26/11

What is so strange about 26/11? Why it is called as India’s 9/11? Why so much fuss is being created by media about Mumbai terrorist attack? As we all know that India is so prone to terrorist attack yet we never discuss these recurring attacks but the way terrorist carried out the daring carnage of innocent people on 26/11, it was covered day in day out in TV channels and news papers.

The magnanimity of the 26/11 attack was ferocious & brutal no doubt and we all equally condemn such attack on Indians and Indian cities, yet it has shaken the faith of every Indian of the government and that is why it is widely covered not just by the national media but also the international media. Now these are the common things which we all know, but for me it is not enough, and I am equally amazed the way media has served the Mumbai carnage to the masses.

Let talk why this has amazed me? I do not remember the precise date when terrorist had attacked Jaipur, Delhi, Allahabad, Mumbai local train, Surat and Ahmedabad. But alas the memory of the citizens of this huge country is so short lived that they have forgotten all this not because less people were killed, I mean, “murdered” in these terrorist attack but the target of these attacks were Indian Middle class.

And, though Indian media are fattening their profit margins by telecasting every stupid piece of news for grappling the eyeballs to increase the TRP of their programmes, they remain unconcerned for the great Indian Middle class. Only when the terrorist attack the Upper Middle Class and Upper Class of the India by attacking Taj Palace Hotel or Oberai Trident in Mumbai, then they understood that now the target this time is not Indian Middle Class but the people up live life is the safe / clean corners of the cities across India.

I am not biased against anybody, yet I am making a point, that media should also create awareness about these reality quite often not to frighten people but educating them about the scary reality and also ways to scuttle such incidents by keeping themselves more alert for anything happening unusual in there surrounding. Media should also debate and ask straight from the government about the short term and long term plans they are taking to curb such heinous activity in the country.

If we have the shortage of trained manpower or resources, then just by saying or simply debating, they should also put forward the suggestion in front of the government to take prompt action and make strategy to check such incidents. Information Technology is going to be a big tool to check the security related issues in India.

So, let’s hope that media will one day wake up to the reality and they would going to change the country in the right earnest manner.