The discourse on our 24-hour news channels is even more predictable. The usual suspects are rounded up to provide insight and corrective action. Experts like B. Raman, Ajit Doval and Julio Ribeiro, alas, provide no cure. Police reform always gets roped into the discussion and we are reminded of Supreme Court orders which have been studiously ignored. There is an element of farce in the whole exercise.
When the next terrorist outrage happens, as it will, we will go over the rigmarole once more. I don’t have any solutions to a very complex problem but I do know that the present strategy is a total failure. Let me correct that because I believe no one in the country understands or is aware that a strategy exists—except to condemn terrorism and terrorists. As the Indian Mujahideen in their e-mail boasted: they can strike anywhere, anytime.