India remembers 26/11, can’t thwart another too

There have been several versions of terrorism in the post-WWII decades. While on one hand there was the presence of Red Army Faction or one of postwar Germany's most violent and prominent left wing groups once, there has also been the presence of dreaded Islamic hard-line outfit Lashkar Taiba or LeT. But it will be simply erroneous if you dare to place them in one-half. On the contrary there is a vast and never-ending difference between the two.

Red Army Faction or RAF asserted that it was a communist and anti-imperialist "urban guerrilla" group engaged in armed resistance against what they deemed to be a fascist state. The RAF was founded in 1970 by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler, and Ulrike Meinhof. But Lashkar Taiba or LeT is one of the largest and most active Islamist militant organizations in South Asia and has been grown in order to trounce and balkanize India, the land of infidels. While left wing terrorism springs up owing to mounting polarization and economic inequality, Islamic terrorism is set to uproot an entire civilization.

In all these years, thanks to exponential growth in worldwide technology and a profound transformation in global economy, Islamic outfits have extended considerably. Each and every attack of them, especially in India is lethal and what did Mumbai witness on the last 26/11 may be the beginning of a new chapter.

Nevertheless Mumbaikars (residents of Mumbai) are upbeat and in spite of remaining busy with their scheduled tasks, they were found to pause in their tracks to honor the memory of the 166 people killed in the shocking 60-hour terror strike last year. A similar scene was witnessed when thousands of daily commuters rushing to their offices stopped so as to pay respects to those who slaughtered in the attacks on the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST).

Well, there would be many other moments of silence, remembering and mourning slated all over the day. But the morning rush hour showed the spirit of India's financial and entertainment capital without a doubt.

However all these make us pose a new question. Is India prepared to thwart another 26/11? Perhaps not since the country even doesn’t dare to reach an eventuality with Azmal Kasav, terror face of the Mumbai attack. What a quirk of fate!