India's secular image and soft approach to relations with our immediate neighbours is perhaps being mis used by these terrorist outfits.
The Indian Government should seriously consider presenting a very tough stance at all international fora. A good start will be to give exemplary punishment to all those connected with the bomb blasts in Mumbai. We forget how our colonial rulers dealt with even the smallest misdemeanour severely. By making severe punishment for all acts of terrorism India should signal to all perpetrators that we mean business.
