No words of condemnation and dismay are enough to convey the gruesomeness ofrecent terror unleashed in Mumbai. Sadly, we live in times when gun-trottinglunatics, with perverted notions of ‘retribution’ and ‘struggle’, holdour society to ransom and instill terror in our lives, our imagination. Thefailure of the Pakistani state in effectively governing several parts of thecounty, in addition to sections within its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)going rogue, has destabilized South Asia as a region. Recurring bomb blasts inpublic spaces and assassination of politicians (a la Benazir Bhutto) areconsequences of a failed Pakistani state. Pakistan too has become a victim ofits own failure -- innocent people in Pakistan, just as in India, have losttheir lives on account of violence and bomb blasts. So where do we go from here?What options do we have as a nation, as a global society? How do we prevent lossof innocent lives, make India and the world a better place for one and all?