Jet lag, the burglary-caused inconveniences at my Noida residence, and the inefficiency of the best telecommunication company of the country providing my Internet services, kept me away from sharing my views with others. With age it is becoming more difficult to face the situation. But still there are some good friends, and some policemen do also help even now. Life is getting normal and may be soon I get into my normal routine.

In the mean time a coward nation tries to show its brave face in various ways. Politicians have gone extreme. A chief minister of the most developed state can use a filthy language and a senior executive of the main opposition party can doubt the sincerity about the way people of India are trying to voice their views about the weakness of the political and administrative system that caused the worst of terrorist attack in the financial capital of the country.

Persons like me keep on talking and proving themselves real argumentative Indians. Will some resignations and reshuffles solve the critical problems of the country, be it Jehadi terrorism, Maoist attacks, or even the irrational protests by so-called well-wishers of the common men? It requires the steely resolve of those who are in office to carry out their responsibility in interest of the nation that is India. It demands from every citizen to do the best to build an image of India that is the best and that other nation can envy. The new home minister, whom I like many Indians respect and love, has ‘no doubt that ultimately the idea of India will triumph’. I hope his statement with time doesn’t prove a political one.

It is depressing all around with the story of meltdown caused by a system that works to exploits the human weaknesses for materialistic gains. But I have hope and it’s get firmed up when I go through books such as one by Nilekani’s ‘Imagining India’ and the latest special issue of ‘India Today’ with a theme of spirit of India that tells the stories of unusual entrepreneurs- 50 wealth creators who made it big in unique ways. I am sure with a huge readership for the magazine in various languages of India, it will make a big impact on the readers and inspire them to emulate. Everywhere I go, I find India engaged in improving itself.

I wish the rulers of India learn some useful lessons from Mumbai massacre and get some warning hints of the people’s anguish and anger about their lethargies to solve the national problems to keep their jobs in tact. Will the people of India go above the petty things and be a partner in making the nation a brave one? Will the government take the opportunity to take the assistance of whosoever it may be (even US or Israel) to deal firmly and get demolished the training camps and their masterminds across the borders?