THIRUKKURAL ON Terrorism

According to Thiruvalluvar, a country should be free from

Peace disturbing unconventional  murderous violent groups. 

Who are these unconventional murderous violent groups ? 

These are nothing but modern day's guerrilla groups ( Terrorist groups ).

Even during the time of Thiruvalluvar,  these groups were present in different kingdoms.

Thiruvalluvar calls them murderous  Krumbars ( கொல் குறும்பும்).

Guerrilla groups  involve in  warfares like irregular fightings ( sporadic ) , 

sabotages ,  harassment, ambush etc. 

( here guerrillas should not be confused with monkey gorillas )

Guerrilla is a  Spanish word which means ' little war'. 

Guerrilla groups fight against government forces using minimum efforts 

and get maximum results.Their battle field  is the entire  nation. 

They follow hit and run tactics, ambushing, hijacking,  attacking, etc.

Terrorists operate in cities, they attack civilians.
They have no value for human lives.
They involve in assissinations, bombing, kidnapping, bank robbery, etc..
In modern days , the terrorists who are politically motivated destroy 
the peace of the entire globe.They are not bothered to know, 
what they do, why they do and how they do.
They are remotely controlled by the notorious leaders.
They are brainwashed to the extent of becoming human bombs.

1993 Bombay  bomb blasts killed 250 people .

2001 Twin Tower attack in US by Al-Qaeda  killed 2995 people,

2003 Bombay gateway Zavari Bazaar blast killed 50 people 

2009  Bombay attack by Pakistan terrorists killed 173 people,

2010 Nov., attack on Shia muslims in Pakistan killed 70 people.

2011 January in Iraq,  a human bomb.killed 50 youth.

2001 February  in Moscow  , a human bomb killed 35 people.

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For the leaders of terrorist groups, terrorism is a form of politics.

To achieve political mileage, mercilessly they use human bombs.

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Every day, somewhere or other terrorists are killing innocent civilians.

They also involve in cyber crimes  like Email spoofing  Data diddling,

Salami attack, Trojan attack ,Cyber pornography , etc.

Thiruvalluvar says these groups are the worrying elements 

to the rulers. He uses the word    வேந்து  அலைக்கும் 

Which means, " the elements that cause mental disturbances 

to the rulers " 

Today the terrorists are disturbing not only the peace of 

the rulers but also the common people because they adopt 

unconventional and unethical methods to achieve their goals. 

They target the places were the people gather in large number.

Unless the International communities collectively come forward to 

combat  terrorism of any nature, our globe cannot be termed safe. 

The word ' terrorism ' should be removed from the dictionary of 

the human languages. 

The worst day in the history of the world will  be the day, 
 the mighty barbarous terrorist groups acquire 

the nuclear capabilities. Just imagine,  what will happen 

if Al-Queda net work acquires atomic bombs from some countries 

supporting terrorism. This should never happen. 

The countries funding terrorists should be considered as 

common enemies of the world and the world countries  should  

combinely suppress them.

Apart from Guerrilla groups and terrorists, there is another group  

called militants (போராளிகள்). ( Latin : Militare = Soldier ). 

They  fight for the self determination, freedom and independence. 

Their target is invaders.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was a great militant known for 

courage and commitment, he wanted to free India from British  

by using force.From India he escaped to Europe, met Mussolini 

and Hitler and pleaded for military help to root out the British 

from Indian soil. From there he escaped by submarine to Japan 

and formed Indian National Army ( INA ).

He roared, "Give me blood, I will give you freedom "

He mysteriously  disappeared on 18th August 1945.

In nineteen forties , three political leaders photos adored 

my house,Gandhi, Nehru and Netaji. My maternal uncle who was 

imprisoned during the freedom struggle, strongly believed that 

Netaji would come  alive.With that great hope he lived for many years. 

He received freedom fighters pension for many years till his death.

Like him many believed and expected  Netaji to come alive. 

It is said that he was killed in an air crash over Taipei on 1

8th August 1945 ( aged 48 ).

If this unexpected sad end had not happened, 

he would have become - "The father of our Nation."

Naxalite groups and  Maoist groups  are armed left wing rebel 

groups which are also unconventional violent groups  causing 

constant tension to the Indian Government and people.

During the French revolution, two terms were coined ,

'right wing' to refer conservatives and 'left wing' to refer the extremists. 

During deliberations the conservatives sat right side and 

the extremists left .

Leftists aim is to overthrow the De jure government and form a De facto 

government on the principles of dictatorship (communism ).

( De jure = Legitimate or lawful .  Defacto= not legally approved )

Every government should come forward to identify the root causes 

for the birth of these groups  and curb them. 

If the causes are eliminated , these groups will not erupt.

During Thiruvalluvar time, there were kurumbars (குறும்பர் )

These were wild tribal groups with ambitious leaders who functioned like

notorious terrorist leaders.Thiruvalluvar says they were murderous groups,

He uses the term கொல் குறும்பும் ( murderous tribal groups called krumbers ).   

Sometimes they formed  own unauthorised small kingdoms (சிற்றரசுகள்) 

in tribal areas and harassed  the Sovereigns ( rulers).

Because of their unconventional violent and murderous activities 

they caused constant worries to the rulers and made them sleepless.

To-day all the head of the governments of world countries had lost

their sleep because of the terrorists activities of the various groups.

Kural 735 says,

A country is that which is free from various  infighting factions, 

destructive internal  enemies and 

peace disturbing unconventional murderous violent groups (735 )

பல்குழுவும் பாழ்செய்யும் உட்பகையும் வேந்தலைக்கும்
கொல்குறும்பும் இல்லது நாடு. 

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For those who can read Tamil-

பல் குழுவும்/ பாழ்செய்யும் உட்பகையும்/  வேந்து அலைக்கும்/

கொல் குறும்பும்/ இல்லது நாடு (735 )

பல் குழுவும் = different factions 

பாழ்செய்யும் உட்பகையும் = destructive internal enemies

வேந்து = ruler 

அலைக்கும் = peace disturbing 

கொல் குறும்பும் = unconventional murderous  groups = modern days  terrorists

 பல குழுக்களும், நாட்டை பாழாக்கும் உட்பகையும்,  

ஆளுபவர்கட்கு மன உளைச்சல் தரும் கலகக்கார கொலை கும்பலும் 

இல்லது ஒரு நல்ல நாடு. (735 )

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