Thanks but No Thanks Gandhi! We don't need you today!

I am drunk today! It’s a dry day in India, as it’s the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi! The Father of Nation! Known as Bapu! I know you must have heard about him, or his name atleast! But why I drink on the day of his birth? Well, it’s my way of showing him, that India has changed, and we don’t need a Gandhi to free us anymore! We are free! India is one of the, or I think the biggest democratic country of the world! We, the people are responsible for our country! We select our leaders! We choose how the country should be run! We are free now! Bapu, thank you for helping us when we needed you, to get rid of British, and become a free India! Thanks, but no thanks, we don’t need you anymore! The rule of game has changed now! We have terrorism in India now! Gandigiri will fail against terrorism! As you know, your satyagrah will only work if a lot of people participate in that! But if you do something like that today, you will not be put in jail, but someone will kill you on the spot! You may die again, and not alone, but killing almost 50-100 people with you, as it may be a human bomb which will kill you!

Terrorism is something which knows just one way of solving any issue, eliminate the opposition! If there is no one to oppose you, there is 100% chance of your wining! So, you can’t fight with non-violence against terrorist! They understand only one language, violence!

There may be many who differ from my point of view, and yes, sometime I do differ from my own point of view! But, if you have people getting killed in different part of the country, how much longer you can maintain the law and order with non-violence? If a terrorist like Kasab comes and start firing his AK47, do you think a satyagrah will sustain that? Sorry, but I don’t think so! The only option to fight terrorists is, actually giving them a good fight back! Army style and not political fight!

I have very simple formula to deal with terrorist activities, and along with, activities which are terrorism, but not treated so! Below are few points:

#1. Change the definition of terrorism!

Anyone, who is responsible for killing people, generic in nature, mass murder, public property destruction, preventing government from doing their job, encouraging public to get into act of terrorism like encouraging people to kill other community members, should be treated as terrorists!

Any person, who is responsible in helping terrorism or terrorists in any way, no matter how small that help is, and also, no matter if that help is done without the knowledge of these being terrorist, should be treated as equal participation in terrorism!

These helping people should also be treated as terrorists! Now the catch – If someone took Rs 10,000 and created a fake passport for anyone, and if the person with fake passport turns out to be a terrorist! So, as the passport was illegal, and it was issued to a terrorist, then the issuer of this fake passport is also a terrorist! Let;s clear this a little more, under this definition, Maoist, Kar Sewak, Mob killing in the name of religion or caste, any such act of terrorising people like forced strike are all treated as terrorism. Also, with this definition, any illegal activity, if it turns out to be helping terrorists, also treated as terrorism!

#2. Change the punishment of terrorists!

Punishment! Yes, there should be punishment, but our court of law should not decide any punishment for terrorists! In point # 1, we have already established who can be considered as terrorists. Now court has to provide a ruling, if the charges are correct or not, that’s it! If the person is proved to be a terrorist, and a terrorist means by any action, not just the person killing others, but those who provided phone sim card illegally to terrorists, those who gave them shelter without proper document checks, those who has done anything, even smallest help to the killers or other terrorists, even without knowing that they are helping terrorists, but the help was illegal, should be marked as terrorists! So, with this, court will provide “Guilty” or “Not Guilty”, and all guilty will have just one punishment – DEATH!

Why am I talking about death penalty for terrorists? Because it’s not just one person who terrorised the whole country, but a group of people! And most of this group always get away with just small punishment or some fine, which does not bother them to do such act again and again! You may ultimately hang Kasab, or couple of people from our Parliament attack, but what about those who provided car, parliament stickers and duplicate passes, guns, shelter to these attackers? Duplicate stickers or pass – 3 months jail? Guns – 3 years? Shelter – 5000 fine? Stolen car – 3 months? I want all of them to be hanged! And treated as terrorists, with all their rights forfeited, like all assets, insurance claims etc., all forfeited! They should not get any benefits from any of the organisation in India! They die, and die like a dog! Infact in my opinion this death penalty is not painless death, but a painful death in open with photos and videos all across to send this message to all such wannabe terrorists, that what’s in store for them! I may sound barbaric, but we are living in a barbaric world today!

If we have these two laws in place, there is no doubt terrorist will reduce to a large extent! I know that main terrorists are brainwashed that they will go to heaven after they die and it’s a good cause they are fighting for, and other bullshits! They are ready to become Martyr for their cause and don’t fear death! But think of those who help them, in our own country, for some money, as they know that they will get away with small punishment, even if caught! They will not take the risk, as they are no martyr, but some greedy people who want to cook their food on other people’s cremation! They don’t want to die, so will not help so called martyrs!

Then the other problem of corruption will be solved to a large extent, it will not go away, we will still have corruption and scams in various events like CWG or T20 etc., but it will be almost resolved for common man! Now you or I cannot get a driving license without proper tests! Because if that license is later used in any of the terrorist activity, the issuer authority will also become terrorist and gets death punishment! There will still be corruption in cases where you pay money to push your file from one department to other, but only with all papers in due order! So, this law will not eradicate corruption, but it will help reducing it!

The third and most important, it will help marking those under terrorism, who so far has been hiding behind public, and creating lots of damage to our country! The so called political party activists, who destroy public property, beats up innocent people, all in front of camera, to gain publicity! Now they know that it is terrorism, as per law, and there is only one punishment! I dare them to do this again! Same goes for organisations like Maoists etc., which are not treated as terrorists by our government! Now, the law will decide if they are terrorist or not, and if they are, no one can negotiate their punishment!

So, Mr Gandhi, Bapu, I know what you did for us, and thank you for all that, but its time India moves away from Gandhism and embrace Chandrasekhar Azad or Subhash Chandra Bose! If your enemy is beating you, yes, I can go on with my non-cooperation movement, and gets beaten up! If someone slaps me on one cheek, I will not say a word and turn the other cheek in front! Yes, all this is fine, but what about the situation when beating becomes killing? If your enemy is not using sticks, but AK47, and instead of beating or slapping, they are firing, killing thousands of people! Do you think your way of protest will work? I beg to differ! You had a charisma, I am sorry; pardon me, as I am still drunk, You have a charisma! And that was the reason British never touched you! They knew if something happens to you, the whole nation will turn against them! They have seen this when a police station was burned by mob! So, it was of-course the power of your non-violence, but also the power of mob furry, which helped you succeed! Otherwise, it would have ended with a bullet, and that’s what happened in the end! One person just came and ended your life! Think about this, if the same three bullets were shot at you, when you reached India from South Africa, what would have happened to all those movements against British? Nothing! No one would have remembered Gandhi! It was just another name somewhere in the list of countless died during that time! We would still be a British colony! But that did not happen, as British were not terrorists, they were running a government, and a sensible one! As far as I know, from what I read about, and heard from my grandparents, British were not bad rulers, and law / order was in a better shape! Yes, there were flaws, and some discrepancies between Indians and then, but that is bound to happen! Fact of the matter is, Gandhi cannot fight terrorists! We can’t fight terror with non-violence! We need to fight back!

So, on this International Day of Non-Violence, let me push my own opinion of Violence Against Terror! I maybe drunk, but it’s not something which I am writing for the first time, check my earlier posts on terrorism, and you will find similar approach of dealing with terrorists in those posts as well. So, it’s my own opinion, as it’s my own Blog! Like it or leave it! But if you like it, please spread the word, so that someday, someone can take right step, and create such law! Till then, I am just another Indian, waiting for my turn to be killed in some terrorists attack somewhere! And so are you if you are an Indian living in India! Accept this as part of your destiny, don’t be afraid, enjoy the life till your number comes up! Happy Gandhi Jayanti to all!!!