Epilogue - South Asian basket cases..

epilogue
-noun.

1.
a concluding part added to a literary work, as a novel.
2.
a speech, usually in verse, delivered by one of the actors after the conclusion of a play.
3.
the person speaking this.

The definition of the word lies above.
I refer to the noun, as in definition 1 throughout this post. I am also doing definition 3.
And it is a reference to a "play" if you will, after its conclusion...

Its been over 72 hours since Benazir Bhutto was slain. Bullets, bombs or a car lever - it doesn't matter. A woman, an ex-PM, a person fighting to maintain her father's legacy in the country of her origin is dead.
The repurcussions of red-letter days, or historical events are always to be seen in perspective. It is important to not get swayed by tear-jerking montages, pithy platitudes, and fake tributes - by the like of Barkha Dutt and Karan Thapar on their respective channels. Heck in fact 24x7 can now be renamed, the Bhutto channel.
The woman was PM at one of the times India almost went to war with her country. Her legacy of going soft on the Taliban has cost both America and India dearly, but the biggest price has been paid by the Pakistanis themselves. If she is dead, she is dead for a reason - if you play with fire, you ought to get burnt sometime. Whether she deserved death for it is debatable, but the bastard love-child (Taliban) has turned judge, jury and executioner - so its not a decision for us to make anymore.
While we in India usher in 2008, with trips to shopping malls, talking of the sensex reaching 20k, and talk about India's nanotech policy, Pakistan, the rogue-basket-amputee limb of India is being eaten away by the very maggots that created her in the first place.
I have no remorse or sadness on the ex-PM's death. Hers has been a legacy of death in India, either directly or indirectly, and for that she has paid the ultimate price. It is Nawaz Sharif's turn up next, and possibly Musharraf's after that. Very well - this country is ripe for American intervention, and I'd be a banner holder for American troops on her soil. They are best suited to protect its nukes from the mullahs and fanatics, and they indeed should do that as soon as possible.
There is talk of her 19 year old son succeeding her. Probably we in India are not that sycophantic. And it apparently says so in her-will. It is her legacy to her people. To be led by an immature 19-year old. It is her legacy to the people to be led by her family, even if it means paying the ultimate price herself.. The family name must go on!