What exactly I am thankful for?

Sometimes the festivals come at most unfortunate times. Here in US, almost everybody is getting prepared to celebrate Thanksgiving. I will celebrate too but I am deeply saddened when I think what exactly I am thankful for. I was all excited to celebrate but yesterday afternoon I heard about Mumbai bomb blast and spent all day finding out if the situation has improved. Mumbai is an identity for India. Its free spirit, infinite opportunities have lured people from all over the country. This act wants to dampen that spirit, even though Mumbaikar will not allow that, but only Mumbaikar need not brave all the time and suffer.

It is a difficult time for all humanity, because we are dealing with senseless people who are strongly motivated. This is high time that we as country take some action because we have to help ourselves now. There is a saying "God help those, who help themservles". We need better intelligence network, better communication from common man to police authority, and their action. India is a big country with huge population. Its foolish to expect government authorities to take care of its citizen simply because it cannot have that big of infrastructure. We as citizens need to be a little braver and need to put some trust in our police system. In democracy, one had to bear the responsibility first then has the right. It also means that government need to come up with some plan. I still like to believe that we have excellent people in government who are motivated to secure the country and they can do it.

Even though there is feeling of helplessness in my heart, simply because of being 8000 miles from my country, but I have not given up. I am going to donate money to help families who suffered trauma but I am also going to raise voice being a responsible citizen. I am thankful for being an Indian citizen and strong democratic values imbibed in me!