Thinking aloud

Terror strikes again with Delhi being ripped apart in a series of blasts on Saturday evening.  Are we becoming used to the horror? As the terror keeps striking at will, are we as a nation becoming increasingly reconciled to the fact that security does not seem to be a strong point of our administrative system? Is it the bravery and resilience of the people or the sheer helplessness and realization that we have to live with the terror that keeps us going?  

Though the Kerala connections of the terrorist activities taking place in different parts of India had ceased to remain a secret quite some years ago, I was still shocked when I saw the TV reports about the latest revelations by the Gujarat police in connection with the recent Gujarat blasts probe.  The police have not revealed the names and other details of all the arrested terrorists, still it has been confirmed that there is at least one mallu among those in custody. Even more shocking is the revelation about the SIMI training camps that took place in Kerala, one on August 15 th 2006 at Binanipuram in Ernakulam district and the more recent and more exhaustive three day camp at Vagamon in Idukki district from Dec 8 th – 10 th 2007.   Early warnings…. There were reports in the visual media about these two camps at the respective times. Kerala police had actually arrested around 10 people in connection with the Binanipuram camp. But, currently all of them are on bail and the K...