Of course, law and order is a big problem and the Indian government needs to seriously build up the strength of our legal system. But the rot also exists in the general public, we are too self-obsessed, constantly worried about our own welfare and leisure. When a girl is being teased people begin to look here and there instead of interfering. I'm not saying that if there are five boys harassing a girl and you are alone you should go and challenge them (because this way you may end up being killed, consequently, causing a bigger tragedy), but at least if a few people can gather together and approach those elements they can be easily scared away because basically they are cowards and that is why they are nagging a girl in the first place.

I think there are three things that come into picture here:

1) as Indians we are not proud of ourselves and that is why we don't respect each other and our surroundings

2) we don't have love for people unless there is something in it for us

3) we are meek people who easily get scared (this can be a part of not being proud of yourself and your country)

Mai, the point is not about the caste system among the Sikhs, I'm talking about the atrocity that happened -- first the rape and then the limbs mutilation. Do you suggest that the young son of this Dalit person (so let us not call him a "Dalit" Sikh) gathers a few friends, forms a group and starts killing people randomly?

Similarly when I talked about the Jews I was talking about the German Holocaust and not about the liberation of Israel.

The point is, every community, at one point or another is the target of some kind of despicable atrocity, does this mean every community should have it's share of terrorists?

Terrorism is nothing but a sorry excuse for committing crimes of the worst kind. Remember what happened in Beslan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beslan_school_hostag...and remember what they did to small children? Do you call those Chechen terrorists freedom fighters? Even in Mumbai this time the first shootings started in a women's and children's hospital; do you think freedom fighters fight like this? During the days of Sikh terrorism in Punjab they used to pick and kidnap young girls at will, and these are your freedom fighters -- well done! If these are your freedom fighters then may God help the land that you want for your brothers and sisters :-).

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