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Men In (Black and) blue.

Today many Indians are shattered, angered, frustrated, disgusted, bemused, and confused. The country is trying hard to cope up with a tragedy which has severely affected most Indians, both physically as well as psychologically. People of India have successfully endured natural disasters like earthquakes, floods, droughts and tsunamis. They did not succumb to the Kargil war, Gujarat riots and the Bombay blasts. But this tragedy is awesome, its colossal. It has reduced the ‘Shining- Feel Good Indian’ to a ‘Common Man’. It has affected the ‘Global Indian’ in such a local way that the entire nation is in mourning. How could India be ousted of the Cricket World Cup so early? – This is the burning question the Nation is facing today. Every person has his/her own opinion on this critical question that will define the destiny of India in the 21st century. Unlike other times when the parliament was stalled and members rushed to the well of the house to discuss this kind of important issues, thi...