A newspaper report on a recent terrorist attack in your locality shattered you. You decided to write an article in a local daily on terrorist attacks and the need to maintain harmony and peace in society. Write the article in 125-150 words. You are Madhav/Meena.
Ans. Towards A Harmonious Society
by Madhav
As the world is experiencing a systematic breakdown, the acts of terrorism are on the rise. The recent acts of terror in my locality shattered me completely and forced me to question humanity and our human society. The tenor is the main objective of these acts. The radical people who conduct these acts have the sole purpose of creating a sense of fear among the people.
The tragedy of our times is that we live in a world where every day we hear about these terrorist activities. From the United States to France, to Baghdad, to India, every country is facing a threat from terrorism. The act of tenor in Peshawar which killed school children, to Mumbai where innocent children were targeted are all a reflection of growing violence and hatred in our society which seems to have forgotten that the basis of human civilization is peace and brotherhood. These terror acts become a success not only when they take innocent lives but also when we lose hope in harmony and become violent like them to take revenge. The only manner in which we can show terrorists that their attempts have failed is by showing them that our society is still the one defined by peace and harmony. We need to rise beyond categorizing terrorism on the basis of religious groups because it is an act against the entire humanity.
Therefore, the only way to defeat it is to find strength in the values of humanity. It is said that wars are fought not by the force of hand but by the force of mind. If this is a war that humanity is fighting against terrorism, then we need to inculcate values of togetherness and unity.
We need to sow the seeds of peace, love and harmony in the minds of human beings and create a society which is defined not by our differences but by our common hope.
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