Two people; Two stories

One Israeli soldier was kidnapped by Hamas in Palestine last week. Israel waited for three days. It negotiated and asked upfront to Palestine authorities to release the soldier. When nothing worked the 4th day Israel attacked the Palestine's PM office with missiles. And now this

No talk of "peace" and "brotherhood" and other abstract stuff. Just hard core action. On ground. No long speeches on tolerance and resilience. Only one language was used by Israel. Tit for Tat. Well more than a Tit actually.

The Hezbolla of Lebanon kidnapped 2 Israeli soldiers. Israel bombed the Beruit airport
The message from Israel is plain and simple. You want to talk peace with us? Sure why not? We are all for the peace process. But don't piss on my legs. I'll throw shit on your face if you do.

Come back to India. 250 people bombed in one day. Mother's lost their sons, daughters lost their fathers and sisters lost their brothers.
Our humble and gentle PM comes on national television and in a sombre message says "we won't kneel down". What melodrama? Sonia Gandhi "visits" the people in distress, so does Lalu. Thats it from the government side. Business goes on as usual. Sonia is back with her family enjoying Italy's WC victory.

But here's the best news. UP chief minister Mulla Mulayam Singh is planning to withdraw all the cases against SIMI, an organization suspected to be in forefront of these attacks. Almost as if rewarding the criminal for the evil doing.

Hindustan Times, a Congress party run newspaper is more worried whether the ICC cricket series will be affected because of this minor irritant

Some columnists in Indian media have already started legitimatizing the incident by calling it a "retaliation against the Gujarat riots" by muslims.

So for India, it is important that the "piss process" and circket matches should not be affected by these "minor" events of people being bombed. That's ok. The fabled "mumbai spirit" will take care of bombing etc. What's important is Muslims should not be offended. After all "All muslims are not terrorists"..as though it is a big favour that all of them are not terrorists.