Pragmatic Solutions

We have already visited the trauma associated with the recent Mumbai blasts, time and again, thanks to the over enthusiastic media. The pain is being relived through the numerous survivors tales played out again and again. Now the time has come to think about pragmatic solutions to the problem at hand.

As expected Pakistan has refused to hand over the terrorists, mentioned in the list provided by the Indian officials to the Pak high commissioner. This, following the rationalist argument was more on expected lines as no nation can hand over its nationals to any other country, easily. The stress being on the word EASILY. So according to me the options that opens before India includes:

1. Diplomatic efforts should be made to present the terrorism faced by India in a better way, to make the western countries believe that the attack on Mumbai was some kind of prelude to the bigger and more sinister attack in US, Izrael or any European country. As the US forces fear of the resurgence of Taliban along the western borders of Pakistan, it would not want to give any excuse to Pakistan to withdraw its forces from the western frontiers.

2. Pakistan is already going under big time financial trouble due to the world recession, and is the biggest gainer in the trade under the SAFTA regime. India has provided many concessions along with the "Most Favoured Nation" status to Pakistan. India should withdraw all the previleges provided under SAFTA in result damaging Pakistan, economicaly.

3. Although many quarters are asking India to move to UNSC for some kind of sanctions on Pakistan. But in my opinion, we have tried those UN options earlier too with disasterous results.

4. India is a growth story and Pakistan, like any other nation wants to share the growth prospects that come with the assocation with India. This fact was substanciated when recently Pakistan Prez. Zardari came for the HT Leadership Summit. The denial of this assocaition would result in doom for Pakistan.

5. There can also be formation of a "termination team" following the leads of Izrael and selectively eliminating all those responsible for this attack and the previous attacks in India.

6. Selective and precise air strikes can be conducted to neutralise the terrorist camps in POK and in interior Pakistan.


The political leadership of the country today, however doesn't seem to be interested in following any of the tough approaches. They always resume to the countless rhetorics like :
# ...condemn in strongest words......
# ...looking in the matter......
# ....have serious concerns.....etc.

Now is the time to act, if the present incumbent Government fails to act, then we, the citizens of India have to act in decisive manner in the coming Parliamentary elections to remove them so badly that no future Govt. can dare to undermine the public anger and emotions.

So, lets pledge that each one of us will vote this time and will chose and send responsible and brave people in the Parliament.