Damn Disgusting
That's the word.
They catch a mass-murderer, thief, anti-national rat, spend crores in getting him extradited and then the newspapers tell us that he ate Aloo Matar and veg pulao on his first day.
We don't talk about 257 who were killed in the Mumbai blasts, we do fondly talk of how Abu Salem's mother yearns for "Dear Abi". We don't talk of how, the kids who became orphans that fateful day in 1993 coped up with life; we don't talk of how, those who lost their limbs have been able to again gather the pieces of their lives for the last 12 years; we don't talk of the lost promise and potential of those 250 lives that were abruptly cut short - we do talk of how Abu Salem with his Hawala money has created wealth for his village, his cousins. We talk of how the rat was all cool and composed in CBI custody.
He sure is cool. He has to be, for he knows the power of money and his connections, he knows the terror his men could still strike in the hearts of witnesses and judges trying him, he knows the snail pace of legal proceedings in our country, he knows how he makes bigger news than those 257 he butchered and he knows the soggy soft nature of our nation state and the callousness with which India treats the life of its citizens.
At times you do feel if all is so great about Swades.
They catch a mass-murderer, thief, anti-national rat, spend crores in getting him extradited and then the newspapers tell us that he ate Aloo Matar and veg pulao on his first day.
We don't talk about 257 who were killed in the Mumbai blasts, we do fondly talk of how Abu Salem's mother yearns for "Dear Abi". We don't talk of how, the kids who became orphans that fateful day in 1993 coped up with life; we don't talk of how, those who lost their limbs have been able to again gather the pieces of their lives for the last 12 years; we don't talk of the lost promise and potential of those 250 lives that were abruptly cut short - we do talk of how Abu Salem with his Hawala money has created wealth for his village, his cousins. We talk of how the rat was all cool and composed in CBI custody.
He sure is cool. He has to be, for he knows the power of money and his connections, he knows the terror his men could still strike in the hearts of witnesses and judges trying him, he knows the snail pace of legal proceedings in our country, he knows how he makes bigger news than those 257 he butchered and he knows the soggy soft nature of our nation state and the callousness with which India treats the life of its citizens.
At times you do feel if all is so great about Swades.
posted by Prashant @ 3:02 PM
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