Ever since I saw those horrific images in Mumbai continuing for 3 days I have constantly been asking myself What can I do? How can I help?My life has changed considerably.I have undergone varied extreme emotions in the past 2 weeks.May be the anger I was feeling then has subsided a bit but I am in no way going to let go of the patriotic fervor that I am deeply immersed in right now.I am aware that it may affect my rationale and cloud my judgement but still I am more than ready to live with that.

So coming back to the question what can I do? besides paying my taxes duly and performing my voting duties every time I am required to with all the sincerity I possess.The sense of helplessness I was feeling has given way to a lot of introspection.This has led me to the conclusion that I have to evolve as a responsible citizen.The next time I see someone taking a bribe I have to expose him then and there.The next time I see someone violating rules I should ensure he is brought to the book.The next time I hear someone rubbishing my country in the way that most of us do saying iss desh ka kuchh nahi ho sakta I have to sit with that guy and set the record straight.Instead of wasting my time in the weekends as most of us do,I will have to put it into some useful purpose like educating underdeveloped people as I firmly believe all the evil in this world comes out of a severe lack of education.

I,as a teenager had always aspired to join the army and serve the country but somehow got caught up with the flow of life so much that I could never seriously work towards achieving that goal.But now I realize that as a civilian I can achieve just as much.