by Anil Machado

Created on: January 29, 2009

There is no agreed definition internationally for terrorism but the common definition's may include, the systematic use of terror, intended to create fear, meet ideological goals, spread of violence, war any many more acts of aggression. It doesn't say that terrorism comes only externally. Therefore, my dear Indians should stop referring terrorism totally towards Pakistan. However, arguably we may defend ourselves on the Kashmir issue and what might look like freedom fighters from Kashmirs point of view might be called as terrorists from Indian agenda. India is concentrating much of its force, army personnel any money on Kashmir issue since post independence, without an amicable solution loosing millions of lives since then on both sides. Due to the Indian Politicians inability for past decades there have been several so called terrorist outfits formed within India, which is supported both inside India and by the termed enemies externally of India. While the politicians have been busy amassing wealth and fortune for themselves the Indian people have been living in a total state of misery and over half of the population on poverty lines. Major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Chennai & Bangalore have succumbed to corruption and disintegration of law under governments whose leaders freely advocate communal violence, crime and the presence of minorities. Bribe, bureaucracy and red-tapism is gone very high in all the cities and i guess its all because of use of terror against its own citizens and as a result citizens loosing complete trust in the Police. Secularism is now only in books. The religious attacks on minorities in the name of preserving traditions is only a vote bank scheme of the politicians. I wonder why the politicians are not termed as terrorists, aren't they spreading fear, violence and terror around the nation. They show pride in killing the Muslims, Christians, burning holy places and raping nuns. How can such acts of violence be ever justified. When the communal cards are over, the politicians are playing state identity cards, example in Maharashtra the goals of MNS to throw away the north Indians out of the state and to tear down the posters of the north Indian freedom fighters during the Republic day celebrations in a school. Terrorism is home grown now, we don't need to import from Pakistan or China or Bangladesh. However, even we profess and fund terrorism in Sri Lanka, LTTE so we cant differentiate us from Pakistan. Terrorism in India has been further upgraded, attacks on women in Mangalore. Now this is what we have reached after gaining our independence from the British. India is my country, but not like this and terrorism in India has reached its full potential.

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