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Terrorism and Anuvrat
- Dr Anil Dutta Mishra
1. Introduction
As the 20th century is slowly receding to the past and the 21st is at the civilization's doorstep, human beings, under the threat of terrorism, are compelled to sit up and reassess their own institution, social structure and future course of action. The present world is passing through value crisis which has pervaded all sphere of human activities whether it is political, social or economic. We have full-fledged schools of terrorism in many countries. The terrorism is on rise. It transcends national boundaries and has international ramifications. Every country is facing problem of terrorism. No day passes without witnessing a horror of mass killing and counter killings. The intensity and form of terrorism vary from one country to another country and period to period. But one can make an axiomatic proposition that the structural violence is increasing day by day and society cannot hold the human groups in peace and harmony when structural violence is increasing. Today, both at national and international level, the situation is grim. At the national level, economic exploitation, social inequality, religious intolerance, caste-conflicts, unscrupulous race for political power and linguistic fanaticism and chauvinism, are playing havoc with the lives of people compelling everyone to live in the grip of insecurity and threatening the very integrity of the nation. At the international level the threat of nuclear terrorism of future is hanging like a Democles sword.
We cannot erect the city of peace on the foundation of violence. Similarly, terrorism cannot be stopped on the basis of use of force. If mankind is to live in peace and achieve progress in all spheres, it has to eschew violence; it has to develop a way of life anchored in the philosophy of love, non-violence and cooperation. We should be cautious of those who want to reach heaven by creating a hell on carth. amet El 3706-facere, 2000 VII N
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