My collaborator , who is a European posed me this question . Why was Mumbai attacked ? What was the motive ? What would Pakistan gain by doing this ?

The current episode has unleashed a variety of emotions in every Indian . So much so that we are ready to blame everyone or anyone that even remotely thinks ill of India . I am guilty of the same . All I wanted to blame was Pakistan and even China when I was at it .

But the fact is that we were attacked because of our policies . We were attacked because of our need to distinguish . We were attacked because we identify ourselves as Hindus, Moslems, Christians, SIkhs, Maharashtrian, Tamil, Bihari, Brahmin, shudra etc .

India takes pride in calling itself united in diversity . But this is only a charade . The problem is we are so divided that we cannot make some other communities problem as ours as long as it doesn't affect us .

And this fact has been used for political mileage so effectively that we are alienating ourselves day after day .

Today when I saw the news about the rally in Mumbai and the turnout, I was very optimistic that finally India is willing to rise as a nation against this menace, no matter whoever caused it .
It is time we showed that we truly are united in this cause . That we truly beleive in the soverinity of this nation .

But just doing this rally is not enough . We need actionable ideas. We need the will of the politburo in this too . We need new people in the governance who really keep nation first . We need a police force that are masters of the state rather than the underworld or the political parties . We need a very tough security policy . We need to reduce corruption and be accountable for our actions . We need a leader who can represent a united India and be truly secular in the sense that there will be a justice for all and appeasement to none . We need a uniform civil code . We need the purpose . We need this fervor that was shown at the rally !!!

Will it happen ? Is this a turning point in India's history ..

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