Dear Terrorist,

Hope this finds you in good health and high spirits especially since your recent attacks in Delhi have been so successfully terrorizing. I’m writing this letter to ‘praise’ you about your achievements. You have indeed managed to live up to your name and created terror in our hearts.

Thanks to you thousands of innocent people have lost their lives…hundreds have been maimed for life. Your well planned and sudden attacks have torn families apart and spread misery far and wide. People have lost their near and dear ones so unexpectedly that coming back to normal lives seems virtually impossible for them.
You have bombed churches, temples and mosques and thus brought about religious conflicts in a country that boasts of secularism. You have managed to make religious, political and regional unity seem even more far fetched. You have shattered dreams… killed desires… and numbed feelings.

You have achieved exactly what you wanted - a terrorized world. A world where we live in fear every moment… where we are cautious every second… we glance with mistrust at every passing stranger… look with alarm at suspicious packages… We open the newspapers everyday to be greeted with horrifying news about your crimes. You have become our main topic of discussion.

But there is one thing that you achieved which ,I’m sorry to say, you will not be pleased to hear. In your constant strive to create disunity and hatred you have unknowingly made us better humans. At a time and age when critics say that the new generation have lost all sentiments you have instilled a whole bunch of emotions into our hearts. A sympathy towards your victims who are complete strangers to us… an awareness about how easily you can loose your loved ones which has made us treasure relationships more tenderly… a realisation of how short our life is and how fast you can deprive us of it which has taught us to live each moment to the fullest… and finally a common hatred towards you which unites us inspite of whatever differences you have created. In your endeavour to split us apart you have unfortunately united India.

You will continue to terrorize and horrify us with your acts but it will only unite us further… make us more sensitive… sympathetic… and considerate…. You have shown us that life is not just all party and fun but it also has loses and pains. Thank you for making us more mature.

Yours faithfully
One of your
possible future victims.