Dear Friends, let's not divert the issue to Kargil, Kashmir and run the risk of trivializing it. Then there're many other issues we're silent about in this discussion forum: Iraq, Israel... Let's keep it simple. I want the police (whom I look up to come to my rescue), the politicians (whom I vote for and elect), all of them to come clean for me to feel safe in this society. Rizwanur was no terorrist, he was just a simple man, working, earning his livlihood, and paying taxes to this country- there can perhaps be nobody as patriotic. Why not compare Kargil issue with the financial scandals, the kickbacks, and ask the politicians 'how come you're so rich' or the industrial houses who survive by cheating tax authorities? Who can be more patriotic than those who pay taxes to supply for the war? Why no such common man is celebrated in this country? Are we becoming a nation of machos? Are the civilians because they don't have to die in the battle fields cowards? Why is the food and drinks of defence people subsidized when so many people go hungry in this country? As I've said, let's keep it simple: a person has died under controversial circumstances and some big names are involved. Tomorrow it could be you or me, may not be for falling in love, but for some other reason. Like, for example, I've been planning to buy a house and discovered that most of the realtors in Calcutta are Toddis. See, in my capacity, as an ordinary citizen, I do have to deal with Toddis!
