Another Afzal Guru in the making?

I don’t know, I am only assuming considering the liberal country we live in. The reference is Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasav, the lone terrorist alive among the 10 involved in the recent Mumbai attacks who is now in police custody.

But Kasav is no less than a celebrity today – in last two weeks, we already know that the 21-year-old years for mutton and Big B films! He washes his own clothes (someday he may say he is inspired of Gandhiji) He also revealed his wish to live, and see his mother. In short he wants “forgiveness” which he assumed won’t be that difficult.

If we can happily watch Monica Bedi, ex wife of underworld don Abu Salem - a prime accused in ’93 blasts in Mumbai. If we can forgive Sanju baba for the same – and for choosing ‘Gandhigiri’ over ‘Gun’dhigiri – at least on screens. If we can overlook Dawood Ibrahim, who apparently is sitting pretty in Karachi – why won’t we forgive Kasav? After all, we have human rights organizations that are capable of questioning and defying the court of law on lack of evidence against Kasav – like we are doing with Afzal Guru or others involved in the Parliament attack. Our eminent human rights activists, social workers may demand govt to provide Kasav with mutton once daily, if not twice.... After all they have problems with army jawans getting 24 eggs in their breakfast.

Never the less, I see Kasav becoming a superhero in no time – so what if he had killed many innocents, so what he had killed at least a half-dozen fine police and security men, so what if we have lost around Rs 4000 cr during the attacks and much more as its reparations. So what if tourism revenue fell by at least 40% due to the attacks. So what if they have raped our country, and placed it on the chart of “one of the most insecure countries in the world…” This is incredible India, we let them rape, murder, ransack, loot our country and then we forgive them – because we’ve human rights to protect.

Or we let a 'toothless' US agent like Condoleezza Rice to speak on behalf of India -As she shouts, in vain "Pakistan must act fast, or US will." We believe her;-)