"75 people killed in the train accident: Sabotage from Naxalite suspected"; "75 Army personals killed in an ambush with Naxalites" ;
Are these the headlines which people of Naxalbari want to wake up daily to read? Or are there so many illiterates in the birthplace of the terror called Naxal movement that no one bothers reading these headlines?
As many as as 455 people have been killed in Naxal violence since 2009, more than half of which are innocent civilians. Isn't it right to compare it with terrorism in Kashmir which has resulted in loss of 377 lives in last one year?
Now the question comes - Who are these Naxalites? What is the thing that they want to achieve? How fair are they in their means? Shouldn't they be treated with same sense of disgust with which we treat any other terrorist group?
We as the people of India, and specially as those who are supporting this violent movement should introspect and find out the answers to these questions. No doubt the questions will only be answered when every concerned person can have a clear conscience.
Naxalite movement originated due to the absence of any other means of peaceful protest. But today it has become a means to show that guns are mightier than any respect for a human life. Naxalbari, the home of cries against oppression has become a synonym for deathly tragedies in many lives. Has the movement fulfilled what it had begun to achieve? Is violence the only solution to gain freedom from oppression of any kind - be it by the government or the wealthy, high class people?
How many more lives are to be thrown away before anyone could talk sense - be it an inept, insensitive government trying to handle the violence without success or naxal groups justifying killing of innocent people for the sake of ideologies? How long will the people have to live with the blood bath??
Shouldn't world be a better place for everyone to live in??
