[Reader-list] The Naxalites overreached

[Rakesh Iyer]

How do we crush the Maoists? Every time you are using the word. Can you
elaborate on how you think this should be done?

It's like one of my friends saying that the terrorists should be wiped out.
You dont' have a Sudarshan Chakra of Lord Vishnu which goes around cutting
heads of all terrorists while leaving behind all innocents. If that were
there, I could understand your enthusiasm and would like you to unleash it.

Rakesh

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Rakesh ,
>
> Crushing the naxalism and naxalites has become imperative. Govt has
> given them enough chance and each time they have responded with an
> even worse act. The killers dont need any sympathy.
>
> Ofcourse , it is important for Govt to ensure that innocents are not
> victimised.
>
> Pawan
>
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Dear Pawan
> >
> > This is highly atrocious of you to state things without even
> understanding
> > the ground realities. You are talking of crushing the Maoists. Such
> crushing
> > is only possible if we completely bomb out the area. Are you thinking of
> > that? In other words, are you going to create an Afghanistan or Vietnam
> > within India?
> >
> > You can't identify who is a Naxal from who is not a Naxal in the
> villages.
> > The Naxals don't wear a uniform. You don't have intelligence on how they
> > conduct their operations. You don't even have an idea of how many people
> are
> > there as Naxalites. Neither are you willing to look at the causes of how
> > tribals become Naxalites. You don't try to address the real issues like
> > poverty, lack of employment and displacement of tribals. Neither do you
> > ensure administrative, police or judicial reforms. And then, without
> doing
> > anything of this, you agree to using force against your own citizens and
> > fellow human beings.
> >
> > You talk about Kashmir. People like you have forgotten that Kashmiri
> > separatists are still there because people don't trust the Indian state.
> To
> > ensure that India wins Kashmir for once and for all, a mass slaughter of
> all
> > Kashmiri Muslims would have to be organized. Are you ready for that? If
> you
> > can't accept that to Kashmiri Pandits, would you accept that for Kashmiri
> > Muslims? Or are you communal or strategically minded to pursue gains only
> > for your community?
> >
> > All those here talking about crushing the Maoists or separatists or
> > terrorists. Remember this. All counter-insurgency measures across the
> world
> > have been a failure with the exception of one, as told by a professor to
> me.
> > This one was in Malaysia, where the British successfully fought the
> > Communist insurgencies. How? Simple. Instead of confronting the
> insurgency
> > militarily, they strengthened the development and administrative
> machinery.
> > They won over the people. Result was that the insurgency was successfully
> > defeated.
> >
> > All others, be it Kashmir or anti-Naxal operations, have failed and
> failed
> > most miserably. You may not care, but I care about the soldiers who
> reside
> > in Kashmir only to develop psychiatric disorders and coming out to home
> and
> > not able to lead lives peacefully. Now the army also complains of
> stresses
> > in Kashmir. Aren't they too human beings?
> >
> > Find where the problem lies. Understand who is creating violence, and
> why,
> > for then it becomes easier to counter him/her.
> >
> > Rakesh
> >
>