Your Friendly Philosopher & Guide

The violent animal is present in every human being. And it depends on the situation and circumstances an individual is subjected to get that animal triggered. So end of the day who is responsible for creating terrorism - is the people, the society, and the government.

Medha Patkar has been fighting for a cause, and being non-violent for decades now. And it takes 21 days of fasting from her side to make the government to listen to her. Another 8 to 10 days – I am sure she would have collapsed. The media would have carried her news for 2-3 days to increase their TRPs, and the newspaper would have carried her news in the front page, then the inner page, and into the obituaries. In 10 days people will forget her, because we are too busy with our 9-5 jobs. Self-centeredness of human beings is also one of the main reasons for terrorism.

I was just wondering what would the terrorists get by killing 200 innocent people traveling in the I class coach of the electric train on the Western Railways in Mumbai. I am sure their motive is not to kill them, but to create a scene where they can be heard. And what do they want to tell or ask? That is kept hidden – may be by the government. I am neither supporting terrorism nor the terrorist– I am just trying to go deep into the reason for these inhuman attacks, so that future terrorism can be stopped.

In India terrorists move around scot-free. They even become political leaders or continue to remain chief ministers – in spite of being responsible for 1000s of deaths due to instigated communal violence.

The feeling of bereavement remains the same for all human beings. It is the same when an innocent Iraqi husband dies in an attack by the US or if an innocent American husband dies in Osama Bin Laden’s attack or someone close dies in a bomb blast.

The aim of human beings should be to appreciate human lives and to celebrate life – rather than putting an end to it - whether in the name of terrorism or in the name of Attack Against Terrorism – both are one and the same!

Of course I am sad for the 200 people who died in the Mumbai blast. And I am also sad for – the 100 people who die every year due to snakebites in India because of unavailability of medical facilities in villages, I am also sad for the 10,000 preteen girls who are forced into prostitution every year, and I am also sad for India where criminals move around becoming politicians!