Monday, December 22, 2008

Being Pragmatic

India is the worst affected nation when it comes to terrorism and awfully appalling repercussions are unprecedented. It is more than 2 decades since the apocalyptic curse reverberated in our motherland. We have always been peace lovers, but this time we were more of impotent and unconcerned. India has always been generous in helping neighbors. Pakistan is no less than a tumor for this world, how could it have been better for India. We were always breached and daggered right at back. Likewise, we only liberated Bangladesh from the shackles of persecution, only to crumble any future hopes of getting a reliable ally. Latest to join the league is Nepal. Anti India sentiment in Nepal is an open secret and we can only see it shaking hands with China


Recent Mumbai terror attacks shattered all tall claims of security. When we are unable to provide security to our guests how can we think of protecting a common man? Problems in India can never be compared with any other nation because of its multi cultural composition. There have been continual analyses over this crisis. Some claimed that it is because of Jihad theory in Islam and some asserted that it is because of miserable socio economic of various sections. Some affirmed that all terrorists have same religion and some emphasized that terrorism has no religion at all. These debates are never going to end as neither side is willing to scrutinize root problems and accept to change and thanks to politics as well for aggravating these issues.


As responsible educated youths we need to emerge with cogent solutions. Politics is destroying this nation and we need to end the inherent insipidity. I am not here to motivate my friends to join politics or army. These days I came across a few concerned nationalists(on TV) who shared some pragmatic solutions to overcome this problem of terrorism without any communal bias. These solutions intend to ignite a voice to an extent that it becomes a popular mandate.

1. Be it Naxalites, separatists or militants; politicians have surreptitiously buoyed them. Dividing the Indian masses on religious/caste/regional/cultural lines is no longer a facile approach, fecund political parties are a threat and none has considerations with the interest of nation. Time has reaped when we should raise our voice for a Dual party system. When a party would have to contest on national basis, regional biases would terminate. No longer would there be Raj thackrey and no longer there would be trifurcated mandates and consequential purchase of representatives. We should all pledge and strive to bring this issue to the notice of everyone, raise it through proper channels and in future if any party promises to come up with similar agenda, we would all vote for this cause.

2. As it has been proved that terrorism has got no religion, why not to go for this one. We all are aware of the fidayeen attacks where the suicide bombers explode themselves. Our warriors our brave enough to apprehend some terror elements as well. Let’s go for a law which talks of burial of killed terrorists by any ritual other than Islamic. Be it Buddhist, Sikh or Hindu way of cremation, it doesn’t matter. What we have to make sure is that all terrorists coming from Pakistan who claim that they are going to get jannat by such heinous act should not be buried as described in Islam. This act would deter all those who defame Islam and would also defy all so called religious efforts to get jannat. Fanatically devout terrorists would be forced to think of some noble way to get jannat. Once again this issue requires proper mobilization through appropriate channels.