Have we learnt our lessons, yet??!

It had barely been two days after the terrorists were defeated. And Mumbai was freed. The air was filled with mixed reactions.. anger, rage, fear, hurt, tears.. tears.. and more tears.
Everyone has just one thing in mind terrorism needs to be fought against and annihilated!
I, too, feel very strongly about it. A strong rush passes through each time I see those horrific pics. These are some experience that can never be forgotten. And even worse it is for those who have experienced it first hand.

But, there was something I came across that surprised me.. shocked.. I should say.
It was a picture in a leading national newspaper. A group of VHP people burning the Pakistani flag. Shocked.. I wondered... is this how we are really planning to combat terrorism? So, violence for violence.. is that really it??
I am too dumb to understand politics... too dumb to know who did what, to whom, and when.
All I know is that RESPECT... I know respect for life. But, don't think me too naive. I am not saying that even if your life at risk, I sit there watching myself being killed. But, going out there to kill someone else because my people were killed too... is just no answer.

Our problem is not Pakistan or Pakistani.. Our problem is the mindset. It is those people who mislead innocent young people like Kasab. And to the young people... that is why you need to educate yourself!!!... EDUCATE... not just earn a degree and be called qualified.
It surprises some.. how these educated terrorist, from good institutes and family go on such wrong path. I say.. it's hardly surprising... cause a degree doesn't educate you.. it just enhances your skill and knowledge set. Education is what we really do with that knowledge and skill we gathered.
And here in lies the importance of educators!!!!

once again.. I am reminded of these line ...
Where the mind is without fear
.... and the head is held high...
where knowledge is free
... and the world is not broken into fragments
In that paradise, my father, let my country awake!!