Looks like Bangalore will have a really quiet Christmas this year. There is no festival spirit on the occasion this year. Even though we don’t celebrate Christmas, we could simply feel it in the air. This time we never realized it was Christmas but for the holiday. It just felt like another holiday on the calendar, sans cheer. I didn’t even see stars lit outside houses. Blame it on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai or the economic slowdown, it feels really empty. People simply don’t seem to be in a mood to celebrate. Even though malls have additional security, people generally seem to want to avoid crowded places. The same goes with cinema theatres. 
Some people are even worried about going to churches. It’s like any place could be the next target. What is confusing me is that this is not the first time that India has witnessed violence. It has happened many times before. But never have people reacted this way.
It could be that people are unable to digest the fact that a handful of people from a neighbouring country could simply walk in and cause terror attacks of this magnitude. It could also be that people realized that terrorism can affect all classes. It is no longer something that affected local markets frequented by the lower and middle classes.
According to newspapers, many hotels have got rid of Santa as they don’t feel like celebrating. They also said that underpaid Santa was also not willing to spread cheer. We will miss Santa this year!
2 comments:
Very true.This time the terror attcked was aimed at higher class of the society who actually celebrate all occations.So the dull in the malls. The stiil unclaimed & unrecognised bodies(may be they are labourers from bihar)from CST station just add up a total in the death list.
True. I happened to be at St Patrick's church the Christmas night - there were a lot of people but the enthu of the earlier year was missing. Plus, the 'Persecution' them made it worse.
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