TERROR WITHIN

This is a write up by Mr. Arun Babani which I read in a newspaper. I found it very interesting and thought provoking. I am sure many of us will identify themselves with what he has to say. This is what he says.
Terrorism was born in man's heart long time a ago and it is evident on every street. Reckless driving, man lying on the road not attracting the slightest attraction, a building secretary murdered by another committee member to become the secretary, a jilted lover killing his ex at point blank. Aren't our mornings spent on brooding over such ghastly information in the newspapers. This is terrorism of an unripe kind, which will ripen in time killing many innocent people in broad daylight.Terrorism is a human subject brought about by the moral and ethical downfall of man. The young terrorists were innocent once. But what they saw around them as they grew up may have made them so. This inhuman and brutal social system where a few enjoy five star luxuries and the rest count pennies has been around for too long to change its roots. But when you sit, lie and sleep on absolute corruption for centuries this is what happens. When you consider yourself too busy to think of the society you live in, where everyone is busy chasing money and success, something like this wakes us from a long slumber.
Terrorism is a reality in every street, society, building, every nook and corner of the road. These roads lead ultimately to aggression like the violence we saw in Mumbai. All of us are guilty of breeding aggression and violence at home, workplace, on the roads and all this violence is the stuff terrorism is made of. It is not about RDX and grenades but rather about the insults, abuses and hatred in our heart for the other person. We are terrorists in embryos waiting to bad mouth or blow up our neighbours or our boss.
Ultimately a terrorist attack should lead us to ask questions about life, and its purpose, about why we are here, what our goals are on this extraordinary planet. We have forgotten to ask questions and we don't ponder about life and its meanings. It is high time we start the journey of discovery, which may free us from all hatred.