The root of the problem of terrorism

Why is it important to put a label on these terrorists? Not to stigmatize an entire community. It is to bring a degree of clarity among the community; a clarity that will help them identify and stop the radicalization.

- VIVEK GUMASTE

Every terror attack in India throws up the same set of routine questions: Was this a failure of intelligence? Is the government doing enough to keep us secure? Is more coordination between the various agencies required to counter the violence of terror?

But these are questions that address only the tip of the iceberg.

More important is another set of questions that remain unasked and unanswered that goes to the root of the problem. Why have we become the breeding ground for such terrorists? Are these individuals truly the victims of injustice perpetrated by our society, as our woke liberals would have us believe? Or is this a case of pure, partisan religious radicalization? And have we advertently or inadvertently created a milieu that facilitates radicalization and promotes terrorism?

Political correctness remains the bane of our times, muffling our ability to speak freely about terrorism and coercing our minds to conform to a socially acceptable thought process, regardless of the truth staring in one's face. Looking at it another way, political correctness is a strategic ideology deftly utilized by some to avoid both responsibility and accountability. Therefore, it is time we set aside this cloak of political correctness and called a spade a spade if we earnestly desire to eradicate this scourge.