Capitalizing on Death!

There seems to be no better money puller than death itself. Why else is everyone capitalizing on the anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks?. From newspapers to reality shows, 26/11 is being plastered all across our consciousness again and again. Interviews are being held, special guests are being called on shows, reports of bravery and valour are being thrown at us and as usual celebrities have come together to show their solidarity against the terror attacks. It is as if, if you are not talking 26/11 then you are not doing the IN thing (I do realise how ironic this is but the constant media blast has got the better of me).
Have we learnt anything from 26/11/2008?. Dare I ask, will we ever learn anything? There are two things that we will keep doing forever. First, we will keep repeating mistakes and let others walk all over us (It makes me sick in the guts when R R patil, who downplayed this whole incidence as a small thing in a big city, is our home minister again!! ). Second, we will always scrape the healed wounds of others and infest them like parasites - all for our convenience. Thankfully I did not have any friend of relative who died in the attacks but I cannot even begin to imagine what must be happening to those bereaved families by watching all the "26/11 anniversary" bull crap being shown all over.

But I would like to take this to a level beyond 26/11. We are generally incompetent at dealing with all types of disaters - natural or manmade. And the general public is just as much at fault as the government. Take the case of the recent swine flu pandemic. Its all subdued now, but if it were to resurface, I am sure exactly the same thing will repeat itself. And this will again give the media full chance to capitalize on death.

It is just so pathetic and yet true. Nothing sells like death does.