Exposing India's Weaknesses

India's soft attitude towards the biggest menacecoast guards.
of terrorism has been taken as an advantage by5. Ill equipped security authorities. For instance, the
the militants. Ten terrorists could easily board anational security guards and its commandos had
ship in Pakistan with a huge amounts of arms andto come from New Delhi to Mumbai as Mumbai
ammunition and sail in the Arabian ocean forcity does not have any commando hubs except
several days without being caught by the navalstate's commandos.
security authorities either in Pakistan or in India. In6. Lack of reforms in police department. Police
addition to this this small group of terroristsforce does not have any freedom and frequently
created a sensation in Mumbai as seen in thebeing interfered by the political bosses. Hence
hollywood horror movies. According to eyepeople are demanding autonomy to police forces.
witnesses they carried the most modern arms7. According to some critics modern technology is
like AK-47 riffles, Pistols, magazines, etc. They areyet to be introduced in the country's defense
tech-savvy and were drugged as reported in thesystem. Whereas the terrorists which attacked
press. To counter them in Mumbai's railwayIndia were well equipped with GPS, Satellite
station the police constables who were ill equippedphones, and other most modern equipment. Now
with arms used lathis and ordinary pistols andmany questions arise, how did they get all
hence had to lose their lives. Thus nobody couldmodern weaponry, who financed them, where
stop them from firing indiscriminately on innocentfrom did they acquire, where did they store, etc.
citizens which include even children on 26th8. One of the most important reasons is said to
November 2008 in Mumbai.be ineffective political system. The political leaders
The country's political leaders have been receivingare lacking imagination and also criticized for their
a lot of criticism from the citizens of India forinaction and selfish nature. In India even criminals
their inaction to solve this menace of terrorism,can easily become law makers. The present
though the country has been the victim ofLoksabha contains certain proportion of law
terrorism since long. The citizens opined that onlymakers who have criminal background. The
the politicians enjoy the highest security where aspolitical parties give tickets to the candidates who
the common man has been suffering a lot due tocan win the elections but not based on who can
lack of security. Some citizens have even decidedserve the country and other characteristics.
not to vote in the forthcoming 2009 general9. Most of the vital locations do not have proper
election in protest against poor governance.security checks due to lack of resources. How
The following are the various important causescould these terrorists easily enter into one of the
for frequent attacks by terrorists in India:world famous hotels, The taj in Mumbai with
1. Huge geographical extent of the country. It'sheavy amount of arms and ammunition?.
very difficult to monitor each and every person10. Lack of imagination among the bureaucrats
hence anything can happen at any time anyand the politicians. According to some critics the
where in India.warnings by terrorists were not taken seriously.
2. Proximity to Islamic countries which aid andThe Maharashtra fishermen association too
encourage terrorism.informed about the smuggling of RDX and other
3. Kashmir problem with Pakistan. This issue hasdangerous and lethal weapons.
not been solved since India's independence!.The government should solve this menace with
4. lack of co-ordination among various surveillancethe existing resources instead of establishing new
agencies like naval security authorities and theorganizations.