This article has left me confused. What else could the Government have done? Can any sensible government negotiate with a bunch of irrational goons? Everyone on this earth knows what the Taliban stood for and with a scattered Taliban without at least a central leadership, who do you negotiate with? For that matter, the ones who kidnapped Kutty may have been a loose bunch of gun totting thugs and just that. It is wrong to mislead readers based on ones perspective of such an incident. In fact, quite a few people were surprised the government went out of the way in Kutty's case. Yes it would certainly have been different if Kutty was some top politician's son, but religion has nothing to do with that. Misuse of political and official power is as common as your morning cup of tea in India and giving it a religious hue is unbecoming of someone as knowledgeable as Mr. Rajeev. How is it that Mr. Rajeev kept mum when Mr. Stanes and two young lives were snubbed out for as noble an act as looking after a bunch of Lepers. Incidentally the government in power at that time went out of the way to play down that incident. I think we should concentrate our energies on building a strong India.
