Thursday 21 February 2013

Terrorism - Terrorismo - आतँकवाद

Terrorist costumes at Venice carnival, Italy - S. Deepak, 2013
Terrorist costumes at Venice carnival, Italy - S. Deepak, 2013
Terrorist costumes at Venice carnival, Italy - S. Deepak, 2013

Venice, Italy: The world has changed in the last two decades. At festivals, fairs, prayer places and markets, every where there can be fear of terrorist attacks. For air-travel your water bottle or the box of sweets are seen as terrorist arms. Technological progress has opened new doors for terrorism. However, terrorists are not only those who hide and strike suddenly. Corrupt governments and officials, who take money to sell their countries and those who trample on the rights of the poor, are another kind of terrorists. This group wearing commando costumes at the carnival was a reminder of this changed reality.

वेनिस, इटलीः पिछले दो दशकों में दुनिया कितनी बदल गयी है. त्योहार हों या मेला या कोई प्रार्थना स्थल या बाज़ार, हर जगह मन में डर छुपा रहता है कि कहीं आतँकवादियों का हमला न हो. हवाई जहाज़ से यात्रा करें तो पानी की बोतल या मिठाई का डिब्बा, आतँकवादी हथियार माने जाते हैं. तकनीकी विकास ने आतँकवाद के नये रास्ते खोले हैं. पर आतँकवादी केवल वही नहीं जो इस तरह छुप कर वार करते हैं. भ्रष्ट सरकार और अधिकारी जो रिश्वत ले कर देश को बेचते हैं और गरीबों के अधिकारों को रौंद डालते हैं, वे भी आनँकवादियों से कम नहीं. कार्निवाल में कमाँडो दल की पौशाक पहने यह गुट इसी बदलते समाज का प्रतीक था.

Venezia, Italia: Il mondo è cambiato negli ultimi 20 anni. Alle feste, alle fiere, nei luoghi di preghiera e nei mercati, in ogni luogo può essere la paura del attacco dei terroristi. Se viaggi con l'aereo, la tua bottiglia d'acqua o la scatola di dolci, sono considerate come armi terroristiche. Il progresso tecnologico ha aperto nuove strade per il terrorismo. Ma i terroristi non sono solo quelli che si nascondano e attaccano gli innocenti. I governi corrotti e gli ufficiali che vendono i propri paesi per guadagno o quelli che calpestano i diritti dei poveri, sono altri tipi di terroristi. Al carnevale, questo gruppo che portavo il costume dei commando era un simbolo di questa nuova realtà.

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4 comments:

  1. A welcome change from the regular fare seen at carnivals.
    You have rightly pointed out about the opportunistic corrupt governments and officials.

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    1. I am not sure if these guys understood what they were portraying, they seemed like macho guys, happy to play act being tough commandos. Reality of terrorism and military, both is grisly and bloody.

      Thanks Haddock.

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  2. Technological development has made 24 hrs insufficient in a day parallely increased the fears in every single minute. Nice clicks.
    Ajeeth boaz

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    1. Absolutely Ajeeth. Everything feels nice and good, till something happens close to you and suddenly you can't believe how did things change so much and how did human life become so fragile!

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