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Minds of men
Worldwide, in mofussil towns, in state capitals, in village areas, in the exclusive backrooms where politicians huddle and in the capital's never-ending cocktails circuits, the mercury of the global violence thermometer has been soaring.
The very thought that brings a flood of adrenalin (initiator of energetic reactions to danger) flowing through our wizened network is that in addition to the armed transgression of international boundaries, territorial disputes, internecine warfare, demands for separate province, forced resettlement and malicious interference, we are also being made to wallow in the primordial slime of casteism, communalism and linguistic quarrels. As the preamble of the UNESCO constitution says, wars begin in the minds of men, and hence it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.
Militants are a revolutionary group of people who indulge in terrorism to achieve their objectives. They are the brave soldiers accepted by a certain section of the society but considered as terrorist by the government; they are responsible for cross-border terrorism, civil war and proxy battles. In Kashmir and Chechnya mercenary militants are indulging in cross-border terrorism. The LTTE, not a mere band of scraggy lungi-clad teenagers but a motivated guerrilla force, roaming unhindered, is creating an apparently volatile atmosphere in Sri Lanka for a separate province. In India there is the demand for a separate state by the Bodos — the original inhabitants of Assam.
Terrorism is inhuman and nothing tangible can result from it. The activities of terrorists are not confined to any country or region. Therefore the militants must realise that militant activities do not pay, they only make the lives of other people miserable.
Mrudula Menon, VIII
Kochi: Gregorian Public School, Maradu
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