Waking up this morning and reading T K Arun, Economic Times’ front page comment in which he talks of sparing the life of convicted terrorist Ajmal Kasab, which would be a most forceful strike by India, came as something new.
New because each day since 26/11 so many of us have woken up with only hurt and hatred and revenge and justice in our minds.
A student I taught, a banker I did PR for and an advertising agency professional who was responsible for my first foreign trip escorting journalists to the USA, the Bahamas and on a lovely cruise all died in the tragedy. Though not a hair of mine was hurt, my family and I were very close to the hotels involved in the tragedy and passed by the venues just minutes before. The helicopter rescue attempt above Nariman House happened in front of our eyes as our house is just 4 lanes away.
A nation’s psyche has been hurt. We have been wounded too deeply. Anybody would bay for Kasab’s blood.
But like it or not, the contrarian view of people like Arun, however unpopular, is the only rational way of looking at things. I wish God gives me the strength to look at life in this way rather than in the “eye for an eye” approach.
Mohan Rajan, CEO, Paradigm Shift PR +91 9820030671
Friday 7 May 2010
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