This post was supposed to be for the victims of blasts that happened on 11th July, 2006. Unfortunately, some more names have got added thanks to the morons who harmed innocents in 3 separate blasts in Mumbai yesterday. :-(

Every time this happens, there are the same inane statements from politicians, same blame game for intelligence services, same salute and kudos to Mumbai's indomitable spirit and same instructions for ordinary citizens to be vigilant about their surroundings. Yeah, sure, people will remain vigilant for 1-2 days but we are not staying in forests anymore. So man has lost his primeval instinct of always being alert through centuries. It's just not wired in our genes anymore. This vigilance cannot be maintained on a sustainable basis unless we set up special squads for this and this duty alone - sort of 'Neighborhood Patrol'.

People seem to be getting more and more organized as far as disaster management is concerned, judging from the use of Twitter and other social networking sites for rescue and relief work. But we need to bring about a method to this. Start 'Disaster Management' programs in localities across the country. Train people in first aid. Mind you, no politician is going to step forward to do this. You, me and people like us have to step in.

There can be no two opinions that intelligence network needs to be overhauled but we ordinary citizens cannot do much about it. We just have to make sure that we build a close community network so that outsiders will be unable to employ local help in carrying out such terrorist activities.

I just hope and pray for peace for those who lost their lives and for speedy recovery of the injured!