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Coping with terror

Many argue that the Government should fight terror with retaliatory attacks. Notwithstanding provocation from across the border, it would be immature for India to undo at this stage whatever it has achieved in two years to improve its relationship with Pakistan. Not all Pakistanis advocate terrorism. The like-minded people of both countries should work together. As interaction between the countries grows, peace in the region will become imperative for both.

Pakistan should realise that creating a Frankenstein can boomerang any day. Can't this idea be sold to the Pakistani brethren?

S. Sajith Kumar,
Aluva, Kerala

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We all know that a solution to terrorism cannot be found overnight. Containment of terrorism is a continuing process and even advanced countries are grappling with it.

Why not express our commitment to fighting terror by mobilising finances in the form of, say, security cess, to help our security forces equip themselves with all that is required to meet this challenging task?

B.V.V.S. Murthi,
Hyderabad

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A temporary halt to the dialogue process with Islamabad will achieve nothing. With no end in sight to terror attacks, India must formulate a more effective diplomatic and military strategy to stop this subversion of its integrity and progress.

R. Vasudevan,
New Delhi

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From the Prime Minister to the common man, everyone is saying India cannot be made to kneel down. By not taking any concrete decision to teach a lesson to the perpetrators of repeated terror strikes, what are we doing if not kneeling before them?

Only when we make the people behind the cowardly acts shudder at the very thought of terrorising us can we proudly declare that we cannot be made to kneel.

M. Chandrasekhar,
Kadapa, A.P.

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The Mumbai blasts are part of continuing acts of terror not only in India but in the whole world. The terrorists' modus operandi is to hide in big cities and execute their design. Thanks to the abnormal growth of big cities, lakhs of people live for years without even bothering to know who their next-door neighbours are. Terrorists therefore escape without being identified by anybody.

The fact that the Mumbai police have not been able to identify a single terrorist involved in the Tuesday blasts bears testimony to this.

S.Y. Venkata Narasimhan,
Gobichettipalayam, T.N.

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Guarding railway lines, stations, water works, crowded marketplace, places of worship, and important bridges should not be a problem. We have a large reservoir of student community in the age group of 16 to 21 years. This section can be deployed for the task. What better way to develop security consciousness among the youth? When there are nations that have made military training compulsory for their youth, it will not be a tall task to train youngsters in keeping vigil for about a week every month.

V. Ramasubramanian,
Chennai

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