Have stomach-ache? Dial P for POLICE!

This seems to be the latest trend these days.Anything that goes wrong in our society is because the Police department was inactive,inefficient or plain Dumb!

So what if the husband was beating up his wife in the middle of the night?Where was the Police?So what if a young student committed suicide because he had not performed well in his exams?What was the police doing?So what if your locality isn't getting water supply?So what if couples are found romancing in parks? Gosh! Will someone call up the Police?

Recently,the police department was again under the scanner because of their dismal performance in the Aarushi Talwar murder case.Don't worry,I wont bore you guys with those muddled up details.Neither am I taking any one's side.But can we not,for a second,stop judging these guys (and gals too!) and think that they are human beings too?That even they have their moments of weaknesses?That we simply cant expect them to play the Super-cops every time?And that,when they do play the super-cops we stop and take notice!

Recently,a boat carrying 66 policemen was attacked by the Naxalites and it capsized and around 38 men are still missing.And the news was lost somewhere in the debris of the Indo-U.S nuclear deal.The nation did not even stop to mourn the loss of those valiant soldiers.Where was the time?

But then these policemen did not have some sort of personal grudge against the Naxalites.Most of us aren't even aware of the miserable conditions some of these policemen live in.Most of the police chowkis lack even the basic facilities like proper toilets.But what these social activists look for in these chowkis is that the prisoners dont have proper toilet facilities.Ha! The conditions worsen as one moves towards the BIMARU states.Can you imagine IPS officers travelling 20 Kms. on foot for the fear of landmines because they do not have landmine detector vehicles with them?Where as their naxal friends chalk out their programmes on laptops!Well,I could go on and on with this.But I don't think my one post will make any huge difference in the attitude of the people around.

This Post goes out as a tribute to those missing policemen and their grieving families.