This is not to belittle our neighboring nations but to highlight how extremism damages and paralyses an entire nation.
Afghanistan wants to get rid of it and has a long struggle ahead.
Pakistan on the other hand is fostering it for creating nuisance in is neighborhood.
In terms of India, Pakistan think tank likes to call the strategy "Death by a thousand cuts". However, you can't take a snake by feeding it milk and expect it to never bite you. What Pakistan calls 'Being a victim of terrorism itself' is its own doing. The chicken after coming home to roost.
But India... What about our India?
We're unofficially the home to the world's largest Muslim population constituting nearly one fourth of our population. And this is what we're up against - safeguarding their population from such extremist elements. Radicalization is a one way street for most. And it's time to stand against it.
Which future do we want for ourselves depend entirely on what we choose to do today.
