Can we break out of the menopause...

Can we break out of the menopause...

14 February 2019

Valentine's day turns bloody red

But this time its not the roses

40 uniformed sons of the soil

Made the supreme sacrifice

Pulwama became a household name

The nation surged with emotion

Sadness.

26 Dec 1999

IC 814 was hijacked

The longest 5 days of waiting

Passengers released

The nation heaves in emotion

Relief.

In barter

Maulana Masood Azhar set free

He creates Jaish-e-Muhammad

And gets down to work..

13 Dec 2001 Parliament attack

26 Nov 2008 Mumbai attack,

2 Jan 2016 Pathankot attack

14 Feb 2019 Pulwama attack

A full circle

This is the monster we unleashed.

The nation erupts in emotion.

Anger.

26 Feb 2019 Balakot

India strikes back

Externally claim pre emptive self defense

Internally boast of revenge, retribution

Patriotism touches the sky in emotion

Jubilation and Jai Hind.

28 Feb 2019 LOC (Line out of control)

They came in swarms

To show they could

We chased them out

And showed we could

They hit We hit

We hit They hit

They bailed We bailed

They lynched

Their own and Our own.

Both.

Both were Wing Commanders

Both were sons of Air Marshals

Theirs succumbed. Ours survived.

A video, then another and another surfaced.

The people of India rose and fell in emotion.

Rage, relief, melt down, relief, rage

in waves.

28 Feb 2019

Their PM waves the white flag

Offers Abhinandan

As barter for peace, he says externally

For survival, they clarify internally

India applauds in emotion.

Exhilaration. Appreciation.

1 March 2019

Morning

Wake up to a new day

Waiting for them

To walk their talk

The day extends indefinitely

Excruciating..

Bharat dabbles in emotion.

Attitude. Desperation. Fear. Disgust.

1 March 2019

Night

A ramrod straight Abhinandan

walks out of their land

And into his own. Free.

The country surges with emotion

Tears of Happiness.

India has gone through upheavals

Extreme mood swings

The media has ensured that

Nobody has been spared

From cold pangs to hot flushes

From red rage to serene white calm

From delirious happiness to depressing sadness

From chest beating bravado to knock kneed fear

We have seen it all, we have lived it all

We are going through a menopause.

We react.

We need to respond.

We need to learn from the very best.

Abhinandan, the man who exemplified how

To maintain composure in times of adversity

Abhinandan, also the adrenalin pumped Wing Commander who in hot pursuit

Crossed the line no longer in control

And won the MIG21/F16 match.

So after the UPS and the Downs

Amidst the rights and the lefts

We settle down in emotion.

Exhaustion. Apprehension.

Hoping that all references

to the escalation of a pilot project

Are purely electional in nature...

We will. We will.

Plug our ears and carry on.

Tomorrow's a new day.

We are over 70 now

Can we not break out of our menopause?

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