18 July,2011 08:51 AM IST | | Pathikrit Sen Gupta
"Well, I think you're being unfair on the cops."
"You, think so, huh?"
"The police are trying their best; following all the leads. It's not even a week yet. And the terrorists haven't even sent anu00a0 e-mail.
What are security agencies supposed to do?"
"I'm talking about prevention. Someone said with all these blasts in Mumbai, maybe they should go back to the old name. All I've heard is the Maharashtra ATS is also considering the possibility that the attack could have been part of a conspiracy to extract ransom from diamond traders at Zaveri Bazar."
"That appears improbable don't you think? You'd want to keep your targets alive so that you can collect the dough."u00a0u00a0
I've an idea! Why doesn't the government consider legalising terrorism! They have deliberated on doing that for prostitution. And both are big business these days."
"Eureka! And they can have public service messages on TV, advising people to wear ballistic vests when they go out to crowded places. Kind of the ones they have for condoms."
"Really? They have the same rule for condoms?"
"And I think soon enough, being the victim of a bomb blast would cease to be a big deal. A guy would say, 'Yeah, I have this shrapnel, stuck behind my left ear. Happened at that XYZ market incident. No, not the third one; the fifth one.' And the next guy would say, 'Look here, I have this splinter lodged in my butt. No, no, that's a mole, it's this one. From the ABC place attack last week. No, on the 19th; the one on the 17th was at XYZ market again.' See what I mean? It would be like ufffdI don't know, being a rape victim in Delhi."
"Hey, if they make terrorism a legitimate business, do you think they should charge taxes as well?"
"Who's going to collect? It would be like a suicide mission, right?" "
That reminds me, I wonder how the big bosses pay these fidayeens! Is it like complete five successful suicide attacks and get five crores?" "Will anyone fall for that?"
Dude, they are brainwashed. And even if you get caught, life isn't too bad is it?" "Hmm, you smell good! What's in that deo?"
"Some isopropyl myristate... and ammonium nitrate, I think. Cost me a bomb."
