>It is because the West takes the slightest risk of terror seriously that we see events like the recent "Liquid bomb >threat" to aircraft. As someone pointed out - India is taking a "chalta hai"/"adjusht maadi" attitude to terror and the
I think that is the strength of the Indian approach to terror, not a weakness. The point of terrorism is to make societies afraid - to use (relatively) small attacks in such a way that their effect is magnified. Indians are (for whatever reason) very very good at not letting it affect day to day life. Besides, to echo Rishab, in the absence of a state to fight against, a "robust" response to terrorism (what would you suggest in the Indian context, anyway?) tends to further alienate the group of people from whom terrorists recruit, and makes them stronger, not weaker (except in the short term "we've destroyed their weapons" sense..). The discussion about how much human life is valued in India vs the West is a separate one, however. Badri
