Famous words by a man of grit!

Do they apply today to our current situation in India?

Yes, in my opinion.

I write today because I am deeply grieved by the twin blasts in Hyderabad. It is an abominable act. Dozens dead! :(( Many families disturbed. So many dreams shattered. All innocent. We all condemn it.

We are quick to blame our government & intelligence agencies. The question is immaterial of whether they are inefficient or not, who is paying?

US - you and me and the multitude we term as the common man.

Are we going to just wait for someone to incarnate and take away this bain?

Can't we do something about it? Are we just puppets or what? If we as intelligent, diligent & responsible citizens were to become aware of our surroundings, we can probably avert future incidents.

Didn't anyone notice the package which the bomber must have left at Lumbini & Gokul chat? Someone did notice the package at Dilsukhnagar in time to avert another blast. Kudos. Is there a mechanism which alerts all public places, within seconds after the first blast? There was a gap of a few minutes between the first & second blast. Could this gap have been tranlated into the difference between life and death for those at Lumbini Park?

What processes can be implemented to ensure that the first blast - (now a days, theres never just one, its by default a series, it seems :( ) - is the last?

Prevention of the first or even reducing loss of life, in the first would be the ideal situation. But we must aim at preventing the second and the series. The more efficient we are at prevention, the less attractive this means of making political statements is, to the perpetrators of terror. It must be expensive & highly risky to arrange blasts? If they do not achieve the results, do you think they will continue? I don't think so.

To a more alert people of my Nation.

I saw this little piece by Sharukh for TOI on "DOING"

Doing is everything. If India is to dominate then we shall have to become a nation of DOERS and not spectators who crib.

This is not a Cricket match guys! This is not a game. There are no rules and the stakes are not trophies but our lives and those of our loved ones, we are talking about.