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Hypothesis of Kindness

By Sudha Dixit

Have you tried to touch a bird’s eggs in the nest, while the mother is watching? If yes, you must have seen how the tiny & frail mother bird reacts. The fury and the violence with which she attacks the encroacher, is amazing. The chirpy little singing bird forgets all sweetness of her nature and acts like a predator to protect her offspring.

 Kindness, forgiveness, humanity all are emotions of peace time. We as human being strive to live in peace. ‘Love thy neighbour as thyself’ is the mantra of all civil societies but when confronted with the question of life and death it is only survival that matters. In war it is either I or him or broadly we or them. Whosoever pulls the trigger first survives. No sermon, no preaching comes to your or their rescue.

  With Terrorism we are at war. The whole concept of condoning death sentence, altering hanging to life term is a misnomer. Tiger Memon, the escaped terrorist (brother of Yakub Memon) has been caught on tape talking to his mother about revenge for Yakub’s death. Had Yakub been alive, serving life term, do you think Tiger would have kept quiet? No! He would. Still, have tried kidnapping, hijacking or storming in parliament, any such thing to blackmail Indian Government for Yakub’s release. Many lives might have been endangered or lost. Danger is still there but at least one reason has been eliminated.

 In Udhampur, the captured Pakistani terrorist Usman says “It’s FUN to kill Hindus”. He does not show any remorse for what he has done or would have done before being caught; he did not have even an iota of fear on his face. He tried to pass off as a minor in order to take advantage of The Juvenile Law. Can a child be a terrorist? He has been conditioned to become inhuman. Pakistan has de-recognized him. So why should we fall over each other to pamper the ‘poor misguided child’. Terror has no religion and a terrorist does not belong to any nation. He is disowned by all.

 Terrorists are the unwanted elements. They do not belong to this planet. The hypothesis of mercy does not apply to them.

About The Author:  Sudha Dixit is from Lucknow and studied at Aligarh Muslim Univ., Lucknow Univ. and Banaras Hindu University. She currently resides in Bangalore. She writes articles, poems in both Hindi & English. Her hobbies include painting and reading.

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