ARTICLE ON TERRORISM 4 (800 WORDS)

Terrorism can be defined as an intentional act of terror or violence on the part of clandestine
individual/s, group or state actors to inflict death, injury or property damage, or induce fear
among its victims. Terrorism seeks to take refuse in posturing of political, philosophical,
ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or any other nature.
The victims of violence are generally chosen from a target population, to serve a message.
Terrorism poses a grave threat to the citizens of India.

Terrorism:
Spreading tentacles in India
India has been tackling the menace of terrorism ever since its independence. Jammu and
Kashmir has always been a troubled state with Pakistan using it as a means of waging a proxy
war against India. The North-East region has been the hotbed of part insurgent-part terrorist
movements. The nation also had to grapple with the pro-Khalistan movements in Punjab in
the eighties though now the situation has returned to normal there.

Causes of terrorism
Political factors led to insurgency-cum-terrorism especially in Assam and Tripura. The
governments of these states failed to control large-scale illegal immigration of Muslims from
Bangladesh. It resulted in insurgent movements that raised the demand of economic benefits
for the sons and daughters of the soil.
Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar are prime
examples of economic causes behind terrorism. Against the backdrop of the absence of land
reforms, rural unemployment, exploitation of landless labourers by land owners, etc, the
economic grievances of people of the states multiplied, giving rise to ideological terrorist
groups such as the various Marxist/Maoist groups operating under different names. They
consider the ideology of Marx, Engel, Mao, Lenin as the only valid economic path. All of
them resort to terrorist activities to reclaim social justice for the people.
In J&K, there is an unmistakable religious angle to terrorism. Pakistan has been making
consistent efforts to cause religious polarization in the state. The state has various pro-Pak
terrorist organizations such as Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizbul Mujahideen.

Funding of Terrorism
Terrorist and insurgent groups in India receive funding from various sources such as
Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI); religious, fundamentalist and pan-Islamic jihadi
organizations in Pakistan; ostensibly charitable organizations in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia;
the mafia group led by Dawood Ibrahim who operates from Karachi, Pakistan.
Sometimes, terrorists resort to extortions and ransom payments for releasing hostages, and
collect contributions — voluntary or forced — from the people living in the area where they
operate. Narcotics smuggling is another source of funding for terrorist organizations and they
use informal hawala channel to transmit funds.
 Terrorist Attacks in India
Terrorists have struck time and again in India. Some of such incidents are as follows:
 1985 bombing of an Air India flight from Canada to India, killing all 329 people on
board.
 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, which killed about 250 civilians.
 2001 Attack on Indian Parliament on 13 December 2001, in which 9 policemen and
parliament staff were killed, besides all five terrorists who were identified as Pakistani
nationals.
 2005 Delhi bombings on 29 October 2005, which killed more than 60 people and
injured at least 200 others.
 2006 Varanasi bombings in which 15 people were reported to have been killed and
as many as 101 others were injured.
 2006 Mumbai attack, when two of the prime hotels, a landmark train station, and a
Jewish Chabad house, in South Mumbai, were attacked and sieged.
 2007 Hyderabad bombings, where two bombs exploded almost simultaneously on
25 August 2007.
 2007 Mecca Masjid bombing in Hyderabad which left 15 people dead in the
immediate aftermath.
 2008 Bangalore serial blasts in which two people were killed and 20 injured.
 2010 Varanasi bombing on 7 December 2010 that killed a toddler, and set off a
stampede in which 20 people, including four foreigners, were injured.
 2011 High Court bombing on Wednesday, 7 September 2011 at outside Gate No. 5
of the Delhi High Court, killing 12 people and injuring 76.
 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley, Chhattisgarh, which killed 28 people.
 2015 Gurdaspur attack in Dina Nagar, Gurdaspur, Punjab, killing 10 people.
 2016 attack at Pathankot Air Force Station, killing 7 people.
 2016 Pampore attack, claiming 8 lives.
 2016 Uri attack that left 20 dead.
 2016 Baramulla attack and 2016 Handwara attack at Rashtriya Riffles Camp.

Conclusion: Terrorism presents a grave challenge to the people and government of India. If
we want to effectively deal with this menace, the entire nation needs to stand united to fight
the perpetrators of terror. All political parties need to rise above their partisan lines to give a
befitting reply to terrorists and their masterminds operating from across the borders. India has
to demonstrate that it is not a soft state but a capable nation with zero tolerance to any
terrorist activities carried out by the enemies of the nation.

Answer the following questions :

1. How many kinds of tenses used?
2. Mention the various tenses found!
3. What is the topic of the article?
4. Mention the differences from article 1 (minimal 5 differences)

Answer :

1. 6 tenses
2. Tenses are :
a. Simple Present Perfect Continuous Tense
b. Simple Present Contonous Tense
c. Simple Present Tense
 d. Simple Past Tense
e. Simple Present perfect Tense
f. Simple Past Perfect

3. Topic About conditions of terrorism in India includes the causes , handling terrorism
in the country,histories of terrorism , and funding of terrorism in the country.

2. The differences between article 1(500 words) and article 3 (800 words) are
1. Article 1 has less words compared to article 3
2. Article 1 doesn’t mention about how terrorist spreading in India
3. Article 1 doesn’t mention about funding for the terrorist group
4. Article 1 doesn’t mention about the history of terrorist attacks in India since
1985
5. Article 3 doesn’t mention agencies that fights terrorism in India
6. In article 1 there is no past perfect tense.