what happened on 26/11? no clue man

The first anniversary of the terror raid of 26/11 is upon us. Some designers have gone ahead and come up with designer bags with motifs of a burning Taj and Oberoi for people to ‘remember’ the horrific event. Our police commissioner was the chief guest at the event. A passing footnote is that some part of the proceeds from the sale of these devilishly over-priced bags will be given to the police fund.
A former IPS officer has written lyrics for a song to be sung by a public relations man. Several dignitaries are expected to grace this occasion.
There are painting exhibitions to ‘commemorate’ the event on a daily basis at some or the other gallery in the city. For details please check Bombay Times.
A private advertising company and the police are making an anthem for the city and Amitabh Bachchan will most probably recite it in his baritone.
A private radio channel will get the stars of a up for release terror movie – Kurbaan- in their studios to talk about the film as part of their retelling of the 26/11 raid.
I don’t how many more are going to latch on to one of the most shameful episodes in Indian history since the Chinese whipped are bottoms in the cold dreariness of the Himalayas.
But a year later is there anything that we are doing different to stop the next Qasab? I guess not. A nation which has no capacity for retributive violence has no right to have memories. So let us forget 26/11 and celebrate it as if exactly a year ago, absolutely nothing happened except that the Churchgate-Virar might have been late by a few minutes or the BEST driver took a rash turn on some city crossroad.