This incident metaphored the spirit of the ppl of mumbai...even 7 bomb blasts wont stop us from boarding a mumbai local even the very next day....we all were so v proud of the doesnt matter spirit of mumbai....
After 26th november 2008...
me n 2 of my frnds had gone to c a film in a multiplex....oye lucky lucky oye...(plz dnt stop readin further by judging me from the film i went to c)
we were enjoyin the film(the startin was not tat bad) until a muslim fellow,around 40 yrs old,chewing a pan with a white muslim dress n a muslim topi,not to mention his typical mehndi coloured beard came to watch the film all alone,,,he came n sat next to me.....
n the obvious reaction from the girl sitting on my other side was....he must be another terrorist....
we all laughed it away...but she n my other friend were continuously lookin at him as he received a few calls....
"he will blow this theatre off now"...joked my other friend...
it had started turning uncomfortable....so the girl whispered LOUDLY...we shall shift to another row after the interval....guess he might just hav heard it....i dint hav the courage nor the courtesy to look at him...
in the interval,the girl said..."i dnt know nything...we sittin in another row"... i explained her how bad that guy would feel if we did that...i was just being a wiser n responsible person in front of her....but the fact was tat even i was not comfortable sittin there...we dint shift a row...but shifted a few seats n isolated ourselves.....
while returning i was just thinking.....did we isolate ourselves or did we isolate him....he was just another INDIAN who had come to enjoy....just bcoz he was a muslim,n presented himself being 1 meant that he should be treated like some untouchable or a probable antisocial element....had he not wore a muslim attire or if he had a clean shaved face or had he disguised himself as some1 other than a muslim....m sure we would be sittin next to each other comfortably n laughing on the same joke...a smile matching with smile....
i wondered y we dont change seats when we r accompanied by some seemingly sober family man...after all the politicians,ppl who cheat every day,lie regularly n steal some poor ppls money,
some extremely evil people might just look like our dad or uncle or so called decent middle class man.....
for tat matter, the terrorists who attacked CST looked like some cool town college students...we might not even have realized them sitting next to us....we would hav exchanged a smile or a sorry if mistakenly collided.....
so if terrorists really dont have any face....y do we steal a right of a person of just being amongst us...just bcoz he has a mehndi coloured beard n wears a muslim topi......
we might argue that all the terrorists r muslims(or atleast a majority).....then y do we run like rats to catch a glimpse of a Salman or a shahrukh khan...y do we try to forget this terrorism thing by listening to Atif aslam songs or y we expect Zaheer khan to bowl the opponents out everytime...
if a Abu Salem or a Kasav would look just like wat shahrukh n Zaheer would look in their comman man days....then y be judgmental just on the basis of a beard.....
it felt terrible.......i felt that we shouldnt hav changed seats even if we were uncomfortable....
he would hav been a nice man....i felt like sayin sry to him.....but again....dint hav the courage n nor the courtesy to say him sry...
The recent attacks might just hav taken a toll on the spirits of mumbai...a tired janta seems to hav taken enough...their minds hav made room for fear....this time....it was really big....
THE AFTERMATH this time would really be different....a comman man is worried...is angry....is waking up....the goverment felt the heat....
Ram gopal verma will feel the heat on his next film release....
n pakistan will for a long time to come....
but y muslims in general.....specially y IN GENERAL....
wen all this was goin through my mind,1 of my best friend(i consider him highly sensible n respect him a lot n feel tat he can do no wrong)was forwardin this msg to a few....
"6th dec 1992 was the day wen we demolished the babri masjid...a symbol of the MUSLIMS n foreign invasion...
say jay shree ram n be proud to be a hindu....:"
I dont want to argue who was right n who was wrong n wen....i m not completely secular n i dont think in favor of the muslims...but this time i dint know wat to say...to be honest i still dont know wat to say even now...
i dint know how to react then...i just smiled.....i dnt know do they deserve this or not....but i wonder wat it takes to be a common n an innocent muslim....cant help but just smile....
After 26th november 2008...
me n 2 of my frnds had gone to c a film in a multiplex....oye lucky lucky oye...(plz dnt stop readin further by judging me from the film i went to c)
we were enjoyin the film(the startin was not tat bad) until a muslim fellow,around 40 yrs old,chewing a pan with a white muslim dress n a muslim topi,not to mention his typical mehndi coloured beard came to watch the film all alone,,,he came n sat next to me.....
n the obvious reaction from the girl sitting on my other side was....he must be another terrorist....
we all laughed it away...but she n my other friend were continuously lookin at him as he received a few calls....
"he will blow this theatre off now"...joked my other friend...
it had started turning uncomfortable....so the girl whispered LOUDLY...we shall shift to another row after the interval....guess he might just hav heard it....i dint hav the courage nor the courtesy to look at him...
in the interval,the girl said..."i dnt know nything...we sittin in another row"... i explained her how bad that guy would feel if we did that...i was just being a wiser n responsible person in front of her....but the fact was tat even i was not comfortable sittin there...we dint shift a row...but shifted a few seats n isolated ourselves.....
while returning i was just thinking.....did we isolate ourselves or did we isolate him....he was just another INDIAN who had come to enjoy....just bcoz he was a muslim,n presented himself being 1 meant that he should be treated like some untouchable or a probable antisocial element....had he not wore a muslim attire or if he had a clean shaved face or had he disguised himself as some1 other than a muslim....m sure we would be sittin next to each other comfortably n laughing on the same joke...a smile matching with smile....
i wondered y we dont change seats when we r accompanied by some seemingly sober family man...after all the politicians,ppl who cheat every day,lie regularly n steal some poor ppls money,
some extremely evil people might just look like our dad or uncle or so called decent middle class man.....
for tat matter, the terrorists who attacked CST looked like some cool town college students...we might not even have realized them sitting next to us....we would hav exchanged a smile or a sorry if mistakenly collided.....
so if terrorists really dont have any face....y do we steal a right of a person of just being amongst us...just bcoz he has a mehndi coloured beard n wears a muslim topi......
we might argue that all the terrorists r muslims(or atleast a majority).....then y do we run like rats to catch a glimpse of a Salman or a shahrukh khan...y do we try to forget this terrorism thing by listening to Atif aslam songs or y we expect Zaheer khan to bowl the opponents out everytime...
if a Abu Salem or a Kasav would look just like wat shahrukh n Zaheer would look in their comman man days....then y be judgmental just on the basis of a beard.....
it felt terrible.......i felt that we shouldnt hav changed seats even if we were uncomfortable....
he would hav been a nice man....i felt like sayin sry to him.....but again....dint hav the courage n nor the courtesy to say him sry...
The recent attacks might just hav taken a toll on the spirits of mumbai...a tired janta seems to hav taken enough...their minds hav made room for fear....this time....it was really big....
THE AFTERMATH this time would really be different....a comman man is worried...is angry....is waking up....the goverment felt the heat....
Ram gopal verma will feel the heat on his next film release....
n pakistan will for a long time to come....
but y muslims in general.....specially y IN GENERAL....
wen all this was goin through my mind,1 of my best friend(i consider him highly sensible n respect him a lot n feel tat he can do no wrong)was forwardin this msg to a few....
"6th dec 1992 was the day wen we demolished the babri masjid...a symbol of the MUSLIMS n foreign invasion...
say jay shree ram n be proud to be a hindu....:"
I dont want to argue who was right n who was wrong n wen....i m not completely secular n i dont think in favor of the muslims...but this time i dint know wat to say...to be honest i still dont know wat to say even now...
i dint know how to react then...i just smiled.....i dnt know do they deserve this or not....but i wonder wat it takes to be a common n an innocent muslim....cant help but just smile....
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