The attack on public places in Mumbai are a grim reminder to the world that 9/11 is not embedded in a distant pass, but is a part of a scenario of continuum that can be replicated anytime, anywhere. What is most disturbing is the apparent exuberance and motivation of the fedayeen that perpetuated the crime. The young breed of the fedayeen, coupled with their energy, innovation and education spells doom and disaster. This is a part of their extreme loss of faith in humanity and showcases the complete stranglehold of the maulvies on an impressionable youth. This is Al Qaeda all the way, and this time with greater aggression and motivation. If Taliban factories out there are churning such a breed, then one can safely say that the world is just coming to grips with a new brand of ferocious terrorism. Mumbai may just have been its nascent laboratory; one has to look for its international ramifications and unite to nip this new alignment in the bud itself. Let our blinkered politicians not see in this an occasion to collect brownie points, but see the greater malaise and unite to fight the force of destruction. The Taj and Oberoi are today seen as our underbellies through which the enemy could launch a frontal attack on our values. It will be a pity if their reconstruction gets quagmire in endless surveys, studies and clearances. Their coming back will be the slap the fedayeen deserves, a taut time frame, with liberal finances should establish the rehabilitation in a maximum time of, say, 3 months. This is one war we cannot be seen as loosing, so the faster it is restored greater will be the impacts of national resurgence and character. But if we try to turn the attacks to a smartness and place a new bigger structure where the heritage site was; that will not be a surprise, but as a triumph of vulgar profiteerism in the face of loss of real value.
Wah ! Taj
Posted in Politics.
– December 3, 2008
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You cant fight terrorism with symbolism. Whether the Taj is rebuilt in 3 months or three years is of no consequence in reality. The terrorists may have used the defiling of an iconic structure as a gesture of sybolic supremacy, however just replying with symbolism is not enough. They are terrorists. Stateless. We are a country. Symbolic gestures are only made when true action is not necessary. Here it is.
“Why shud maulvis or hindu mutts be spared? ” Lissome - the communal militant!
I think the war against terror must focus at the embryonic level where these merchanges of death are spawned. Vigilance towards education of these terror youths is a must. A law requiring the inspection of all institutions of education, their agenda, methods , content and intent must be made known and closing down of those suspect imperative. Why shud maulvis or hindu mutts be spared? Indoctrination is the most lethal weapon anyone can hide.
I do endorse you on that one.