Post the Carnage, a time for reflection, a time for solutions

So, the most audacious terror attacks in Mumbai are now over, and the post catastrophe process begins. For the media, its been disseminating every piece of information they can find, and they are doing a pretty darn good job of it. The politicians as usual are building up rhetoric, whether it's followed up with action remains to be seen. The intelligence agencies are trying to make sense of what hit them, and how they can change. I shall try and do a post on each one of these aspects, but the first one is the most important. 

What, as regular citizens can we do to not let this happen again, or at the very least, reduce the chances of us getting caught unawares in a situation like this, be it Mumbai, Delhi or Guwahati.

Here's some ideas about how we can plan and implement community programs to help bring the people closer together, and find solutions to the issues facing us at this point.

Create a petition to the Indian Courts, get help from the sheriff. Ask the politicians to provide an accountable deadline based plan to how they plan on improving the security of the country as a whole.

I am hoping that if enough media rallies arnd around this cause, and we time it right, we will be able to get the support necessary to get the local courts to act. 

Get a petition going to the United Nations, and our Federal government to put diplomatic pressure on Pakistan to get this issue into the spotlight of the international diplomatic community.

Politics in this day and age needs to be infused with young blood which seems to be sorely missing. 

The current situation in the political world contributes to the lack of world awareness, complacency, and the narrow mindedness that has come to be hallmarks of indian administration. The same old govt office desk workers mentality. Politics needs to be cleaned of people with criminal records. How can you commit a crime, and then pretend to lead a section of society? Get students and friends together and get them involved in political education first for themselves, and then for the people. This should be done without any political affiliation whatsoever.

For the youth, I would look at getting us together, and building little focus groups, that specialize in one area of responsibility, be it education for the poor, instilling a sense of national pride in the community, handling media for a certain awareness program or be it coordinating with local agencies and building community watch programs to help police neighborhoods. All of this can be done on voluntary time, with little or no effort from a person's daily routine. The most important thing is moving forward, we refuse to accept being erased from the world by a crazy lunatic with a gun, without trying to do something about it, which means tomorrow's rally should be the beginning of a series of steps that we, as responsible citizens take to fortify our society.

All of this will go a long way in getting a better awareness of the city/ community we live in, and will create small atoms of responsibility that adhere to form a bigger sphere of influence.