Terror In India : Who is to blame?

After every bomb blast the police, the politicians, the system and the people wake up and start blaming each other. We cry, we light candles, we shout, we point fingers and we sleep again till the next bomb blast. Who is to blame for these mishaps? Government? Intelligence? Police? Politicians? Public? who?

I think all of us.

More people die in India in terror attacks then anywhere else in the world except Iraq. India has become a sitting duck. They come, smuggle explosives and ammunition's, get fake ID's, acquire mobile connections, plant bombs, kill people, send an email and vanish into thin air. Our police and intelligence agencies are so smart that they tell you within twenty minutes of the blast that their is a foreign hand, but that is it. I wonder what the RAW, IB, CID and other Intelligence Agencies keep doing between these blasts. Press will point out faults with the security and intelligence system and the agencies will start crying about insufficient funds, power and privileges being granted to them. But the fact is that they lack the sheer will power to tackle such problems. They are just some more 'sarkari babus' marking their attendance in the office and securing their salaries.

The Indian citizens has this phenomenal 'it-will-not-happen-to-me' attitude to everything evil. The TV, radio and other media keep crying about the unclaimed articles lying at public places, care to be taken while renting vhicles,homes, etc; but most of just don't bother. We think that safety of this country is a job that solely belongs to the government.

I would like to point out a few things which some people might find offending. How do these so called 'jehadi' groups find their recruits? They argue that opressing attitude towards the minority community triggers such reactions. Have all of the terrorists been subject to such hostilities? I don't think so. Even if they are, their religion offers them better ways of 'Jehad'. The majority community argues that such activities are unprovoked and the minority never thinks India as their country (at some other time they would sate that the country doesn't belong to them at all). Finger pointing. The terrible thing is that everyone sounds correct (or incorrect) at some place or the other. We all need to introspect.

India will not be able to protect itself from such evil unless its people stop blaming each other and start working like a team. Everyone including me and you needs to understand one's duties towards the country.