Ramana wrote :
Sometime in 1994, SB Chavan the then Home Minister answered in Lok Sabha that GOI knows who is resonsible for the terrorist acts in 1992 however those people have the backing of very powerful countries. So it still continues. As long as US keeps backing TPS for their geo-politico-religious reasons India cant do much be ready to strike when the time is right. Post 9/11 was a good chance.
There is no need to start an open war, look at what The US and Britain did to Iraq, they have used existing fault lines within Iraqi society to wreak havoc in the heart of the Arab and Muslim world. This is the way to go, even a 14 or 15 year old with a normal intelligence understands this, and many people have been saying this for years in this forum and other Indian fora, but the politicians in Delhi don't understand this or more likely they just don't care.
Pukejab can and has to be turned into something worse then Iraq, the Indian Intelligence Service knows exactly how to do this, I have no doubt about that, the problem is with their political masters.
Shivani wrote :
I ask members to forgive me, but I am being very honest when I say that all the blasts we have had in other cities have not affected me at all, and I realized this only today. Other than the superficial outpouring of symathy and feelings for vengeance after all the other acts of terror, terrorism for me was something that I saw on TV, read about in newspapers, and discussed on the Internet.
Terrorism was something that happened to "other" people. Something very distant.
Now I am afraid to even step out of the house, or allow a family member to do likewise. Imagine going to some shop or mall and being blown apart. Or living handicapped for the rest of your life. Presently, the roads are deserted, sirens have only just stopped screaming, and people are retiring to their homes after talking with neigbours etc.
One of the things I learned in the west is 'group solidarity'. Westerners will close ranks when confronted with something they consider as a threat. Essentially it means 'if you do something to one of us, you did it to all of us and all of us will come for you'. We see this kind of solidarity among the Chinese ( race and culture unites then ), among Christians and of course among Muslims. But Indians don't think like that, if Muslims blow up or burn to death Hindu pilgrims, for example, many Indians will think 'Thank God it happened to someone else and not to me'. What they forget is that maybe the next time it will be them.
I think Shivani, Raja Ram, Shridhar and others already said the most important things.
It´s clear that the politicians in Delhi don't value the lives of ordinary Indians, the present government certainly doesn't. So it's up to the people of India to show the politicians that their lives do matter, that they are not mice or statistics but human beings and to force a change in the political culture in India. Security is not a luxury item, it is the birthright of every citizen of India, it is the very minimum any government has to ensure.