another day ... another attack ... so what?

Another day goes by in Jammu and Kashmir, and another attack ... This time a very deadly one on a bus carrying BSF soldiers and their families. The Hizbul Mujahideen claim responsibility for it.

A new government in New Delhi has taken form, but the same story continues in J&K. Even we as a people have become so used to it, that it does not provoke as much outrage as it should. And in such a climate, "normalization" of relations with Pakistan sounds like a joke. In all this policy of encouraging peaceful relationships with Pakistan, we seem to have conveniently forgotten why we almost went to war against them in 2002 in the first place. Come to think of it, all the normalization effort seems to be from our side - while the "state supported terrorism" continues. We went to Pakistan to play cricket, got their cricket board out of bankruptcy, spurred local economies with the sellout games (thank God at least we won!!). We reopened airspace, reestablished diplomatic relations - Pakistan really gained a lot out of it - did we gain anything more tangible than brownie points on the world diplomatic scene? Do these brownie points get us anywhere?

The new PM reacted to this act saying

My heart goes out in sympathy to the members of the bereaved families. Their loss, which is shared by the entire nation, is truly irreparable

I agree - the loss is indeed irreparable, but is there something more we (as a nation) can do than merely issue a condemnation? Hopefully, those who died yesterday were worth more to us than another story in the news ...