Sir Isaac Newton had famously stated "every action has a equal and opposite reaction". Seems like a pretty easy to digest statement considering a real time scenario. But indeed it so relative that it can also be related to the recent acts of terrorism. In 93' the bombers struck for the first time with thoughts of revenge,justice and causing intentional terror. It happened again in 06' and yet again in 08' with kind of the same reasons and much more bullshit added to it. In 93' there was a reaction of frustraton and that of "religious violence" which was indeed totally uncalled for. In 06' learning from the mistakes of 93' people were more sensible and there was a reaction of grief, that of being terrorised, a kind of a set back in an individuals mind that if he is safe enough to even walk in the city of dreams. Both these reactions leading to not much of a difference in the political circles except for some statements flying in the air. Come Nov 26 08' the terrorists struck again, this time the much called "unprecedented" attack. Rightly called as unlike before it struck all parts of the indian society and a certain important parts of the world at the same time. It would be rude to say that earlier the rich were not at all affected by these activities. But it was this time that the actually felt the pinch of it. And for this unprecedented action there had to be an unprecedented reaction. The lone voice of the common man which was being ignored got an uplift with the elite, celebrities and media joining in the understandable lambasting of the authorities. The events conducted to pay homage to the victims got a unanimous support. Muslim groups themselves came to the forefront in huge numbers to condemn these unacceptable acts of terrorism in the name of islam. 'Islam does not allow killing of innocent people' were the slogans they were shouting. Shah Rukh Khan recently stated 'which islam are they following islam of the allah or islam of the mullah'. All these reactions clearly stating that we are not going to let our religion get abused because of all you a*******. the poilitical front also saw resignations of prominent people. This gave a ray of hope that they have realised that there is no free lunch for them either. The silent, diplomatic politician started to make noise, one my favourites is of our foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee's statement - 'did the non-state actors come from heaven or from outer space, they were operating from the land of a certain country".It also saw the super powers also putting the much needed pressure on the issue also because they themselves are feeling the heat of it. One of the positives from these last attack could be taken that now that everybody is affected be ready to face a reaction from everybody. Coming back to Mr. Newton, he could only be smiling up there not because of the action but definately because of the reaction that he had stated.
Lets join hands to save the world from these anti-social acts which are as serious as global warming. Also a hope would be that there be a proper channelisation of the entire energy that has arised from these current events. A special thanks to the armed forces who put their lives in the line of fire to save our lives. Let us give our politicians some support and trust because nothing in the world can work without that.
A Human being
An Indian
A Mumabaikar
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