26112008 - When india was caught with its pants dropped
26112008 - the date of ignominy as far as indian 21st century progress is concerned. I am sure many a blogs will be out there to talk about the personal losses, the fantastic fightback by the black shirted heroes of bombay, the resilience of a mumbaikar to come through this and all other dollops of bonhomie and ingenuinely genuine bravados. To me, it showed one thing and that we are inequipped to deal with the fundamental necessity of growing as a superpower. A defence system. Agreed we were blindsided by the invasion, but after the invasion, 48 hours and 100 lives lost were 45 hours and 100 lives lost too much. our defense seemed to lack precision and i am just going to shoot of some points in random order and how they come in my mind which shows how lacking we are as a nation. Firstly, there was no cordoning off in places near the sites of invasions. Gawkers were present as tho they were just seeing a shooting scene (pardon th pun) of a movie with their reel idols. Secondly, from th...