Hi All,
My column in TOI today on the Pune terror attacks. Do read and give your rational thoughts and ideas on how terrorism can be managed in a practical manner.
The article is here.
Love lots,
Chetan
Hi All,
My column in TOI today on the Pune terror attacks. Do read and give your rational thoughts and ideas on how terrorism can be managed in a practical manner.
The article is here.
Love lots,
Chetan
HI, no words in term of sympathy, but terrorism is nothing but showing powers, and poor-helpless-people(finally turned terrorists) are brain washed by the name of Jehud, So even we understand but not possible to make them, “mass killing couldn’t be an answer of dragging attention towards themselves”!
Read your article and agree with some parts. GoI need to install POTA and take stern action against terrorists. Our courts can set up fast track action for Shiny Ahuja’s rape case but Kasab is languishing in Indian jails since 26/11, even demanding basmati rice, biryani and what not.
Some lessons should be learnt from Israel, don’t you think so?
this is really bad….people used to say that pune is safe city but….no longer
the thoughts are right… but the community needs to be educated in th right direction.. we’ve seen well educared people hugging the guns in the past… the right step is to be taken by the lesders of the community and our very own government… the community should take the responsibility otherwise u can’t definitely solve the problem…
This is one of your best coloumns Chetan brother… TV media is really making indian to hate pakistan by conducting those bloody SMS polls like “Do you think Pakistan is our archenemy of chaos in India??” Sms ur answer to this and that number…
this is all rubbish…. Media is provoking people to become Anti-Pakistan….
This is really bad on the part of a country where Mahatma Gandhi lived and preached…
Chetan bro, the last para of the coloumn very nicely put “We cannot take away the pain felt by all affected. However, rational steps can reduce
such horrific acts. They will make way for a more peaceful and better life for Indians,
who’d much rather have chocolate cake with their kids than live a life hating another
community or country.”
Thank You for educating some people like us…
Remember one thing Chetan bro,,,,, there are always people for you… your brothers like me, who follow the path which you showed to us for the country’s development…. we are waiting and wanting and so trying to see a new and developed INDIA before we die….
Nopes…I suppose u got it wrong…
First thing to do is to reform the police personnel. Create a special cell, a cell which directly reports to the PMO(not like CBI). This cell should have the best brains working for them. So they should revruit top notch minds. Pay them a salary equal to what an IT guy gets in Google.Ensure no intervention from political class.
2 Do a root cause analysis for the terrorism. Who are spawning terrorists. The answer is Pakistan.
Stop everything with pakistan, talks, trade , sports, entertainment… everything. We have to exert some pressure on pakistan.
3 Trap those people who are sponcering the terrorists. These guys should be put in jail with no bail, no matter who they are.
I think if we enforce these fore mentioned constraints, we may actually succeed in preventing another terrorist attack.
Firstly, well done. Yet another well written article.
I do not know how we can solve the problem of terrorism in our country. I only know that India is a country of all talk and no action. Don`t get me wrong, I am not one of those pessimists who say that nothing will ever change in India. It will, it definitely will. But it is a long process.
Coming back to terrorism, I wonder why was America never struck after 9/11! While in India, I can`t help but think about the next attack. One year had passed since 26/11 and I was like, wow, we are doing great to tackle terrorism. And then comes the news of the Pune attack. Our intelligence team has managed to avoid more than one terror attacks in the past one year, all credit to them but every succesful terror attack spoils all that was achieved in the past.
Hopefully, there won`t be any terror attack for quite sometime now. (I am sorry but hoping for more than this would be foolish and irrational).
I think the solution is putting Country before “I”.
This “I” includes everything : state,caste,creed,religion,economic strata etc – which we belong to.
Another thing is removing “absolute Poverty”.
Charm of being well-fed and having all basic necessities specially for those have not even been close to thinking about same can act as a cushion against the brainwashing.
we need to create extremists who are all for a good civil society.
agreeing on most of the issues which you have raised, efforts also r required to remove all the chaos and confusion in public adminstration.
A common man is more frustated when he sees that in poverty stricken country people dont get their basic amenities and on the other hand terrorists are treated like guests !!! And crores of money being spent on keeping them in Jail.
Hang all those thugs…
I ready this article and I was very amazed to see how simply you see the things and see the solution. Main thing I liked about your article is that give everyone opportunity then no one would want to give up his job and do such things but still USA was attacked by some professionals. Also problem of terrorists is problem between two religions. You can see that some educated Hindus support RSS and their agenda. So basic problem is hatred which does not seem to be decreasing. Its a circle, terrorists attack so Hindus suffer then they make some innocent muslims suffer and then it creates terrorists. I do not know how to solve this problem and also how to stop hatred? do you have answer for that?
I am a regular reader of your columns. Doesn’t make any difference chetan. I, you and every one knows what you have said, nothing different. Unable to figure out the exact problem. vamsi
the role of media in these kind of situations is very significant. but unfortunately indian media plays the role of spreading horror all acrposs the country rather than spreading news and lacks in proper reporting. i agrre wid the point u raised abt banning RDX….. govt has to weight the positive outcomes of using RDX the negative outcomes. and we all know what r the nagative outcomes of RDX. the attack on pune is an indication tat no city in this country is safe. but it shud not mean that we shud scare abt this fact.rather we shud be aware of those unusual faces in the crowd.
the article was worth reading chetan.
keep it up.
the bitter truth is that we’ve got used to live with terror attacks. i wonder what Gandhi would have done if he was alive..!!!
i likd ur articl but can’t say dat i fully agree to it! wat u sed bout bannin stuf lik RDX n d securty issue wer perfct…bt, ts hard to acpt dat dese scoundrels do dis fr attntn… i gues its mor to do wid terorisin & destroyin al othr non-muslim nations. de simply wana screw r economy.n whn u ve ur ppl dyin out der wid no faults of der own hw can u avoid d attnsion???
Derz dis aman ki asha by TOI…can u name half d no if not equal no of pakis who promote such kinda causes…dis (aka) is pure bakwass…purely agree wid bhargav…its hi time v shun comms wid such a dreaded nation.wid dis, i hpe shunnin comm isnt dat grave n injustice as is xplodin innocnts to bits!
I do agree wid ur endin para..but v cant b huggin r murderers n invitin em to com kill us…
I know it is indeed very easy for India to blame terrorism and Pakistan. But what about state born terrorists like Bal thakrey and Raj Thackrey? Government never hold talks with either of them and not only them there are many in that league in our country. Some want quota, some want seperate states. Some mob north Indians, some target couples and some target people from other caste and religion.
Every one of these think they are not terrorists but for us they are. So at the end of the day even Shivsena and MNS will call Pak a terrorist state but consider their ownself as a community well wisher.
It is the ideology that is wrong. It is the way of handling things that has went tremendously wrong. We might one day find a solution for ‘Kashmir’ but till then we will have a new issue ‘Telangana’. What is the meaning of one country if every one want seperate state and quotas.
And if we think these ‘terrorists’ and ‘hooligans(Shivsena and MNS’) have some mission or are very committed to their cause then we are fooling ourselves.
Terrorism is a business now. It involves big money. They just make the best advantage of some starving youngsters and traing them to throw bombs and stones and even if needed blow your ownself up to feed your family.
Its just that Bombers have a much better pay package than a stone pelter.
Some are hired by a neighbouring nation and some by your own state.
I may end up writing whole day but words will not stop CB.. just want to say if we can change the ‘Ideology’ we make a difference oe day. And ‘we’ here is not me or you but those who run this business.
Jai Hind
Rahul
When we hear the name “PAKISTAN”, the next thing that comes to our mind is Terrorists.
It has become a belief that all people across the boder spend their time just plotting another terrorist activity. But little do we think that there might be people there, who work, and live the same as we do.
Banning Pakistan from our side will just add fuel to fire, instead preparing ourselves will be a better option.
People protecting us undergo a strict procedure to get themselves selected, but once they get selected, what do they do. They grow up pot bellies. Asked to run for 1000 mts more than 50% will fail. Its time we strengthen our own defence and bring in a sepearate Cell or Unit for maintaining it, which will be out of reach of these political turnarounds.
Terrorism is a disease that killing our country supported by us through corruption, poverty, greed, etc. Unless these are eradicated terrorists will strike. And soon it wont be them will be someone from us fighting for TELANGANA or the ones spreading Naxalism.
Its time that we should Awake and Arise.
Jaago Re…….
Ab ya Kabhi Nahi…
Dear Chetan
You’ve described terrorists as deranged people with twisted moral justifications,most probably they are…but then do we do something for preventing people from turning into one of them,or do we do anything for people who are already deranged to prevent them from becoming terrorists ? Also I do not think its just the money that lures people into it.I think due to religion and myths in the indian context psychological problems are not considered disease.People suffering from them are not considered people who need medical help but they are considered losers who cannot stand up for their own.As a society we chose to shun them ,forget about support or help.And very conveniently blame countries like Pakistan for festering terrorism in India.
It is very common reactions after every tragedy that all start blaming someone for the tragedy . What we know is to blame others for our ordeal . As usual first targets are Netas and Pakistan. But it is high time that we all should start thinking what we should do ourselves instead wasting time to think about others actions .
We Indian always want someone else to do something for us . My question is what do we do our self? Can we not be alert of our surroundings and look for suspicious items to prevent such incidents ? Take example of Pune blast case , had the waiter and owner were alert , many lives would have been saved.
We have very little control on what Pakistan does or what our great leaders do , but of course we can have control on how we remain alert when we are out in public places .
Why we are so naive that we really do not care for unaccompanied bags and luggage . Go to any Indian railways station you will find people are least bothered about the safety. Same case will be for cinema hall , shopping center and other public places. Humne sub kuch kismat ke bharose chod diya hai .
I pray not for better leaders but for more alert Citizens . This is high time that we all need to change our thinking and do whatever in our control .
@ shriti….hey dear how many people of pakistan were involved in all the terror attacks took place in india? may b 100, 1000, 1000000 but not the whole pakistan..if u talk abt destroying non muslim nations then u shud know the conditin of pakistan at this particular time. y do us (indians) bcome so violent wen it comes to terrorism as we dont need to . the only way to live is peace and how many times u thot abt AMAN KI ASHA. there r many people who think. it is an intiative of jang group of pak and toi of india.
taking abt loss . i lost one os my closest member of family in delhi 29? 10 attacks…….but i dont think violently bcoz wen u loose some1 it hurts and wen some 1 talks abt violence it hurts more.
wts d diff. b/w u and thakrays
Hi,
Just wanted to bring to your notice, that I came across a plagiarized book by an Indian author.
On reading the book, I discovered that whole sections of the book, ‘ 2 States’
have been lifted by this author- Anil Kumar Gupta.
http://www.anilkumargupta.net/book3.php
Warm Regards,
Sahil
chetan ur writing and ur 2 states is just my story man it just floated in front of my mind like a movie……
u really rock man keep it going and eagerly waiting for ur next book 
good luck and happy holi to anusha ishan shyam and of course u 
Just read your aricle and must agree you have pointed out val;id points but I think there is a need for intelligence rool-out in india, not at the scale US did after 9/11 atrocity because of obvious reasons (more economic than political reasons). I personally agree with your 3rd point abotu media, it’s high time that indian media needs to just produce news rather than sell news and transparency in deliver of news..
Through Prayers. Better if matured Christian or Hindu prays.
I love Islamic faith but when the concept of Jihad comes, i prefer better to get away with them, I don’t know in which century they’re living!!!
Hi Chetan,
Please enable a link to report abusive comments. These guys have no other better business.
Even we used to frequent the German bakery and it was very shocking to see it blown up. In fact we had planned to go there on the very day but got delayed in traffic and saw it later in the news. I have been thanking god for the traffic problem we have.
You should understand the problems faced by Kashmiri’s and there struggle for freedom. It might be easy to say violence is not the answer. But do you really think the Indian government will accept the peaceful struggle? Take the example of Telangana for instance.. They are just asking for a separate state which has been denied.
The Indian media is biased and would never even dare to think of the problems of minorities. So as long as the government does not change its thinking, these attacks are violent reality we have to deal with. Its very easy for you to sit in a big city and talk about peace and progress and chocolate cakes, but you all fail to realize the problems of rural India. Maoists, Telangana agitation etc.. are all just a result of the neglect of the masses by the rich city dwellers. Its not a fight between religions but more of a fight between the rich and the poor.
Nice article man. Its really bad that so many people are loosing there life in this meaningless violence.
I read all your books by downloading from internet. Sorry i dint pay money for ur books.
Dear Chetan,
It was a nice Article but I feel one thing needs to be added in it.
It is very important to Build a dedicated team with sole target of Mapping the terrorist network and people involved or suspected to be involved in the terrorist activities so that we can get the leads easily and remove randomness out of the attacks. the second part is a team of people dedicated in mapping the RDX trade and banning it It will make it easy to track any illigal traing of this explosive. and third one is to make a dedicated team to map accounts of people who fund such trade or people involved .This will help in tracking the funds of terrorists and any large movement can st up alarm and and new attack can be known beforehand.
Also the punishment needs to be harsh on people involved in such activities and justice swift. Kasab was arested more than one year back and India has spent so much Tax payers Money into keeping him safe but the case is still dragging on and I am afraid some day some plane hijacking or any such activity may force the government in releasing him. When all the proff are there then why is the law not giving verdict Fast.
US arrested Headly much latter but they had already filed charges against him.
If Judicial verdicts are not handed over fast then people will not respect the system and will not fear the system.
Hi Chetan,
Nice article. You adhered to the maxim of the new age DOers – “Always come up with some solutions when talking of a problem”. May not have to be “The Solution”, but it does give a starting point. The solutions you suggested will take years to implement India wide. And I am sure eventually, we will reach there. But it’s too painful to live through this period.
India is going through evolution as well – post-Independence systems, framework, constitution, etc. is just 60+ years old after all. I am sure eventually, we will have great literacy in the country and then a common level of communication, a certain base level for communication amongst educated and literate people (even if languages are different).
Born in the wrong century. That’s how I curse my fate. It is very painful to live through all this pain and troubles of an early nation. I have climbed the mountain and seen the promised land, but unfortunately, I do not possess the strength to pull my fellow Indians up with me and elevate them to the eventual destiny of our country.
History has shown that it will take its own time and each country has to pay its price in sweat, tears and blood to build it into a worthy place for all. It’s too tough for me to live through this period
.
you are a good writer
I think, Indian govt. has always been following the policy of “All izz well”.
After each attack there has been talks like nothing can shatter India, life will still run smooth, Mumbai is strong enough n mumbains will not b scared from such terror attacks etc. After each of such incidents, govt. conveys to the citizens “All is well”.
No govt. till date hav taken any strict action against such brutal acts. It take years before the arrested terrorists are hanged n sumtimes it results into incidents such as Kandhar.
The whole system shud be renovated.
I agree with you. All these things are happening b’cos of politics. They were fighting on MNIK. People should have to think seriously about these politicians. If we want to see India Great, people should have to think over & above this bluddy Politics. People have to vote to Candidate not to Party. They first raise issues and enjoyed the benefits.
hi d comment on terroeism on toi is universally acknowledged concept.i agree with it 100%.
hi,yr abve art. show’d yr devotion 2wards india.Headsoff 2 u.u hv discus’d d prob of terrorism.but its d battle of good vs evil & v accept it or nt dere atleast will b 1 single member in each fmly vch is less sensitive& wrk agnst fmly.d need is 2 encourage the feel’g of unity & U hv d pwr of wrds.
i don’t have any comments coz i’m not a scholar to judge..just an ordinary girl..take care everybody..
ello,
ovcourse articl was as amazin as ur ritin skills r….bt her d problm is TERRORISM
i jst startd typing cos i thought all ov us ur forgettin d most important ,relavent point….
i.e we already hav enough rules ‘our constitution is d biggest nd still growin’…wat we need is implementaions ov those ‘so called rules’…dont u guys agree ??
ya 1 mor thin…surly evry1 who’s near ones r hurtd wants to get his reveng bt the fact is that will only grow hatred.
now dont fret as i m not sayin that we sd leave that mattr into d hands ov supernatural nd calld thm frens….bt wt about peace…how can we get ovr these inhuman things?
i dont noe the ans nd m still searchin bt hop som1 finds it soon
hi chetan,
totally agree on ur suggestion about a well organised police cell.
another thing is to include “facts” about terrorism and how much india has suffered by terrorist attacks in academics, for the present world it is more important than by-hearting Mughal dynasty’s era of rule. because present world updates ya present india is far more important than what happened 60 years back, instead of memorising those dates its time to realise whast going around.
Was very good….i ws reading while going in bus….this might b the first article on terrorism which i could read the whole coz it had lot of insight in it. Waiting for your next book!!!
dear chetan…i think terrorism can be overcome by us …u know … their is a lots of sites in india by which we paid Rs.12000 crores at every sec when we open it ….like http://www.songs.pk..so it is very imp to all of us that we stop downloading songs from this site …and as soon as we know abt these types of sites we should inform it more n more pepoles as we can…
regards.
Surbhi
Hi Chetan I’ve recently read your ’2 States’.I’ve liked it wholeheartedly and became a fan of you.I’ll surely read your other novels.Just one question for you.After IITD/IIMA and investment banking career are you really enjoying writing.Don’t you miss the corporate life that would’ve enjoyed in bank.
Thanks,
Anirban
hi….
i had read ur all books except two states.not able to find it.found ur books so amazing n touching that i finished 2 in a day widout taking rest…really emosional stuff..
want u 2 write m9 story in ur words…
do dis favour 2 me…
i hope u will reply soon
thanx
hello sir,
really u r the rock star in the world of novels. i have no words to say about you. i wish u get more and more fame in your life.
Nice article
This is really bad…. People used to say that the pune is safe city
“Anyone with a good education, a job and an optimistic view on life is less likely to blow up a peaceful place.”
What about the young doctor from Bangalore working in UK ?
1. He had good education
2. He was financially well.
3. Optimistic view of Life ???
i just wanted to know that when are you going to publish the next book . Just dying to read it . Can’t help ! you just write awesome
Yes, i do totally agree with the say…..Lets make the world a better place to live for the yonug and vibrant minds of the coming generations ahead….
Practical suggestions. Can be implemented. At the same time we need to strengthen our police force, both quantitatively and qualitatively. Give them incentives not just for their mustache but also for not having a paunch.
@aniket…
i completely agree with his view point.I think hatred is da main cause 4 terrorism n destruction.its a very unfortunate fact that our country is still reeling under corrupt and hypocrit politicians.On 1 side they promise of communal harmony while on the other side they play the bloody strategy of divide and rule policy.The barbaric riots mayb it of gujarat or mumbai made thousands of people homeless nd caused the unbearable loss of loved 1s.Adding to the misery, some later suffered from injustice from judiciary bodies.These people dont get any other option left other than to take revenge somehow to satisfy themselves;they easily bcum the victims of radicals and xtremists who get them brain washed.I ask”which religion dont have these lunatic radicals with fanatic thoughts!!” If we see the convicted persons of 1993 bombings in mumbai they say that they targeted gujrati dominated locations ‘Y?’ records say they were victims of babri masjid riots. So basically we need to diagnose this deadly parasite ‘terrorism’ instead of just implementing tough laws.Laws should be implemented but with a wise investigation of the source of crime.Its hightime that we being the educated society of people give it a thought and realise this that we have 2 find the root cause of any disease to cure it.only then we can lead a better life of peace of harmony.
@Shriti..
i respect ur thought but i dont think a war b/w india and pakistan is the ultimate solution.There are people on other side of border with normal living styles like us. And pakistan now is itself suffering under this menace,we all are aware of its pathetic condition.War would just worsen the matter. From my personal point of view i think this blood and gore game is simply a result of internal politics on both sides.There are some unscrupulous and opportunist people who actually want to rage a war b/w the 2 nuclear powered nations.