The bomb blast in Delhi, and the rage in people about it ..
Slowly it seems that people in India are becoming insensitive to the problems posed by terrorism. This is a rather unfortunate statement to make, given the shock repeatedly administered to various cities through terrorist activities. As a manifestation of this, consider the recent bomb blasts in Mumbai, followed by the one in Delhi. All of these killed people and injured many others, but if you look within yourself, you would not really feel affected by it. If you are of the more concerned type, then you would be angry at what has happened, but you would forget about what has happened within a couple of days, and only get worried when the next one happens. Consider what has happened to some of the previous blasts.
Most of them do not have any sort of progress in terms of investigation, or finding the culprit, or finding the local support that are required to execute such blasts; yet it does not show up in media columns, or in TV debates, or in the concerns that people exhibit in various forum.
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Categories: Accountable, Crime, Delhi, India, Injury, Pakistan, Responsibility, Security, Terrorism Tags: 2011 bomb blast, Bomb Blast, Delhi, Terror, Terror attack, Weak state
The Center embarrassed after name in list given to Pakistan actually present in Mumbai, slipup is serious
From time to time, the Center does various slipups in terms of law and order, or statements which seem to portray that proper research has not gone into its investigations and some of the documentation is shoddy. In the past, some of the material supplied to Pakistan as proof of its complicity in terror attacks in India have had problems. The situation between Pakistan and India is extremely tense, and any such slip-ups can cause Pakistan to immediately react and point out problems, and use these problems to justify concerns about the accuracy of the rest of the documentation. It is absolutely necessary that such documentation, such dossiers (which do go through a fair amount of international appraisal as well) be absolutely accurate and can stand any scrutiny.
In the latest such slipup, the Government sent a list to Pakistan that contained 50 most wanted criminals that are present in Pakistan, and whom India wants Pakistan to send back to India. This list contains people who top the criminal and terrorist list such as Dawood Ibrahim, his henchmen, Hafeez Mohammad Saeed (the head of the Lashkar), Syed Sallahuddin, and many others. India has the stipulation that these people are all present in Pakistan based on various information collected by Indian agencies and even by international agencies such as Interpol and by various media. One expects that such a list would be the basis for a discussion, where the Indian Government will push for Pakistan to send these people back if it is serious about combating terrorism and also if it wants to convince India that it is not acting against India.
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Categories: Accountable, Babudom, Controversy, Crime, Documents, India, Information, Investigation, Pakistan, Police Tags: Home Ministry, IB, India, Indian criminals in Pakistan, List sent to Pakistan, Mumbai Police, Terrorism
India faced by constant problems from Pakistan – why don’t we strike back in the same coin
There is no getting around the fact that India faces an undeclared war on it by Pakistan – the concept being that Pakistan will bleed India through a thousand cuts, with no real reaction from the Indian side except for hand-wringing. We indulge in a lot of reactive behavior instead of being proactive; and depend on the force of external pressure to try to control Pakistan rather than showing them the error of their ways. In the meantime, the terrorists sent by Pakistan, pushed in through Bangladesh, Nepal and also home-grown ones, laugh at our attempts to try to placate them, and regroup whenever necessary.
Why is it that we cannot use the various levers that we have to control and show Pakistan the error of its ways. For example, consider the following:
- India has separatist movements in many of its territories that are getting supported by Pakistan; so why is it that we cannot do the same ? Why is that we cannot use the separatist pushes in the region of Balochistan and Sind, send material and support (or as Pakistan calls it, lend moral support to the independence movements in those regions) ? There is nothing more strong in persuading a nation than the fact that you are willing to play by its games, with increased effort.
- Indian security agencies are worried about the economic games that Pakistan plays within India through pumping in fake currency; but the fact remains that Pakistan is in a worse off economic condition than India, and if India seriously starts to play with the Pakistani economy through pumping in fake economy, it can quickly Pakistan to stop its efforts in that direction
