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It’s never nice to wake up to bad news. And when the news involves a terrorist attack, the sick feeling sticks to you for a long time. Mumbai, India, was yet again target of terrorist attacks.

Of course, time makes you move on- much quicker if you are not personally affected by it. You leave your prayers with the people who have been affected-injured, and with the families of those who have lost their loved ones. You are stuck with anger for the mindless and illogical people who think that by killing innocents some purpose is being served. You try to find reason for all this bloodshed- but somehow no logic seems befitting to explain why someone would like to harm somebody who has never inflicted any pain to you – to damage the lives of complete strangers.

I know a lot of people, who after the recent attacks are infuriated, and want the Government to attack Pakistan. I don’t know, if its the fact that I have two of the closest people I know in the defence and that my best friend is planning to get married to one, but I feel war just results in our own soldiers dying. Lives of our own getting lost for a purpose that really doesn’t serve anything. Lot of people are like we should show that India is not some country that can be messed with. But, well, tell me what good has that attitude done for America? They have lost so many of their soldiers and continue doing so. Do you think the problem will ever be solved by punishing many innocents for the actions of few messed up individuals. Call me naive, but there has to be some other solution than jumping at each others’ throats.

And to these people who blame a whole country for the attacks- do they not read about the serial blasts that have been killing innocent Pakistanis so frequently in the recent past.

Its not the entire country but a few (well, quite a few) elements in Pakistan that are to blame for such attacks. But what I would like to point out, initial reports suggest that for the recent terror attack in Mumbai, there is a possibility that the responsible people are an outfit that is operating from India itself. Now, for those who argue that Pakistan isn’t doing anything about the terrorists group in their country and that’s why they should be attacked- then shouldn’t the same logic be applied to our country? Like they say, people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones at others.

A war on another country will definitely not help. Instead our government should stop wasting the country’s money on themselves and wasting time on finding faults with each other and invest in a good intelligence system- so that such attacks can be stopped before they strike. Also a lot of these terrorists are a result of our tampered system. Unemployment, inequality, poverty, no guidance- that’s what the terrorists group take advantage of and are able to give “weak” individuals affected by these circumstances a purpose, a direction to go ahead with. The government of every country should look into the reasons that lead to such circumstances and fix them asap. Hopefully, this would lead to a part of the problem being solved.

Though honestly, I do not know what the best solution is and whether there would be a complete solution ever- heck, I am no expert. These are just my thoughts and I don’t think anybody else should be compelled to agree with me. I do know that keeping your calm  and not getting misled by floating communal sentiments is the best for everyone. All we can do for now is to pray to God to give some sense to people who think such acts of terror are justified. And my wishes and prayers go out to the ones who are injured and hope they recover soon and hope the Indian government does all that they can to get the lives of the people who suffered back on track.