Pulwama Attack- Is war the answer?

14th Feb- A day to celebrate love, friendship and happiness. The whole world was busy celebrating Valentine’s Day with their loved ones while I sat on my bed struggling to figure out what my next blog should be about.

I was browsing through Instagram checking various posts when I came across this one- ‘Pulwama Attack- A black day for India’. Within seconds my Instagram feed was flooded with pictures of attack.

Like most of you, my first thought was- ‘That’s enough. Now India needs to strike back’ How long can we let these bastards attack us and how many more lives need to be lost before we take a solid action?

But as I thought more and more about this, I am struggling to answer one question. Is it worth it- a war? Not to offend anybody’s patriotic feelings, I know it’s coming from a good place but have we thought about the price that needs to be paid to take this ‘publicly demanded’ revenge?

Think about the amount of blood that would be lost and the number of brave men that need to risk their lives in order to strike back.

You can’t imagine the fear in the eyes of their families and cries of their children and beloved ones would be so heartbreaking.

I see people commenting on various posts displaying their aggressive passion for this country. But I ask you, is that enough- showing some anger and posting a picture dedicated to our martyred soldiers?

Few days passed and each of us have come to square zero- busy living our own lives, not giving a damn about this country and it’s people.

It’s sad that their sacrifice won’t be remembered by us long enough. I am ashamed that in reality we are not even worthy of their sacrifice.

Am I a worthy citizen? -ask yourself this question. Am I following basic traffic rules? Am I watching out my actions towards other citizens. Do I sincerely pay my tax? Do I behave with women?

And don’t even get me started about bribes or corrupted system that we live in. Now tell me, is this war worth it?

Why should some brave individuals give up on their lives, dreams, hopes and loved ones for people like you and me?

So do I ask for peace? No, I don’t ask for anything. I choose to be neutral. It’s their decision on how to answer this cowardly act of terrorism. They definitely don’t need our opinions.

Am I showing indifference to this disastrous act of violence? NO. I am extremely angry and hurt. But above all, I feel forever grateful and indebted to all the martyred soldiers.

I have too much of respect and pride for these brave souls and I feel the need to be worthy of their sacrifice. I know there are thousands of beautiful posts on their bravery.

But I felt the need of adding one more to those, in hopes to inspire at least one of you to be a better citizen of this country. To be worthy of being saved. Admit it, we don’t have the guts to take up this fight ourselves.

We don’t carry a fearless heart like them, that can deal with bullets or blood. Lets pledge to carry a heart that cares for this country and it’s people. At least let’s be the ones who are worth fighting for..❤🇮🇳