Saturday, January 3, 2009

MENTAL TERROR Vs PHYSICAL TERROR

The word terror has come from a Latin word which means “to frighten”. But at present its meaning has not been confined till frightening but has been used in much broader sence which can be taken as coercion. ‘Terror’ it’s not just a word for the whole world but has become a scary dream which blow everyone’s mind. Everyday when we walk from our home we are not sure that whether we will return back home or somewhere a bullet is waiting for us. But is this really what terrorism is ...??? The damage which the terrorist attack causes is not limited till killing of life and damaging property, but it also effects the self-confidence of peoples not only those who are effected to it but also those who are not at all effected by it. My question is that whether it is a physical fear or a fear in peoples mind. Every year like holy, diwali, Christmas, etc. we tend to face a big terrorist attack also. The only difference is that all other festivals brings joy in our faces while a terrorist attack wipe those joy off. The words which we come across in our home during that time is “kalyug aa gaya hai sambhal ke bahar nikla karo”. This terrorist attack not only disruppts the normal life of people facing it but it also creates a fear in our mind due to which we tend to react more aggressively. There is a principle popularly known as 10/90 principle according to it the effect of every activity in our life is 10% automatic and 90 % as how we react to it. Similarly after every terrorist activities we react so hard that a fear sets his palace in our mind.

Last week I was watching a movie “Wednesday” from which I got the idea of writing this blog. This movie has showed what a normal person feel about terrorism and how much he is frustated from it. Although many of us might not have heard about this movie because its a tradition that until a movie has an item number or any big star shaking his hibs doesnot gain any recognition. I will not describe the story but will request everyone to watch it.

We all know that neither this terrorist nor the terrorism was developed in a single day nor it can be destroyed in a single day. But what we can do is that we can stand against this terrorism with full unity. After every terrorist attack we see big banners showing sympathy but just after few days we see same banners covering the story of a latest movie. The only thing which we can do to protest against this terrorism is that we can remove the terror from our mind and walk out with same confidence that we use to do. This passes a message to the terrorist that by doing all this stuff they can never screw our normal life which their sole objective. The objective of any terrorist attack is not to kill people or destroy man made structures what they intend to do is to attack the moral and confidence of people. Thus our step should be towards such activities.

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