Can Baklava, Spielberg and Mossad solve India’s woes?

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Amid all these threats, terror and Naxal attacks, does India need its own version of Mossad? Or does India even have the guts like Israel to take the bull by its horns? Well the answer to first one is difficult but latter is a matter of approach that we plan to adopt.

Knowing situation in Pak closely since 26/11, I have realised that getting access to the likes of PM is simpler than even roaming around the den of dreaded terrorists like Hafiz Saeed. Imagine in a country where PM's car can be stopped in the middle of the road for a mere reaction and entering Saeed's house is like taking Cinderella on a date! One has a little difficulty in understanding why Pak finds it difficult to contain terrorists in its own hole and 26/11s are like daily soap operas.

From inauguration of a bank's new branch to the petty dispute, their top govt officials can be seen everywhere. In fact if the number of events exceeds than the number of hours in a day than the symbolic inauguration takes place at the govt. office in the presence of full media contingent. It is a place where not only the govt faces the coup but perhaps a comparatively more powerful force, no, not the army but the media that faces similar incidents. It just takes a fortnight to demote director news of a channel to a bureau or converting a channel from English to Urdu. Despite all this my sympathy and love for friends across the border remains unchanged.

Pak government's double speak is clearly visible, on one hand they want talks but on the other hand we have reports of Karachi project, Pak's objection to Indo-US nuke deal and timings of Mullah Baradar's arrest. Analysts inside Afghan say that Baradar's arrest is nothing but a ploy to reduce India's influence in Afghanistan because Baradar is believed to be chum of Karzai's brother.

Moving to our very own country, I realise that we are no better than our neighbours, akhir bhai competition ka sawal hai! If Pak has its own brand of 26/11s, we have the recession proof home production of Maoists. From loose talks by senior govt officials who have little shame in equating Kasab with a hero to top politicians like Mamta and Soren who have a well known policy of appeasement of naxals. Reports of Bengal govt ignoring specific, actionable inputs is a minor addition to an already woeful list.

So, running a country where we have to take everybody on board and yet wanting to have our names in right side of the history, what is an ideal way to come out of this mess? Perhaps one of the ways could be by offering Baklava (a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of phyllo dough filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with syrup or honey) to those who want to talk and Mossad to those who don't and Spielberg for those who are confused. I think Spielberg , Mossad and Baklava will help us in deciding whether it is gong to be 'Aman ki asha or aman ke saath bhaag gayi aasha' !. Age old differences between Palestine and Israel are complex but after looking at Stephen Spielberg's film, Munich, I am left wondering if Israel can kill Ali Hasan Salameh after Munich ordeal then why can't India do the same?