India, Dec. 6 -- Why Every Citizen Must Become a Sentinel: From Pollution to Terror, Silence Is No Longer an Option

Threats to our communities today come in many forms - some loud and explosive, others slow, silent, and poisonous.

A toxic factory releasing untreated waste into a river can destroy lives just as surely as a violent act committed by a radicalised individual.

One kills slowly. One kills suddenly.

Both thrive when people look the other way. This is why the call for citizen vigilance must no longer focus on a single threat.

Whether the violation is environmental pollution, illegal dumping of waste, unsafe construction, suspicious activities, extremist indoctrination, illicit workshops or storage or any behaviour that threa...