TSI Profiles some Indians whose birthday last year was engulfed by death and destruction
Uday sangli
Freelance journalist, bangalore
Actually, I am not really into celebrating my birthday.
I've never done it. I have no plans to celebrate it this year either. This day will be like another day for me.
On the fateful day last year, I was busy covering a rally on “world peace” at Basaveshwara Circle in Bangalore. The rally had been organised by the Art of Living Foundation. The protest was against the accusation that that the Art of Living Foundation had harboured a terrorist.
Volunteers from Art of Living Foundation were on a candlelight vigil to register their protest against what they called was an attempt to vilify them. In a tragic coincidence, the horrific terror attack on Mumbai occurred even as the Bangalore rally was on. It obviously took us all by surprise. The sense of shock and grief was palpable.
A year has gone by since that terrible day. What I fail to understand is that even after an entire year, Kasab, the only culprit detained, has not been convicted. Instead the man's day to day activities in prison continue to rake up various issues.
Sadly, Kasab is not the first terrorist that India is looking after like a ‘guest’; Afzal Guru and many other terror suspects have been receiving the same sort of VIP treatment from the Indian government. really, this can happen only in India and everybody knows the politics behind it. So I don’t have any hope that India will ever be able to take tough measures to weed out the threat of terrorism from our midst.
Uday sangli
Freelance journalist, bangalore
Actually, I am not really into celebrating my birthday.
I've never done it. I have no plans to celebrate it this year either. This day will be like another day for me.On the fateful day last year, I was busy covering a rally on “world peace” at Basaveshwara Circle in Bangalore. The rally had been organised by the Art of Living Foundation. The protest was against the accusation that that the Art of Living Foundation had harboured a terrorist.
Volunteers from Art of Living Foundation were on a candlelight vigil to register their protest against what they called was an attempt to vilify them. In a tragic coincidence, the horrific terror attack on Mumbai occurred even as the Bangalore rally was on. It obviously took us all by surprise. The sense of shock and grief was palpable.
A year has gone by since that terrible day. What I fail to understand is that even after an entire year, Kasab, the only culprit detained, has not been convicted. Instead the man's day to day activities in prison continue to rake up various issues.
Sadly, Kasab is not the first terrorist that India is looking after like a ‘guest’; Afzal Guru and many other terror suspects have been receiving the same sort of VIP treatment from the Indian government. really, this can happen only in India and everybody knows the politics behind it. So I don’t have any hope that India will ever be able to take tough measures to weed out the threat of terrorism from our midst.
