“Without forgiveness, life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.” And “The longing for vengeance is like craving for poison.” These lines are from an article written by Pierre Lavalle, a Canadian therapist, published in Times of India dated 22 Nov 09. He goes on to say that though it is very difficult for us but we should try and forgive those who carried out these terror attacks in Mumbai last year. Well, it had to come to this someday but it is rather surprising that Times of India published this article within just about an year of the most horrific terrorist attack on our soil. The call first got diluted from an all out war against Pakistan to just action against perpetrators of 26/11, then it got further watered down when Pak govt let go of one perpetrator after another while at the same time giving lip service of all possible help against terrorists even as our govt watched it helplessly and now sections of media within our own country are telling us that we should move on and forgive those murderers altogether, albeit on the prodding of westerners.

Posted on November 22nd, 2009 under India calling. Tags: 26/11, attack, forget, forgive, Kasab, Mumbai, Pakistan, Terror. Comments: 13

On the face of it the statement seems genuine though according to the police there are a few variations but they are rather minor ones. The most important thing about his statement is not what he said but what he did not say and that is that Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi does not find a mention even once in his entire confession. Now according to Indian authorities Lakhvi is supposed to be the chief operational commander of LeT who plotted this attack along with Hafiz Saeed. To be candid with you guys I find it rather hard to believe that Lakhvi was indeed the main plotter of this attack but never met these attackers in person.

Posted on July 21st, 2009 under India calling. Tags: attack, case, court, Kasab, killed, Mumbai, Pak, punish, Terror, trial. Comments: None