A riot of angry thoughts!!!!

Hypocrisy::::

The article is merely my thoughts that I have wanted to express. They have troubled me and angered me for long and I just wanted to vent them out. It is not a personal attack on anyone. And if someone thinks so, then I have hit a chord inside them and YOU need to introspect… “Am I doing this too?”

We are all hypocrites!!!! Why????

A soldier dies at the border and we all get onto our Facebook, twitter or whatsapp, check out a page, a message describing this martyr or a photo of the coffin carrying his body….. The more ‘the most heart touching’ aspect of the martyr, the better it is!!!!!! We post it on our FB page or send it to our friends, trying to convey/show our solidarity towards the martyr and towards our armed forces. I think this is what our TV channels do to increase their TRP. Let me explain that!!!! How long is our so called feeling/emotion with this soldier? For how long does this feeling stay (obviously with us)??? ………. Welllllll For not more than a few minutes…till the time the pic is getting posted!!!!!Maximum till then!!! After that the hero, the brave soldier is forgotten. But of course the thought /emotion comes back again when a person ‘likes’ the pic/post or writes a comment “RIP, brave heart….” Or simply “RIP”….Saalon, You couldn't find those few seconds also to write “Rest in Peace”??? Or is it that you do not know the full form of RIP!!!... But but but… after writing the comment or posting the post , both the persons( the comment writer and the person posting the post) feel a sense of relief… Mission Accomplished!!!! Their job is over!!!! They have paid their tribute to the martyr.. They have shown their ‘Integrity/spirit towards a soldier’…. My my my my

Another interesting thing, which I find very hilarious, is…On such pictures people hit the like button….Translating the ‘like’ action into words…… “I ‘like’ that you (the martyr) are in a coffin!!!”……… “I ‘like’ that he WAS a brave soldier!!!!” ……..“I ‘like’ that he is a martyr now!!!!” I feel like laughing at these people (cant write that I would like to shake them and put some sense into them)… How can you ‘like’ such a thing??? But then you can ….for this brave man, this brave boy was not YOUR son, or YOUR father Nor was he YOUR brother!!!!! But at least you are liking it and showing your emotions… You need to be thanked…..

Coming back to the sharing bit…. All those who share the pics….they also get a sense of relief….not because they have done their bit but coz they will now be noticed by their friends. “ Oh !!! How concerned this person is towards a brother soldier!!!!” “What feelings this person has!!!” ( Bascically fishing for compliments and trying to gain popularity and also showing off in front of your friends that you are better than the others in your friend’s list, coz YOU have shared a pic!!!)

There might be one odd genuine person… I dunno… But is this the only way to show your care and feelings??? If you really ‘care’ then stop this begging to the world by posting “ We the PEOPLE FROM THE ARMED FORCES and our FAMILIES give such a supreme sacrifice to keep you all (civilians) safe….. DON’T forget our sacrifice” ……………… Are you begging to the world to give you respect and to honour the brave man? (Sirf ek katorey ki kaami hai)……….Are you being just to the soldier? HE did not do so to gain popularity!!! His last thoughts were not that the nation must remember his heroic deeds … His last thoughts would have been for his family, his wife …Did I remember to say to her, I love you? Will she remember that I love her? Will she be able to live alone without me? Will this world help her when she is alone? …the thoughts will be for his children… I am sorry kiddos, I couldn't see you graduate, I couldn't see you walk, I wouldn't be there when you fall in love or get married… But will you remember all the good things that I did for you or will you remember me as a father who had scolded you??? I love you bachhas…He would think of his parents… Sorry dad and mom, I won’t be there when you break down on seeing my body wrapped in a tricolor, I won’t be there when you will need me as you grow old, I have not been a good son, but will you remember that I loved you immensely, that you mean a world too me, and thank you for being the best parents in the world!!! … I am sure that boy did not think of himself as a martyr or did not think of gaining popularity… he must have said a small prayer to WE THE PEOPLE …’ please be there for my parents, my wife and my children’ Help them please, they might need you many a times, don’t turn your back on them, ……for you see…… I won’t be there for them from now on, will you all…….????’ ( He wont complete the sentence, either coz he is not sure of his fellow mates or coz he does not want to beg) But what are we doing? Are we not begging for him and all for the wrong things? Are we being just in so doing? So stop this begging!!! Stop it!!! STOP IT!!! Please Stop it… please stop begging to the world to appreciate the sacrifice of this young boy, who is someone’s son, someone’s father and someone’s beloved husband!! Please stop it…. Find something else to gain your own popularity among your friends…

I ask these people……. How many of you called up families of this martyr and paid your condolences? How many of you have gone and checked if the grief stricken old parents, the numbed wife and the scared children have got the required funds, payment which is rightfully theirs? How many of you have called them after a few months,  a year or two and checked on them if they are ok and if they need anything? Or just heard them out? Is there anyone who has done this!!! Then aren't we just showing off about our concern, our tribute??? Aren't be being very shallow????

If you want to show concern then should it be only limited to the officers? Should it not be extended to our jawans? Did they not lay down their lives? Or was their sacrifice less than that of officers’? If you want to show concern, then see to it that justice is provided to martyrs like Lt Saurabh Kalia and his parents who have gone from pillar to post seeking justice for their first born!!!! 

You want to show solidarity and concern?????...... then provide an umbrella to the woman who had gone to receive the award and was standing in the rain. The others sitting in the front were civilians like me, but what happened to our armed forces? …… That lady who was getting drenched on that cold rainy day was the wife of YOUR Martyr? Couldn't you give that lady, who was already so numb, couldn't you all provide a simple cover!!!! No you can’t for you were busy, writing and posting about this event to gain your popularity!!! Can you all do this?????? Hahahahahahahaha………….Bloody Hypocrites!!!!