He does not have long hair any more. Neither does he wear a black or white robe over his torso. Neither does he need to be in direct contact with you to cause you damage. He dresses like you, eats and sleeps in places within your vicinity and can remote detonate a bomb from several yards away under the guise of relative safety to hurt and kill you and your loved ones. This is the latest caricature of the modern day terrorist, and the hard reality is that this terrorist can easily be found at the mall that you visit, in the movie you are watching or at the railway station and airport from where you are travelling. Terrorism has reared its ugly and dangerous head in India for several years now, however the targets are now different and the motives are more sinister…much more sinister. Earlier attacks have been carried out to prove a point like in retaliation to the demolition of the Babri Masjid and the blood thirsty riots that followed which assumed a communal colour in 1993. Today like we saw on 26/11, an attack was carried out for only one of two reasons, claiming as many […]