India Shining or India Burning?

I was woken up by the sound of gun shots, screams and animated voices, I woke up startled only to realise that it was the news on my television. I heaved a sigh of relief, but that relief was only short lived, for one naïve moment while sitting cozy in my bed I thought “I am safe” but am I really?
Just a month back I was in Mumbai living in the same area and having meals in Leopold café, it could just as well have been me. Things that I had only seen in movies – hijacks, hostages, terror plots, guns and terrorists are becoming more and more real, they are becoming a palpable tangible reality – too close for comfort.
In the past few months there have been so many bomb blast’s and attacks that no one can feel safe.
It is saddening to see the actions of a few misled individuals having such widespread repercussions. Schools and colleges are shut, exams cancelled, the stock exchange is shut, cricket matches cancelled and life has come to a standstill. Foreigners have been targeted, taken hostage and killed – will India still be able to attract business and tourists.
Such widespread destruction such senseless killing for what? The terrorist who spoke to television channels did not even know the answer to “what are your demands”. This question from the TV channel was followed by a long silence. Then what drives these people and what do they achieve from doing this? How can one person kill so many innocent people and not feel anything.
Nothing at all justifies this attack.