Another day, another blast. What if that happens to be three timed blasts, in the busiest areas of New Delhi, paharganj and Sarojini nagar, (thankfully one averted in chandni chowk). The government as usual condemns the incident, there are meetings and press conferences, office and institute chat, and it will all be forgotten in a few days. After all, aren’t we resilient?
The terrorists may be nabbed, put to trial, may not be convicted thanks to brilliant lawyers like Ram Jethmalani who are bent on satiating their ego by appearing in such high profile cases. Even if they are convicted, there are always the ubiquitous human rights groups who will plead for less punishment, and there is our President who is so considerate to pardon hardened terrorists.
The feeling of helplessness and apathy has penetrated our collective conscience that we have even ceased to react to such acts. I have doubts if we are resilient. It’s just that the random terror happens all the time that we have become indifferent to it. The Delhi-ites who saw their fellow residents torn into pieces would probably say, thank god it wasn’t me.
The human rights activists require special mention. After all, they were the ones who condemned the encounter killing of veerappan, the sandalwood smuggler who killed more than 100 constables in duty, destroyed sandalwood ecosystem, and killed hundreds of elephants for their tusks, all with the backing of political class of course; the activists who don’t see the human rights violations of terrorists and smugglers.
What should be done? Army is not supposed to go after terrorists. It’s the jurisdiction of police. Khalistan terror in Punjab in the 1980s was even worse than Kashmir one. All it took was one bold chief minister Beant singh, (who had the backing of then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi), and one super cop KPS Gill who didn’t care about human rights of terrorists, to root out terrorism from the face of Punjab.
We don’t need condemnation, Mr. PM; unleash state-sponsored terrorism against terrorists.
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hey siva,
Be it Ram Jet or the NGOs, they dont support the terrorists....they just ensure that the police do a thorough job.. otherwise u would believe every suspect to be the culprit. What India needs to do is to give a fitting reply to Pakistan and not a 'telephonic objection'. One may hand out death sentences, but that would only strengthen their resolve and they would glorify it to incite newer cadres.
VP
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