So bombay (or mumbai if you please) has become a victim of terror attacks yet again. On July 13, 2011, three explosions killed an estimated 30 people, injuring many more. The bombs went off in the evening rush hour and two of the three locations were khau gallis (food streets).
The prime suspect so far is lashkar-e-taiba from across the border and its Indian accomplice indian mujahideen. At the expense of repeating what scores have asked before me, what can motivate such depravity in men? Can any such inquiry ever be successful?
Are these men, as alfred (batman's butler) said, just plain evil? If so, isnt it frightening that we have so many evil men? Or is it that biological evolution has fallen behind the technological one, giving who are more or less still competitive apes, the power to destroy the world? Or is it religion? Maybe it is something more basic, like identity. Or maybe the modern is giving rise to a generation of men and women who dont know what to do with their lives, suffering from a lack of identity, with no sense of self and purpose, maybe in these acts of wanton violence (in the name of religion, nationalism, regionalism etc) they find their salvation?
I am rambling now, not sure if this even makes sense anymore..
The prime suspect so far is lashkar-e-taiba from across the border and its Indian accomplice indian mujahideen. At the expense of repeating what scores have asked before me, what can motivate such depravity in men? Can any such inquiry ever be successful?
Are these men, as alfred (batman's butler) said, just plain evil? If so, isnt it frightening that we have so many evil men? Or is it that biological evolution has fallen behind the technological one, giving who are more or less still competitive apes, the power to destroy the world? Or is it religion? Maybe it is something more basic, like identity. Or maybe the modern is giving rise to a generation of men and women who dont know what to do with their lives, suffering from a lack of identity, with no sense of self and purpose, maybe in these acts of wanton violence (in the name of religion, nationalism, regionalism etc) they find their salvation?
I am rambling now, not sure if this even makes sense anymore..
I think more than anything else its the ignorance and the falsified version of truth that has been communicated to these perpetrators of terror. They know not what they are doing. As very rightly mentioned by you it comes from the lack of purpose or identity in life.
ReplyDeleteI do not think it is the lack of identity; on the contarary, it is the tendency of humans to develop a sense of impregnable identity towards something- religion or a piece of land or even caste- that leads them to commit such reprehensible and vile acts. Then the sole purpose of life boils down to protection of that identity at any cost. Human rationality and conscience take a backseat and lives become insignificant...
ReplyDelete@rishi - a lack of identity here refers to a lack of intrinsic realization. That an individual relies on external sources like religion/nation/region/caste to compensate for of a sense lack of self outside these aggregates has been identified as one of the possible causes..but what would lead to the absence of cognition of self as an individual? too much time, coupled with too much knowledge, or has it always been there and now they just have stronger causes to affiliate with (bigger sponsors, biggers bombs) ?
ReplyDeleteaccording to me these are all political games!!!!these terrorists..they get backup from some politicians.....dis is the main reason for all these mishaps!!!!
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