beginning on a sombre note

The advent of internet has provided a completely novel and effective mode for people to express themselves. A lot of people from diverse background are utilizing this medium to express themselves and are jumping on to "Blogging" bandwagon. Actually I have been thinking to start blogging since a long time since a lot of thoughts cross my mind on diverse topics and writing gives you the freedom to structure your thoughts and express them in the best possible way.But as people close to me would strongly and readily vouch for the fact that I am a master of procrastination (it is the first word I learnt in my professional life and and more importantly, it is an euphemism for being "lazy" which unfortunately i am). May be I was waiting for the right moment or perhaps waiting for something to happen. It did actually happen though I really would not have preferred it to be the immediate reason to start blogging. Unfortunately 'it" refers to theft of Tanmay's car from the outside of office building in Noida.Ironically it was the third instance of car theft from the same place in a month though the concerned authorities failed to bring this to light.which brings me to an important topic that of deteriorating law and order in Noida and Ghaziabad.The electronic and print media dishes out news of theft,murder and rape from this region on a regular basis yet the enormity of grim law and order situation had not sunk in until it directly affected us. The alarming regularity of these crimes can be gauged from the fact that within six months of joining three of our colleagues have been victimized. Besides, the response of the police was appalling to say the least.Because of contacts of Tanmay, we were able to get an FIR lodged but not before going to police station for three days. Having lived in Bihar during 1990-2005, it didn't totally surprise me,though Tanmay was justifiably exasperated having come from peaceful Himachal Pradesh. However I can safely say that the law and order scenario here has surpassed the "jungle raj"scenario of Bihar during 1990-2005, which is quite surprising and ironic, especially when Noida and Ghaziabad is supposedly part of the prestigious "NCR" .This region is home to so many private firms, industries and large apartments and brings substantial revenues to state exchequer yet the government has failed to provide security,a basic prerequisite for living. The apathy of the state government can be borne by the fact that five SSPs have been transferred in Ghaziabad in the last five months.If the police chief can't be guaranteed a fixed term, how is he going to maintain law and order? It is really unfortunate that the chief minister of the state has aspirations to become the next prime minister but cannot ensure security in her state.
Being a positive and an optimistic person,I would have definitely preferred to start my blogs on a more positive note.But sometimes you cannot be oblivious to the situation around you and you need to sit up and take notice.However some of the coming posts would be livelier and more interesting.
( PS : It took three days for this post to move from notepad to this blog. So you can see that I am not much efficient as compared to UP Police. But at least I am trying to get better and just hoping that blogging help me in my pursuit.)