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Assam blasts

That 75 people lost their lives in the serial bomb blasts of Assam is deplorable. The people of India are fast losing faith in the government which clearly seems unable to control terrorism. It seems the intelligence agencies are almost non-existent.

If nothing is done to put down terror firmly, the people will have to live in constant fear and a day will come when they cannot send their children to school with confidence.

Gande Parashuram Rao,

Karimnagar

Ever since the UPA government came to power, the country has witnessed the worst terror strikes. Virtually, no State has been spared. The government’s apathy towards the safety of the common man is unbelievable. As law-abiding, tax-paying citizens, we are not interested in buying nuclear energy. We need to feel safe enough to go about our daily activities without the fear of bomb blasts in our vicinity. Union Home Minster Shivraj Patil should resign on moral grounds.

Lenin Ligu,

Varanasi

Mr. Patil has assured the people that those responsible for the blasts will be punished. We are tired of such insipid statements and seriously worry about the dangerous situation the country is headed for. Is it not time an emergency was declared in areas which are vulnerable to infiltration?

S. Rajagopalan,

Chennai

The frequent incidence of high-intensity terror strikes indicates that something is seriously amiss in India’s security apparatus. A substantial portion of the terror infrastructure and expertise comes from foreign soil. It is imperative to keep our frontiers under enhanced surveillance. Countering terror demands not only enactment of stringent anti-terror laws but also their scrupulous enforcement.

B. Jayanna Krupakar,

Surathkal

The killing of innocent people in the name of protecting or propagating one’s religion can never be accepted. Such terror activities, although carried out in the name of religion, are politically motivated. All of us should unite, keeping aside our religious sentiments, to fight terrorism. Today it is Assam, it could be any other State tomorrow. Let us consider every terror act as an attack on Indians and fight it in the same spirit.

Saleem Mir,

New Delhi

Terrorism has spread its tentacles far and wide. India, however, seems to be the worst sufferer. From innocent people to the tallest leaders, everyone has become a victim of the menace. In most instances of terrorism, religious fundamentalism is the driving force. It needs to be tackled through a multi-pronged approach.

M.V. Jagannadham,

Hyderabad

More than the reports on the bomb blasts, the heart-rending photographs say it all. The images of loss and destruction will haunt us for a long time to come. The common man is fast losing faith in the government. The people find it hard to erase the bitter memories caused by the blasts. Our politicians should sink their differences and put up a collective fight against terrorism.

A.S. Farida,

Kancheepuram

This refers to the report “Pushed into darkness of uncertainty and fear” (Oct. 31). Terrorists have reduced Moromi (which means ‘lovely’ in Assamese) to a bundle of trauma. The six-year-old is in a critical condition while her father, with whom she was walking hand in hand moments before terror stuck, was killed in the Ganeshguri blast. Those who have done this to Moromi are answerable to her mother who is too perplexed to understand what their fault was. The entire humanity should come together to end terrorism before it destroys all of us.

Utpal Bora,

Guwahati

I was born when the Assam agitation was in full swing. Many of us grew up reading about young Assamese boys and girls dying. By the time we turned adults, insurgents had become terrorists. We have seen people whose deaths are but a count for the media, and a tool for politicians to draw mileage from. Am I growing to be another such face?

Will the recent bomb blasts be just another occasion for leaders to sympathise with the victims? Will I and thousands like me ever see a smoke-free sky? Experience a fearless walk through the streets?

Tituraj Kashyap,

New Delhi

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