Wednesday, August 6, 2008

LIFE IS CHEAP

THE SERIES OF BOMBS WHICH EXPLODED AHMEDABAD CITY HAS REALLY SHAKEN UP THE BELIEF THAT AHMEDABAD IS A SAFE CITY TO LIVE IN. THERE ARE MANY THEORIES DOING THE ROUNDS - SOME THEM ARE: REJUVENATION OF SIMI ACTIVISTS, REVENGE FOR 2002 RIOTS, INVOLVMENT OF INDIAN MUJAHUDDEEN AND SO ON. AT THE END THE MATTER OF FACT IS INNOCENT PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THIS INHUMAN ACT.
AS WE READ THE PUBLICATIONS FROM THE CITY, IT IS REALLY HEART RENDERING AND PEOPLE WITH HUMANITY, WHATEVER RELIGION THEY BELONG TO WILL DEEPLY CONDEMN THE SAME.
CHILDREN HAVE BEEN BURNT TO DEATH. WHEN THE BOMB EXPLODED IN THE CIVIL HOSPITAL, A DOCTOR COUPLE LOST THEIR LIVES. THEY CAME FOR HER PREGNANCY CHECK. THEY WERE MARRIED HARDLY FOR A YEAR AND THE UNBORN CHILD TOO DIED WITH THEM.
THREE OF THEM WHO DIED IN THE HOSPITAL BLAST WERE THOSE WHO ON HEARING ABOUT THE BOMB BLASTS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL TO DONATE BLOOD. THEY HAVE DONE IT IN THE PAST TOO WHENEVER THERE WAS A MAJOR TRAGEDY IN THE CITY. THIS TIME THEY DID NOT GIVE THIER BLOOD. THEY GAVE THEIR LIFE AWAY.
TWO CHILDREN WERE ON A RIDE IN THE HOSPITAL COMPOUND WITH THEIR NEW GIFT, THAT IS A SECOND HAND BICYCLE BOUGHT BY THEIR FATHER ON THAT DAY. THEY FATHER WAS WITH THEM, AS HE WAS AN EMPLOYEE IN THE HOSPITAL. THE BOMB BLAST IN THE HOSPITAL COMPOUND TOOK OUT FATHER'S LIFE INSTANTLY. THE ELDER SON DIED AFTER SIX DAYS AND THE YOUNGER IS STILL STRUGGLING FOR LIFE IN THE HOSPITAL.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE GLIMPSES OF THE TRAGEDY AS PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL PUBLICATIONS. WHEREVER IN THE WORLD YOU ARE, MUST PREY FOR THE SUFFERING AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND CONDEMN THE ATROCITIES LOUDLY - WHICHEVER RELIGION YOU BELONG TO PLEASE!

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