it in her heart to forgive this man who raped my city, took our families hostage and showed us what living hell was about.
I cannot. I'm sorry. I believe what happened was was beyond the periphery of even cruel human behaviour, and does not warrant forgiveness.

Families are broken, women have lost their sole bread earners, they're still living the aftereffects of 26/11. I spoke with Karuna Waghela last night, widowed by 26/11, with 3 kids to support and shes become very close to my heart now. She broke down on the phone while I was speaking with her last night, telling me she was missing her husband, that he was a kind man, and she feels alone now.. it took everything inside me to hang on, reassure her I'm there and she can call me whenever and not break into a sob myself.

It was right after this phone call that I saw this bit of news with Mr. Kasab. Even the mention of his name fills me with retch, let alone his sardonic, smug face. If I ever meet him, rest assured, I will murder him with my bare hands. restrain me.

Shabira Khan still in hospital, nearly 6 months after the attacks - Wadala Port Trust. Injured in the Wadi Bunder taxi blast as the terrorists wanted to wipe clean their imprints of their entry and exit. I visited her 3 months ago, and she was one of the few left behind in the hospitals. Today, she is the only one. Then, she had shrapnel embedded in her leg, and back but seemed to be on the way to recovery. today it is hampered by the onslaught of Jaundice, and other diseases. 3 Months ago, she seemed desperate to go back to the mundane inconsistencies she battled in her everyday life. Selfish and weak it may sound, but not only did i not have the courage to go alone (i took A) but I was also feeling so hurt, I just wanted to leave as soon as I could. The thought of her languishing in the hospital, 3 months on, is just deeply sad.
For all of the above I blame Kasab, and his other accomplices who I Wish were alive, Being shot down dead is far too lenient and easy death for them, their mentors in our neighbouring country, who continue to feign ignorance of their nationals participation. How could they. HOW. WHY.

My dad walked home 4 days later emotionally battered, and physically worn. It will suffice to say that I went through NOTHING compared to Karuna, Moumina, and the other victims (NOT EVEN CLOSE). But when I speak with Karuna, I cry inside too. I feel her pain and her loss, and when she cries back I have NO WORDS to say to her. My usual elaborate self is stifled with things to say or even do. Last night she called me her sister. And that's a relationship I have to give my best to. Luckily at Indiahelps, we're one big family. Karuna actually has more than 10 sisters and a few brothers too, she just doesn't know it.

Its all coming flooding back. And it hurts. And no, its not OK. Fathers, mothers, wives, kids who died then are never coming back, and they were invaluable to each family they belonged to.
Today I cant go shopping, eating, to a movie, club, train without being frisked. Everyones a terrorist until proven innocent. Gun men, sand barracks, armed police, police nakas are a way of our life, accept it or not.

And while all this happens, our dear Netas, our guiders, policy makers, protectors and guardians
sort out other important issues of gudiya-budhiya and who-called-whom-what and who-got-upset-at-being-called that. F*CK off all of you. Does NO ONE see the bigger picture here? How many lessons do we need to learn?
For the Harsh Point of view, and harsher words, Im NOT sorry.

14 comments:

Utopia said...

I couldn't agree more. But the law says everybody deserves a fair trial and so it goes.

muthu said...

Your grief is justified but I believe shooting down kasab alone would not be the solution here...... Kasab is just the tip of the ice berg, the larger picture politicians would have see here is that no one is safe and not only VIPs, politicians and government officials but every day places like railway stations too need good protection and vigilance. I am agnostic but still if there is God, I pray with him with all my heart, May the wounds of those hurt be healed. May they see tat the moon that wanes,doesn't fade away. But returns to bloom once more with even more vigor.

Aniket Thakkar said...

I couldn't agree more with you...

We all know that there is nothing called as a "fair trial" in India. I personally know a person who killed 2 kids and their mother in accident due to driving while drunk. He paid the husband 2 lakhs and is living a peaceful life.

Kasab should be tortured to a slow and painful death.

And as for the netas visit www.bleedindia.com

Its a very sorry state of situation.

snow said...

wait, is the dude still alive???????

Aditya said...

"What right does he have to even have a trial."

He may not, but it is *our* right to give him one, and this one of the reasons we have not descended into becoming a shithole like you know what has.

But when found guilty, put a bullet in the back of his head. Dispense with the noose and such niceties.

Serendipity said...

Hi UT - Damn fairness. Im with being in a petty little unforgiving mood.

Muthu - Amen to that. very well said..

Hi Ani! Just saw the website, lol. i voted fyi!

Yo Snow- he sure as hell is. B*strd.

Aditya- i couldnt agree more.

Aniket Thakkar said...

Thanks for the visit...

And I would have given you a precious item too.

But it was in image prompt by Catherine... and she asked us to write a poem each.

She then got professional theatre artists to recite our poems and she did her magic with visuals and background score.

The video is the end result that has my poem too.

So the post was sort of a 'Thank You' note to her you see. :-)

Do see the video if you haven't already. :-)

Serendipity said...

Oh so thatss what the video was. I actually didnt watch it :) will do now.
it was fantastic!

also, than you for visiting? are you mad? :P

Aniket Thakkar said...

Yes I am... :-)

Coz it makes me wonder if you didn't watch the video,,, why on earth would you like the ballad? :-)

I just wanted to say, I seriously don't mind if don't have enough time to visit me often.

I know keeping up with all the blogs is tough. And I read yours for my selfishness coz i like it. So you don't owe me or anything. :-D

That said all is cool here.... I seldom get mad. :-) :-)

And you better not be around when I am mad and turn green!

SD said...

Indeed it hurts, and hurts bad. I am completely with you on every bit on this post. It is just humiliating to be a part of a nation, where its own citizens mean nothing. Anyone can come and kill and go, and nothing is done to them. I have really no words to express my feelings now.

Kalyan Karmakar said...

its ridiculous that current coverage of the trial focuses on his smiles and his newspaper preferences...as his colleagues cross over...and we still know of him because this was Mumbai...think of what's happening at Assam...just crazy

Farcenal said...

He is the instrument. The player is far more sinister. The player is who we must look to counteract. The player is extremism in any form.

Lock him in a prison in Bihar. Let him live a life of suffering. Killing him would make him some sort of martyr and would end his life too quickly.

Smita said...

So do I say he doesn't deserve a fair trial because what he did wasn't fair as well.

With the way the trial is going I am disappointed!!!

Sam said...

Agree with Muthu, this guy is just the tip of the ice berg... My only worry is, is there going to be a solution to this problem...Or is it going to be another never ending cycle?