Comments on: Mumbai: resilience and resistance

By: Stake Five :: Mumbai Blasts

Stake Five :: Mumbai Blasts — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 16:52:54 +0000

[...] India was again the victim of brutal terrorist attacks on Tuesday, 11th July. I would have, and probably should have, posted about this earlier, but somehow could not bring myself to do it. It really is easier to live in denial of violence rather than to accept the reality of its existence. Let me add my voice to the chorus already commiserating with the victims and their families and condemning the attack. [...]

By: anasuya

anasuya — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:34:19 +0000

Hi Ram, I think we should be careful not to reduce a lack of political action (or certain kinds of political action) to an argument against secularism. In fact, the very best defence against terrorism is exactly that: vibrant, strong, optimistic pluralism. Therefore, it behooves all of us who believe in peace - and are against terror of all kinds - to condemn fundamentalisms, whether it is Islamic, Hindu, Christian, economic… We need to be less afraid to speak up, and speak out.

By: ram

ram — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:22:16 +0000

i guess we have to live with it, because as long we are a so called secular country, no action will be taken against these islamic terrorists for fear of losing potential vote banks.

By: anasuya

anasuya — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:11:55 +0000

I agree, N., it is heart-breaking. And if you add in what happened on Terror Tuesday in Kashmir - which is so repeatedly ravaged by violence - it takes resilience and courage not just to return to a reasonably normal daily routine, but to fight terror with hope and solidarity.

By: N

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:59:58 +0000

It’s terrible and heart-breaking.