Friday, July 08, 2005

London Blasts

3 days 2 terrorist attacks. Now incase you are not an Indian you would be wondering about the second terrorist attack. And there in lies the problem!
On Tuesday, terrorists struck in Ayodhya (North India) blasting their way into the outer cordon of the high security makeshift temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi site. (site where Lord Ram was born.) Luckily the only casualties here were the terrorist themselves, all 6 of them. Not so lucky in London. The whole world in aware of London blasts (includes Indians, 1 billion of us!). Whereas only Indians know about the Ayodhya attack. It seems that world only acknowledges terrorism when it affect the developed world, may it be New York, Madrid, Beslan and now London. When one occurs in India, none of them bother. Of course there are the usual courtesy calls from the heads of the “developed” states condoling the attacks and showing sympathy with all Indians and asking us to show calmness and restraint. For me and many like me I am sure “Terrorism is killing of innocent people for making personal points”. That’s it. There can be no alternate definition that I am ready to accept. I never will. Unless we accept this, acts like these two can never be stopped. The West cannot classify different kinds of these attacks as freedom struggle, fight against occupation, uprisings and others. West has to accept this point and all civilized world must stand against it as one and there should be no leniency shown anywhere, because the moment you classify, discriminate you breed resentment among people which starts the whole cycle again.
For more on terrorist attack on Ayodhya:http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050706/main1.htm

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