Six years ago on this day, 10 Pakistani militants arrived in Mumbai by sea and laid siege to the India’s financial capital, killing over 150 people, unsettling millions and adding yet another chapter to India’s bloody tome of terrorist violence. Thankfully, the country hasn’t faced another attack of the scale and intensity of 26/11 since 2008—but India continues to remain one of the world’s most terrorism-afflicted nations. A study by the Institute of Economics and Peace ranks India sixth on the Global Terrorism Index—behind only Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Syria. But what concerns me most is the fact that we have yet learnt no lessons from these heart-rendering incidents. Our borders are still open, zero security cover at Railway stations and many other important public places. Are we waiting for another such mayhem and later have just verbal brawl with the perpetrators giving it a political angle and just creating a boisterous rustic meenabazar?
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:42:20 +0000
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