In the context of the widespread anger among the people and the government’s determination for strong action following the terrorist attack, Rashtriya Sahara, in its editorial on December, 2, writes: “The greatest need of the time is not to lose our senses and balance of mind and to make efforts to go to the root of the entire conspiracy and reach the real masters of these terrorists (“asal aaqaon tak pahonchne ki koshish ki jaaye”). Talking of revengeful acts or of war would, in a way, amount to letting the unholy (naapak) plans and intentions of the elements and forces that have hatched the entire conspiracy according to a well thought out scheme succeed. As the name of ISI and Pakistan is clearly coming up in this episode and that country itself is bearing the brunt of terrorism for a long time, it becomes imperative for it to provide to its neighbouring country all possible cooperation, information and facilities necessary for inquiring into these abominable (ghinaoni) activities. If an effort is not made to resolve this very serious problem through talks, mutual cooperation and information concerning the activities of the terrorists, the result can be so ferocious (bhaynak) for both the countries and particularly for Pakistan that would be hard to imagine.”

—Compiled by Seema Chishti