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Is violence a solution?

The socio-political unrest in J&K and the escalation of tensions among the people have created a deadlock. Unfortunately, violence — pelting policemen who try to stop the protesters with stones, destroying public property, etc. — seems to have become the only means for the people to express their anger. The people must maintain peace. The Centre is doing its best to seek a negotiated solution to the problem. Those who want to take the law into their hands must realise that hot heads and cold hearts achieve nothing.

Upma Chandra,

Varanasi

Be it the Gujjars, Hindus of Jammu or Muslims of Kashmir, protesters resort to the destruction of railways lines, buses, trains, offices, police vehicles and so on as if they are still fighting the British. No one seems to realise that he or she will need the railway lines and buses sooner than later. All that has been destroyed will have to be restored out of the taxpayers’ money.

How can we be so violent as to forget that such protests are self-destructive? There are better ways of protesting, negotiating and bargaining with the powers that be. Why has violence become the order of the day? And why is no punitive action taken against those who waste the taxpayers’ money?

Shobhita Jain,

Gurgaon

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