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USA reaction to 9/11 continues to date. America's 9/11 has created many 9/11's for the rest of the world. One wonders how much different world would have been if America had thought through its line of action in the wake of the attacks. If they had reacted by seeking an understanding of the complexity of the situation, maybe 7/7 in London, 9/20 in Islamabad and 11/26 in Mumbai could have been prevented. Situation in Iraq is nowhere under control and Afghanistan is getting worse. America's reaction has generated a series of events that are getting worse as the time moves on and well into the 8th year we have a situation where another '9/11' has jolted the world. One wonders also, what India's reaction would be. The initial signals coming from Delhi are not very promising. Before they even captured any attackers, Delhi pointed fingers at a 'neighbouring country' and it was no great puzzle who that 'neighbour' was. It reminded of long ago when there...

Ignorance cultivates hatred. Categories are hated but when these same categories become living breathing people, questions arise in our minds and doubts emerge and you wonder what you hated? These last few days tragic events in Mumbai have shattered the peace of the whole world community. Terror can strike anywhere and at any time and with an ever increasing sophistication of execution. Why do we feel terror will strike? Is there maybe a feeling in us that we have not eliminated the causes for such events. When a crime is committed we hear about punishment, a severe punishment but we do not hear about locating the cause. So many questions are raised by not just the events taking place in Mumbai but more are raised in handling of these kinds of events especially by the media. You feel sense and intellect is muted and stifled. 24 hour reporting means jumping to conclusions, planting seeds of doubts and scariest of all, spreading hatred. When you watch news as the real life drama unfolds,...