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In an era of IT and the information highway, virtual has become real
and information dissemination takes place more rapidly than the speed
of light. The year passed so quickly as if the clock had synchronized
itself with the new version of Pentium processors.
The years 2006 is replete with memories of glory, vanity, victory,
downfall, sorrow, bloodshed, political turmoil, and of course hope.
One of the biggest shock of the year was murder of suave charmer
Pramod Mahajan, who fell to his own brother's bullets in a family
feud.
For many, the year was a deathbed, hopelessness and a life with
no purpose. Man made orchestra of terror and devastation wrought
havoc on the lives of innocent people. Be it the deadly July Mumbai
train bombings, Malegaon blasts, attack on the Sankat Mochan Temple
in Varanasi and other sporadic violence which claimed many lives
and maimed and paralysed others. To top it all, shear negligence
of railway officials at Bhagalpur led to loss of more than 30 lives.
The agents of terror with many ‘synonyms’ – Naxals,
freedom fighters, terrorists, Maoists, dons, private armies, etc
etc tried to inflict maximum wound, suffering, bloodshed and fear.
But, we as a nation rose like phoenix after each tragedy and came
together as one people to face the enemy united.
The numerous tragedies could not deter us from moving ahead on
the path of progress and to reach the ladder of success. Despite
these hurdles, at the end of the year, when we look back there are
no feelings of regret and remorse but a feeling of contentment and
satisfaction over our achievement.
We won’t look back; the perpetrators of these ghastly incidents
are waiting to go to the gallows. Because we have created institutions
which ensured that the guilty are brought to book.
And I hope, we have defeated terrorists with our resilience.
-- Saif Khalid
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