City under Threat - Demystified

Asia Cup cricket final- A disgusting Rameez was laughing at the pathetic batting display of Indian Tigers on a FLAT TRACK. Even Bush won't get this much excited after catching Laden, alive. "I need some fresh air.", I said and went for a night walk. I don't know what I was thinking about rather whom, suddenly a zooming sound attracted my attention and I turned around just to find a car rushing towards me in full speed. The driver hardly managed to miss me and lost his control and hit a tree guard on the footpath.

A constable appeared from nowhere and he along with me pulled the car back and helped the driver let out of that car. "Don't you people know it's illegal to wander in curfew zone?? You youngsters don't understand anything, you people just do anything for the sake of adventure. " said the constable in a frustrated manner. I showed him my ID proof, while the driver, Ali, told him that he was coming from railway station after dropping his grandma and was speeding towards home to avoid the problems due to curfew and gave him his platform ticket as a proof.
The constable was now staring at us. At this point we were in a kashmakash and he was having kash pe kash and as his partner was sleeping big time, he was in a mood to chat and we were not in a hurry either..."Do you think that this communal conflict in indore has to do anything with the allotment of land of Amarnath Shrine board??" but, Baaltis don't answer, I and Ali were just looking towards each other. "No, obviously not", he broke the silence and continued," These are the preplanned political stints, the dirty vote bank politics."

"Two small groups, political parties which have some problems in between them are always eyed towards such occasions, just to take their personal revenge and give these disputes the colour of communal disputes, otherwise who the hell keeps krates full of stones in mosques or temples or their houses?? No one does.". We were shaking our heads, as we've learnt in MBA preparatory institutes that How to nod while listening.

"These people are genius by birth, one of the groups holds orange flags and the other green flags. One group's equipped with swords, knives while the other with small explosives and they set a display in which some buildings, shops, houses are burnt, a few people lose their lives, some get injured just for the satisfaction of egos of these party heads, but who suffers in all this??" Me and Ali had big question marks in our eyes. "The common man." He replied," and off course we do. Do you think that, we enjoy laathi charge?? No!! we don't. In a city like Indore, where Collector, SP, DGP everyone's newly came in, it becomes a really tough task to be carried out to bring things to normal while the third party tries to catch the attention by their statements regarding entropy in the city during their counterparts' rule. What's wrong in that if the some Police authority says that, even god can not handle these situations."

The conversation was getting hotter and hotter but, the electronic media brought some light moments for a change as he said," These 24*7 news reporters are no less than comedians, they go to an old lady, who's already in a very big problem that how would she reach her home as there's no public conveyance and ask her, 'Mataji aap curfew me fas gayi hain,kaisa lag raha hai aapko??', They go to some lodge where people haven't had any meal for 2 days due to bandh and all, and ask them, 'Bhaaisab kaisa lag raha hai aapko, aapne 2 din se kuchh nahi khaya hai, bahar nahi nikle hain?? Paani to aata hai na anadar?', Boss you have the press card, Help them. No, 'Ye rajwada bada soona lag raha hai, dekhiye ise'; bloody jokers, curfew me log yahan party manane aayenge kya? " Suddenly his eyes became moist and said "Jo batana hai wo to batate nahi hain ye, that a Hindu family gave shelter to a Muslim in their home during these riots. 2 Jainees were taken through the sensitive area safely in a muslim's car. No these news aren't permitted by their fathers as they don't want to show the real bonding between people here."

Suddenly Ali's phone rang..."Haan abbu, aa raha hu.",He said and then the constable said, "Yes, you both should leave now, as it' already too late and our headsaab will be on a round any time. Take care."

Both of us went on our own ways... Through out the way I was thinking, that Why, Why people don't understand this very basic thing that they are just being used, while the big players play the dirty game and yet safely travel through their VIP cars and still not bothering about the people but their votes, not about the actual number of casualties but the figures to be quoted in their speeches and not... what Rafa beat Fedrer, Ohh fish, how's that possible ?? Well, life doesn't stop, it carries on...