I am in real pain knowing 64 people got killed in such a ghastly act. Some cowardly ba***ds have again reminded us, through such a painful inhuman statement, that they still exist, despite billions being spent to make them extinct. My heart felt condolences to the aggrieved families. I am feeling ashamed that we could not provide safety to our guests.
I also went through the comments posted by the readers here, which were further, a revelation for me. Are we so divided as 'country men'? And when shall we stop using religion as a veil to forward our arguments of half baked truths? No religion advocates killing of innocents, to propagate personal agenda. Every time such terrorist killings take place I see we all are jumping to conclusions blaming each other. Are we not playing into the hands of those who want us to remain divided? Also to our learned friends, who keep on pointing fingers at the Gujrat establishment, no doubt there were slippages in now infamous 'Godhra incident' yet the real-initiators of the incident are never talked about (unfortunately that was also a Burning Train incident). So, for every episode there has been a Religion based justification, how so ever wrong & unfortunate it may be. Please leave the religion alone and let it remain what it was & is meant to be a guiding, healing loving and a spiritual force.
As for Pakistan is concerned, we can not do away with geography, so it is in our own interest to stop extreme radicalization of our neighborhood. I think the initiatives like Samjhuta Express are good mechanisms to propagate friendly neighborhood ties. When people will interact at grass root level than only the fear of each other will mitigate, understanding would increase and long lasting peace will dawn on this sub-continent.
