The series of blasts in Mumbai which _Failed_ to create the animosity between the Hindus and the Muslims was the partial victory India as a society has been wanting to see for almost 5 decades. Reactive politics doesnt create friends.
Seeing this, the terror ogranizations have decided not just to ravage the indian economy or the hindus by attacing the businesses or the temples, they decided to evoke agony, frustration and pain out of the poor muslims and wanted to turn it against the Hindus by attacking the Gaveyard in Malegaon. Thirty odd people were killed yesterday.
Clearly, this act was meant to disrupt the existing truce between the Hindus and the Muslims in this town of 800,000 people, luckily the muslims did not react to this. Instead, the hindus lined up to help the injured, they queued up in front of hospitals to give blood, offered transportation....and did exactly the kind of things that our religion expects us to do when our friends, our neighbours or even strangers are in distress.
Today, Peace won over Violence. Its time we saw through the designs of the politicans and distrusted them. It is time we saw through the designs of the terrorists and distrusted them. Its time we created a set of values that separated our lives miseries and from what we believe in, instead of beliveing in values that supported why and how things are the way they are! For example: Remove the following line of thinking : "Blame muslims for terrorism", or "Blame the Brahmins for the poverty of the rest" and instead focus on "We have to stive to make a difference" and "I am in control and wont let these external factors push me to do things I dont want to!!!"
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Its time people took charge of their individual lives and weeded out separatist mentalities and it is also time for people like you who can make a difference in the lives of more than themselves DID SOMETHING too!
On a more milder note (quoting Victor Hugo) - "You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. It is the cloud which thunders around everything that shines. Fame must have enemies, as light must have gnats. Do no bother yourself about it; disdain. Keep your mind serene as you keep your life clear. One resists the invasion of armies; one does not resist the invasion of ideas. One withstands the invasion of armies; one does not withstand the invasion of ideas. There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come."
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