7/11: Terror in Trains

7/11: Terror in Trains

Last Tuesday’s blasts in Mumbai has demonstrated that terrorism is alive & kicking the perpetrators from support across the border can strike at will anywhere in India.

Innocent people have been killed, maimed or otherwise injured for no fault of theirs. As usual, our political class calls for restraint, we-will-catch-them rhetoric, communal harmony, et al.

This is not the first time terror strikes (nor the last) are happening at Mumbai or for that matter in India. Kashmir has been bleeding since 1989. Northeast every now & then. Thankfully, Punjab has stopped for good. Naxal violence has assumed huge proportions in the hinterlands of India.

To combat terrorists, India needs to be very proactive in rooting out them. Hot pursuit policy should be adopted like Isreal. Just look at them  - one soldier is kidnapped and they go all out against their enemies including sovereign nations like Lebanon which is supposedly supporting militant activities against Isreal. What are we doing? 10 Indian jawans get killed during fire-fights with BDR of a tiny Bangladesh and we call for peace & restraint displaying a very callous attitude for the lives of our jawans. Seriously, something is terribly wrong with our politicians.

Imagine what happens if Isreali parliament is attacked by Hezbollah or Hamas. A full-fledged war will break out & Isreal will wipe out Palestine. What did we do when our temple of democracy - Parliament House was attacked a few years ago. We did all the talk and did nothing to get to the bottom of terror networks active in Pakistan.

Let there be political will to wipe out terrorism from India and let’s go after these insane people across the border. Raising terrorism issue and crying “we are victims of terrorism” in any international fora (G-8, UN, CHOGM, etc) will not help. Tell me what we have achieved by playing the honesty card all these years. Let India shed her soft State image and learn lessons from Isreal and be aggressive & proactive in stamping out terrorism.

India has bled enough. India needs to live in peace…we cannot propogate peace to neighbors & the world until we are allowed to live in peace. Let there be war for peace. If fighting with terrorists across the border prompt Pakistan to war, so be it. We need liberty and we shall have it at any cost. Or else, we will have to die a slow death of a nation passive & shying away fromt catching the terrorists herself.

JAI HIND.

G Ram Kumar
 www.gramkumar.com