| A letter for Mr Patil |
| Shweta Radhakrishnan |
| An 18-year-old Mumbai students asks why she's considered a burden to the country's polticians Our Home Minister, the Hon Mr Shivraj Patil has resigned. The Hon M. Shivraj Patil has very graciously taken moral responsibility for the Mumbai attacks. One's heart goes out to the Hon Mr Shivraj Patil, who will forever be remembered fondly as one who housed no bitterness in his heart when he resigned, after failing to do his job and protect the citizens of his country. The Hon Mr Shivraj Patil must be a very relieved man as well. I'm guessing that's what he implied when he said that he felt that a great burden had been lifted off his shoulders. It is a pity when one has a job that one is not particularly fond of. I'm awfully sorry for the Hon Mr Shivraj Patil, that he wasn't briefed about the responsibilities of the post of the Home Minister when he was sworn into office. Such a shame, really. How could one have been so inconsiderate to the Hon Mr Shivraj Patil? I truly hope he is happier, now that the burden of a nation's security is off his shoulders and now that he has washed his people's blood off his fair, moisturised hands. I hope I don't sound too bitter. I'm trying to emulate the Hon Mr Shivraj Patil, but I don't have the same amount of graciousness or dignity he does. So, I'm going to allow myself this rant. What did Mr Patil mean when he said he didn't feel bitter? What is it that HE ought to be bitter about? That he didn't do his job? That he let people die because of his soft stand on terrorism? That he muttered and mumbled and simpered long enough for two-dozen, well-armed men to hold a city to ransom like this? What is HE bitter about? If his job was such a burden, why didn't he step down long before this and let someone else do his job? How dare he imply that the lives of all those who died, because HE let them down, was a burden? Dear Sir, this is not about how this has affected you. This is not about you. It is about this country and its people - one that you let down. One that you have given enough cause to be bitter about. The Hon Mr Shivraj Patil is only a symbol of our entire political system. Not being a political science student, I don't know what exactly political science students are taught about election campaigns. But I'm sure that professors of this subject will agree with me when I say that a hostage situation is not one that you milk for votes. A terrorist attack is not one that you utilise to gain power at the Centre. You don't use your peoples' blood to colour your money, your power and your posts. What do we do? I don't know. I have no answers. Can we threaten to not vote until all our leaders collectively take steps to ensure that we no longer fall prey to negligence of this kind? What do we do? Sit quiet and wait for everybody in this government to resign, so that another equally inefficient and corrupt government can come to power? All I have are questions and a few, minimal expectations. I want somebody who doesn't consider the people he's serving a burden. One that won't request me to fall back on my spirit to tide through terror attacks. One that will realise that power is not a tool to be used for personal gain. This is not about whether our leaders feel morally responsible, or whether they feel they've failed us. This is about making sure they never fail us again. Shweta Radhakrishnan is an 18-year-old, SYBA student studying at St Xavier's College in Mumbai |
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