Lasting Impressions - good or bad

Recent news of bomb blasts in the country have been so disturbing. Such events have been happening in India for a while now, just that the frequency has shot up and it's time to take notice. Me and my apartment mate were discussing about the bomb blasts that rocked Delhi again couple of weeks back. As always few innocent lives were claimed and news flashed that an "unknown" terrorist outfit have claimed to have masterminded it.

Immediately my roomie remarked that we drive all Muslims out of India. I perceive this as a strong statement. I mean most of us have reached a state where we categorize an entire community on the basis of select few fanatics. Then what would we comment about the Bajrang Dal involvment in the violence on churches in Karnataka, about the attacks on missionaries in Orissa.

I personally dont belive that there's any religion that could exist in this world that would encourage people to hate each other, to take up arms against each other. But still our human mind is so good to draw perceptions so quickly. Terrorism is a mjaor issue in India and most often we find the people involved are follower's of Islam. However that doesnt make all muslims in the country terrorists. It's very important to address the issue before it snow balls into a catastrophy causing the nation to stand divided.

We were proud about the "unity in diversity" of our nation, but it's not too far away before we are going to take strong stands and leave the country divided.