Thursday, March 5, 2009

Now: 3/3

No , not a door number. Thats the number given to the latest terror attack - the one against the SL team in Pakistan.

The media seems to christen each act of terrorism these days - 9/11, 26/11 and now 3/3. One gets the idea of course- by marking out that day in the calendar, one can "commemerate" these "events" year on year.

Remember the Babri Masjid Demolition Day? For years afterwards, every Dec 6thwas filled with tension, fear and anger.

I dont think any terrorist group celebrates an anniversary of their "doings", that too with a replay, but the media will not stop trying. At a venture, I can assert that years from now, every 26/11 and every 3rd March will be mourned, atleast by the press.

Of course, history repeats itself. But history is not a performing flea and expecting it to repeat itself exactly after a year, that too year after year, is simply toooo much!

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