Dehradun, March 14 -- There cannot be double standards when it comes to terrorist acts against unarmed civilians, particularly women and children. It is not possible for the people of Pakistan to have supported the Hamas attack on Israelis and then speak out in condemnation of the train attack by the BLA in Baluchistan. Unfortunately, the reality in the present world is that one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter. It is in this context that India's struggle for independence stands out for having adhered to non-violence as the fundamental principle.
Pakistan, on the other hand, was created through a violent pursuit of the separatist cause through a series of communal massacres. Is it so strange then that it has not been ...