of guns and chalk powder

yesterday delhi was awakened to a grim reality that terrorism is not something we see on tv, its a grim reality we have to face too like any other indian.

And if you've seen the movie 'A Wednesday' on the same day as the blasts you feel that life has a very satarical way of moving.

But i disagree to the largest extent possible with what the movie preaches. It talks about how a common man holds the police to ransom by threatening to blow up bombs in the city if they don't help give him four terrorists, whom he blows up in the end as a retort to the terrorist attacks they have been doing.

My bro. was of an even more extremist view that an ideal resort would have been to have 20 bombs blow up in pakistan today morning in the heart of the terrorist leaders settlements that if they try any such stunt we shall reply in greater force.

What i believe is that the actual terrorists are just pawns, pawns in the hands of the rich extremists sitting in some plush palace somewhere. Our reactions of hate will only be used by them to fuel to the terrorist mindset and we will have more 'jehadis'. Look at USA and its famous 'war against terrorism', other than waste billions of dollars and spread more hate against it it has achieved nothing.

The actual war against terrorism will begin when we nip the causes. Illiteracy and unemployment. Education helps broaden a person's vision...helps develop the questioning ability, to try and understand what is right and wrong. And employment give him the ability to feed his family. Yes there are many educated youth who are terrorists but the base of the network the supporting framework comes from the rural poor. That is why there are hundreds of extremists madarsas all over india, pakistan and afghanistan in the remotest of places.

Now here is where the problem comes, the politicians can't risk educating the populace. Which educated person will elect goondaas to run there government. Hence been more than half a century of independence and we havent yet started focussing on educating the masses. It is neither a logistical problem nor a money problem. The problem is that the day you empower the masses they will not only root out the terrorists but also our current breed of politicians.

And we wait howling in pain everytime a bomb kills someone near and dear for the war against terrorism to begin