The attacks that froze Mumbai on its tracks could well be scenes from a spine-chilling horror movie. But perhaps they beat even these as the murderers in the horror movie SCREAM killed people one at a time, the guys here killed dozens at a go.

Nearly 180 died and that makes for a nearly 180 grieving families with the family member’s lives disturbed,scarred and wounded.
Perhaps the guys there did it for just the 2 lakhs promised to their families but must buying happiness for ones’ family need scar the lives of 180 other families. Even in custody the only terrorist caught alive pleads for death for fear his family in Pakistan will be killed if he is not.

Has love for his family distorted his values and world view? He grew up in poverty and perhaps this gruesome mission was his only way of escape out of it!

Or what does one say of the fact that the 10 terrorists believed they would get away unscathed and return in peace to their country?
Perhaps they had been brainwashed so much that reality no more existed for them, all that existed was the thought of their families befitting from this job, of living out their trainer’s ideologies.

Young people need to be aware of such bargainers of souls who talk one out one’s values, of concern for others and welcome you into a world filled with hate, revenge and gruesomeness.

While lining up 17 guests to be shot at the Taj an old lady dared asked one of the terrorists why they were doing it and there came the reply `Apney Godhra me train me kya kiya tha?’

The 17 guests lined up perhaps were never at the site at Godhra when the said incident occurred but that didnt stop these terrorists from playing tit for tat or perhaps they had no other reason to validate their actions. If Godhra was the cause why not attack Gujarat instead of Mumbai?

If the game of tit for tat went on perhaps we all would witness the annihilation of the world.
But did these guys really buy happiness for their families or they bought curses, disgust an hatred?

The youths of today need to realize that in their quest for name, fame and money they do not take shortcuts that cause them to be ashamed globally, loose their lives bring shame on their families and earn the disgust of the world at large.

The happiness of donning the Versace T-shirt by the terrorist wasn’t worth the giving his away his life for, or the momentary happiness of his family for the grief and loss of 180 others. Perhaps we all need to readjust our values that are moving towards a more important me and my family in comparison with the happiness of and wellbeing of all.

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction and this stands true for us as global family whose every action affects another.

Moreover I wish that the NGO’s and other Global organizations would try to understand the need for generation of gainful employment opportunities in countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan - both hotbeds of terrorism.

Perhaps the global curse of terrorism can be countered by simply creating jobs and assisting the growth of these economies.
Perhaps it is the economic disparity of rich and poor nation that is bringing about such manifestations of violent frustrations.

I wonder if these terrorists would have agreed to work for any UN organization for a offer of 2 lakhs, perhaps they would have!