26/11 MUMBAI - 14 YEARS ON


"Older men make war but younger men fight them."

                    Albert Einstein
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India's 26/11 of Mumbai could be said to be the counterpart of US's 11/9 vis a vis terror attacks, just over 7 years apart...

Though the magnitude of the 2001 attack was humongous, the 'terror blitzkrieg' that surfaced in Mumbai from the Arabian Sea on that fateful evening, 14 years ago under the cover of darkness, stunned the nation into stupor...

There exists a school of thought that the 'zygote' of terrorism was formed by Operation Cyclone, with the emergence of Afghan Mujahideen in 1979, to counter communist influence in the Middle East...

The ensuing low profile conflicts over a period of 9 years, which claimed over a million lives, reportedly led to the formation of Al Qaeda and Taliban, which 'mitotically' evolved into a humanitarian threat...

I read somewhere that virtues, behaviours and terrorism have no religion. Quite right, but those with these can. Be that as it may, the world still needs a pluralistic society with hatemongers being dealt with severely and religion be made a personal choice...

As things stand, seeing the back of terrorism could be the proverbial 'pipedream.' We can only do our best to defend against terrorist attacks. For, as opposed to conventional warfare, terrorism is targeting and intimidating innocent and unarmed civilians to suit the terrorists’ agenda...

Irrespective of the motive eg. religion, nationalism, injustice or vendetta, various studies point to the struggle for resources, in most cases due to climate change, population explosion, and a demographic younger ambitious population...

For quite a many devoid of ways and means for conventional warfare, terrorism could be the viable option at their disposal...

Despite all the optimism expressed by global peacelovers - that if everyone’s needs are met, wars and terrorism could end - there will always exist people wanting more power, wealth, territory and everything, qualmless of resorting to violence. Perhaps it's a menacing malady that we have to reconcile with for a long long time to come...


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