Online published on 25 June, 2025.
Terrorism is not simply a material phenomenon but is primarily ideational in nature. While the world is yet to overcome this threat despite having invoked several coercive and deterrent measures so far, ancient India’s moral cultural traits and rich traditional heritage do offer a genuinely effective method to overcome this evil gradually. Indeed this heritage reflects all universal and cosmological features, manifesting love, peace, brotherhood, non-violence and so forth, and if these value are honestly imparted to coming generations by including them into teaching curricula at all levels and also in the social behaviour, it may lead to true cultural transformation, and help to build a violence-and terror-free global society. Nevertheless, all these efforts must be accompanied by necessary deterrent and preventive measures to ensure public security including the rehabilitation of remaining terrorists into national and global mainstreams.
