An empty mind is a devil’s workshop so the saying goes. The youth of
today has no work to do. It’s an age of recession and desperate for
money they do whatever pays and what pays the most often makes you pay
too. Youth, the most memorable time of a person’s life, the age at which
one is the most active, the happiest and most carefree. They’ve got
what people say ‘young blood’ running through their veins. They feel as
if they can take over the world. And that’s what some of the youth
really try to do. They try to take over the world and they don’t care if
they die in the process.
Terrorism
in youth is increasing as we breathe. No one knows when they are going
to work if they will come home safe. Let alone that, no one knows when
they go to sleep will they even see them the next morning? It’s an
unsafe world in which we are living now. And who is making it unsafe?
This youth which has gotten it into its malleable brain that the whole
world is its enemy and its only friend is the Lakshar-e-toiba or the ISI or some other militant training body of such type.
It has been bored and drilled into their heads as soon as they are
born. The Indians are your enemies. They will kill you and torture you
as soon as you tell them that you are a Muslim. The question then
arises, Nature or Nurture. What plays a part in turning the hot blooded
youth into a blood sucking one. What forces the muscular arms which can
do wonders into holding guns and taking lives?
Taking the example of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the terrorist who was captured in the Mumbai
26/11 Terror Attack, just 21 years old; this youth was born in Faridkot
district of Pakistan on 13th July 1987. The 3rd amongst the 5 children
of a poor
‘Chaat Waala’ he was pulled out of school at the tender age of 13 when
he almost completed his standard 4th. He was sent to work with his
elder brother as a labourer. He thought this work was demeaning so he
started stealing and robbing. Now the point arises here is that no one
taught him this. His father never told him that he had to be evil and
kill people. He started doing it on his own. Then he met some people
from the Lakshar-e-toiba and he joined the camp.
“His parents must curse the day he was born” says a common Indian
household worker. She is thinking in her context. “No, his parents will
be proud, he is fighting for his nation and will become a martyr for it”
say the disgusted educated Indians. And that’s the truth. Pakistan is
not ready to accept these youth and they die for their ‘nation’.
So we can say it is not in the nurture but the fault of nature. Some
people are just born evil. And the evil inside them is at the peak
during their youth. Because their sinews are the strongest then, their
hearts beat firmly against their ribcages. It’s the age to do great
things. Whether it is wrong or right, but even the terrorists do great
things, which no other man can achieve. 60 hours to fight of an army of
300 NSG’s is no laughing matter, but these young men just chose the
wrong path to achieve greatness. With their strength they could have
achieved anything!
The psychology of youth is very complicated. Only another youth can
understand it. The parents cannot understand it, even though they keep
saying “I understand, I was your age once” well that’s true. They WERE
of that age. Now they are not. Their psychology is different now. And
youth psychology when tampered with can get drastic results, and that
what happens with terrorism. It’s very difficult to turn a grown man
into a killing machine, so they start young. They buy 10 years olds from
poor parents who have 5-6 more mouths to feed and are thankful to give
one ‘for their country’.
These children are trained for years, brainwashed. It is forced into
their heads that the whole world is their enemy their blank eyes have no
feelings when they kiss. A normal man of 19-20 years will go mad to see
the mangled and burnt corpse of a victim of a bomb blast, but not these
Lucifer’s young advocates, they kill, and move on. Not feeling, not
flinching. They don’t see the families they tear apart. They don’t see
people pleading; they don’t see the scared eyes of the children, no.
They do what they are told to do. “Kill, Kill till your last breath”
they are like robots, programmed to do their master’s bidding.
How do we save the youth from committing such horrendous crimes?
There are many answers to this. The parents must keep check in what
their children as minors go, with whom do they fraternize. Give the
children some attention. The militant camps must be eradicated as soon
as possible. The PoK area is the source of all evil. It should be taken
away from the Pakistanis. LeT should be banned and condemned by the
whole world. Any country in the World can become a heaven if the youth
works hard. And working hard with honesty and dedication.
The strength of the youth can be assessed by the havoc they create.
We have youth like Sania Mirza, Vijendra Singh, and many others have
brought the name of the nation forward. They have brought their small
towns on the map. The power of the youth is still underestimated in India.
The elders think that youth is spoilt and good for nothing. What they
don’t know is that if the youth was in control such a terrible picture
of India would not have been portrayed to the World.
Source: Ridhu Bhatia, http://theviewspaper.net/youth-and-terrorism/
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