The Rediff Special
'India will rescue its people'
Nightmare of Flight 814, Message Board. Views verbatim, edited lightly.
Name: chandra
Email: shreej@pn2.vsnl.net.in
Message: Dear Fellow Indians,
We understand your feelings.
Be brave and courageous.
Our beloved ones who are
hosteges are silent
soldiers of the country.
When the tragedy comes to
one's own people the
tendency to broke down should
not be displayed.
You must have seen the
photographs of Indiraji at
the time of Sanjay's death,
Rajivaji at the time of
Indira's death and
Soniaji, Priyankaji, Rahulji
at the time of Rajivajis
death.
Was that not a shock to them
How decently they behaved ?
One mistake of Mufti Muhammaed
Syd has cost several deaths of
our soldiers, citizens in
Kashmir.
We definately say inform the
militants that one indian life
will cost 35 militants life.
We should not bow down before
Terrorist and should not give up
up before terrorised relatives.
Name: shyam bagaria
Email: shyambagaria@hotmail.com
Message:the govt. should not give in to even one of their demands and this act of the hijackers is the most inhuman and gravest of crime which they have committed for which they all should be just shooted to death.talibans should storm the plane for the release of the innocent victims.
Name:Ashutosh Joshi
Email: ashutoshjoshi@hotmail.com
Message:We should not accept any demand of the bastard Hijackers.
We should declare a war with the pakistan & we should finish that bastard country.
Name: Mera Bharat Mahaan
Email: velloris@hotmail.com
Message:India should buy time and wear the terrorists down.This should be the only way. We should not bow to their demand and in the same vein I pray to God for the well-being of all the hostages.
Name: Deepak.K.S
Email: dipakks@yahoo.com
Message:
"NO THE TERROSITS DEMANDS SHOULD NOT BE MET"
i do sympathise with the passengers relatives.
but we should not let anybody to blackmail our country people.
yes thats right its not the the indian govt. they are blackmailing
they are blackmailing people of india.
today if we succumble to the demands of the hijackers, without dought there will
be lot of similar incidents in future.
i suggest we will support the government as we did during the KARGIL CONFLICT.
one more suuggestion:
Even if more passenger is hurt or killed the indian government should order for the
execution of the terrosits who are held in indian jails and starting without those terrosits whose
release is being demanded by the hijackers.
i know it sounds very barbaric but we should take strong steps like this.
especially this is the fourth attempt made by the terrorsit to get the release of MaSSOD THRU KIDNAPPING(kidnapping of the foreign tourist and other incidents )
Name:nirml
Email:nirml@hotmail.com
Message:take commando action do or die
this govt will hold meeting and dont take any action on releasing hostage
its waiting people to die
please save
money can be earned any time and not life
else kill all the 35 +1 militant in brutal way such that no more hijack
Name: Prashanth.P.S
Email: prashanth.p.s@usa.net
Message:I would like to know one thing...
how many times will we
surrender to the ugly, dirty
face of terrorism... we have
gone thru enuff, but i'm
surprised evn while moving
towards 2000 my country
doesnt have the guts to
save those poor souls in tht
wretched aircraft without succumbing
those bastard's demands. Nobody
is evn thinking of a possiblity
of releasing the passengers
without obliging their demands.
I'm sorry but there will be people
who might say "Sitting here
and speaking is easy..." One
life already sacrificed is itself
a biggest crime... the poor soul
who didnt evn know tht his
would be a gory death like this
yes the safety of the passengers
is very important... but those
who r speaking abt the safety
of the passengers... think of
the day whn evry tom,dick and
harry would point his gun and
run the government.... cant our
country men think of something like
saving the passengers and also
get those bastards behind bars..
once we do this there can be no
better lesson we teach all
those bastards who support these
bastards.
There can be no more a disgrace
than this to those soldiers
who just a few months back
laid their lives for the safety
of this soil....
Sorry I'm sounding too eccentric
but I pray this eccentrism
spreads to each and evry
person in this country....
u r making this a joke...Please
dont.... I really feel sorry
for those of the families
whose kin are made the scapegoats
for this dirty game...
hope our govt comes out with a
way where they dont have bend
their backs nor lose the precious
life those innocent passengers
on board.....
I can write and u can read
but the people above has to take some
action and tht too quickly...
lets all hope for the best....
i could just pray to god for
those passengers on board
tht plane...
thanx.
Name: barin desai
Email: barin_desai@hotmail.com
Message:IT'S UNBAREABLE.CONFIRMING THE DEMAND OF 35 MILLITANS THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY FOR THE GOVERNMENT. ANY CONGRESS PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION. I THINK LET GOVERNMENT TAKE THE DECISION. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT INDIAN MUSLIMS ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. MY QUESTION TO INDIAN MUSLIMS IS THAT WHETHER ISLAM PERMITS HIJEKING AND KILLING IS IT WRITTEN IN ISLAM THAT FOR THE SAKE OF RELIGION KILL PEOPLE?
Name: Jagruti Parmar
Email: jagruti_parmar@hotmail.com
Message:NO THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT RELEASE THE CULPRIT.
SLOW & STEADY WINS THE RACE.
Name: Rajarshi Guha
Email: rajarshi.guha@ushacomm.co.in
Message:I dont think we should meet the demands of the hijackers. This will lead to far more complications tomorrow. It may so happen the children are hijacked when they are travelling in a school bus or they are playing on the school ground. Not only India but the whole world is with the people who are still going thro the bad time inside the aircraft or outside. We should not ever think of releasing any of the terrorists
Regards and wish this will close soon
Name: r.jameel@eudoramail.com
Message:Earlier when the hijackers were demanding the release of just one criminal, I was of the opinion that inorder to ensure the safe return of the hostages our govt. should accept the demand. But now it's too much. The only option left is commando action, nothing else. I am really amazed at the fact that these hijackers & their supporters call themselves muslims. I know one thing for very sure that these people do not have any religion, they are only maligning the rest of the Islamic community. In this hour of tension, uncertainty & outrage, all the people of country should pray for the safe return of out fellow countrymen & at the same time do whatever they can to highlight the wrongdoings of the militants worldwide, telling them clearly that the country is united in it's resolve against all anti-national elements & nobody can take us for granted.
Name: Sujith
Email: sujithp@usa.net
Message:The gvt should release the
militants and give the $200 million and release the people.And give the plane to
militants for escaping.
After that demololish the
plane with the militants
Name: Noor Jahan Khan
Email: njan@hotmail.com
Message:Indian govt. must ask to contribute hijackar's demanded money($200 Million) from all relatives or anybody want to free Masood, a hard core terrerist. Everybody is responsible for saving his own life. When only few(5-6) hijackers hijacked with barely with couple of kitchen knives, a granade, a pistol what were passangers doing. Just waiting for government to come or our Jawans or Commandos to save them. When there were only two pilots they must have pretended some way that plane canot be taken off from Amritser. They would have sacrificed their lives or some fellow passenger would have protested by giving their lives. Why only our defence men should give their life. It is only their duty to save lives of cowared civiilan who are demanding hardcore terrorist should be freed in exchange these coward passanger. One among all passenger deserve praise for not coward, he sacrificed his life. Indian should learn selfdefence. Lack of this we alway blame others or sheepishly surrender.
Can Indian afford 35 Militant and $200 Million for the sake of coward and sheepish Sharan who don't want to die for nation. still he is brave who without protest simply flown aircraft under guidance of hijackers. When hijackers can risk their life why not our pilot, crews and passengers. If they can't save their life nobody can save their life. Why others have to die for them and pay. Such people should not go out of their house.
I can understand agony of Passangers and relatives but can anybody think on these line
Be brave Indian, ready to sacrifice for Mother Nation
Name: Gaurang Chatterjee
Email: gaurang_c@hotmail.com
Message:Sir,
Is it not possible to serve
drugged food to the hijackers,
along with the passengers if
necessary, in order to end
the hijacking drama. ?
The drugs could be sedatives
or the sort that render
people immobile after a
particular period of time
(about 2-3 hours) and not
cause any permanent damage.
Even if the hijackers eat
in turns and test the food
on passengers, because of the
passage of time (2-3 hours)
they wont be able to figure
out immediately that the
food is drugged.
Since our govt. is not
making any significant
headway in the hostage
crisis, this idea is worth
consideration, for if it does
not achieve anything it also
has nothing to lose.
Gaurang Chatterjee.
gaurang_c@hotmail.com
Name: dylan
Email: spc102@hotmail.com
Message:dear mr. das,
my heart bleeds for u. yet my head stands up for my country.i wish i were there instead of yr wife, yet wishes arent horses..
do not think for a moment, u r alone, we all die a million times thinking of those comfortless chairs THEY occupy in frozen cold kandahar!!yet, mr. das, we all pray, our ancient belief in stoicism and dignity in grief shall be vindicated.
may god and nature gift u the courage of our sages, may we all emerge unscathed..the GOI is doing a lot, things arent as simple as they seem on tv..the taliban volte-face gives me hope..and i want to rekindle that hope in u and yr family..
Name: AMIT CHOKHANI
Email: CHOKHANI_AMIT@HOTMAIL.COM
Message:NO
SINCE SUCH AN ACT WOULD GIVE THE MILITANTS A SERIOUS BOOST IN THE VALLEY
OUR POLITICIANS BY REALISING THE MILITANTS DURNING MUFTI MOHAMMED SAYEED DAUGHTERS CASE HAS SHOWN THAT NO MATTER WHOM THE MILITANTS ARE ASKING FOR THEY ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE LIFE OF PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THE MILITANTS.
V.P SINGH IS A DISGRACE TO THE COUNTRY.
HE BROUGHT THE MANDAL COMMISSION & NOW THIS ONE.
Name: Bhoopal Sridharan
Email: sbhoopal@hotmail.com
Message:India should have hanged the terrorists as and when they are caught, then we would not have had this type of problem. The Indian judiciary should be revamped and all the cases relating to terrorism should be finished as fast as possible.
Name: Krishna
Email: raja@iname.com
Message:Do we need to have Kashmir at such a cost of human lives? Leave alone these 150 people, we have lost a lot of Army men and civilians fighting these maniacs. Yeah, it may look like we are yielding to terrorists , but right now it seems the only pragmatic way to save human lives and money.
Name: kgupta
Email: kgupta03@yahoo.com
Message:There seems to be an attempt to compare the sacrifices made by the kin of defence personnel killed (who were there by choice/profession to the hostages who are innocent victims caught in international politics. The two cannot be compared and therfore these two issues should not be confused.
Name: sandeep
Email: sandeep_p@rediffmail.com
Message:Indian Govt. should not accept hijaker's demands. As they increased heir demands it is clear that
they are now playing with Ind. Govt. Some patience will help Ind. Govt.
Name: deeyab
Email: deeyab@hotmail.com
Message:to all the hostages on board,
we are behind u, may god give u courage to bear these torturous days and by sitting too far i can only pray to god to free from these criminals. I cannot sleep at nights immagining ur position at the crew. I want u all safe and wish to god to free u soon from these wretch.
Name: GAURAV ARORA
Email: GAURAVARIA@YAHOO.COM
Message:
NO SHOULD NOT RELEASE MAULANA MASOOD
Name: Venkatesh Babu
Email: venkat_babu@yahoo.com
Message:No He should not be freed. Instead, if govt catches any terrorists, they shoot them like they do in encoubters,so that there wont be any more question of hijackings and demands
Name: Damodar
Email: challenge500@hotmail.com
Message:There is no question of releasing the terrorists.
This nonsense goes on because of India's reluctance to wage an all out war against the sources of terrorism.
Pakistan knows about this reluctance and that's this continues.
Pakistan is a pauper economically and thinks it has nothing to lose.
Even all the analysis might suggest that war will hurt India economically, but there is a time where India has to fight for its self respect.
Right now only Indian innocents are facing terror. Its only when the enemy's common man will see a real threat to his existence there is chance of peace.
India has to make war for peace.
Name: Anita
Email: anita.bhatia@scala-in.com
Message:No. The government must not release anyone or give in to these terrible demands made by a group of fanatic, power hungry inhuman people.
I think the government is doing all it can to resolve the crisis and we must be with it, offering our support and unity.
I am totally wwith the grief and despair of the histages and their relatives. But the fact remains that the security, image and future of the country is more important than any single life.
Name: Harshad Naik
Email: naik12345@aol.com
Message:I would never agree to release Maulana Masood in exchange for the lives of crew and pasengers. It is a catch 22 situation for the Indian government. No matter what they do will be wrong. Either way you have to do what is right for the country, Not for individual.
Name: Alka Shah
Email: alka-shah@yahoo.com
Message:NO, DO NOT GIVE IN TO HIJACKERS, OR THEY WILL DO IT AGAIN.
Name: ramkumar_bitra
Email: ramkumar_bitra@hotmail.copm
Message:No we should not release Maulana
why because if we dont release that
person only lives of few only
will be going into air. If we
released him lives of many will
be going. Is it fair of taking
away lives of few or more? Think
it over and judge.
- Ramkumar.
Name: PRIYANKA UPADHYAI
Email: pupadhyai@hotmail.com
Message:THE HIJACKING OF THE FLIGHT 814 IS AN ACT OF BRUTAL AND RUTHLESS HOOLIGANISM AND BY ACCEPTING THE DEMANDS OF THE TERROROSTS INDIA WOULD BE BOWING BEFORE THEIR COWARDICE.I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE RELEASING OF MAULANA MASOOD.
Name: krishna reddy
Email: dkreddy@hotmail.com
Message:No, we should not do that 'cause it will be start for another hijac, we should teach them a lesson, they never ever try to attempt any of these activities in feature
Name: Hanumanthappa p
Email: hanu_p@yahoo.com
Message:Hi,
What gaurantee that they will
not repeat this?. Even after
releasing the Maulana Masood.
Hanu
Name: Aliasgar Raja
Email: aliasgar@www.com
Message:I was always disgusted with the way the Indian Government operated on various issues, but this hijacking incident has really made me feel disgusted. So much time to just send a team to held talks, all the ministers have only one thing to say, "We are in direct contact". Get some work done and free those people. Now that the demands have increased, god only knows when those people will be standing outside the aircraft now. And as for Mr. yadav who went to bring back those who were freed at Dubai, His heroic jesture really pleased my mind. What could a minister who has no experience in handling such situations do. But what he did was after returning to Delhi was also heat touching, posing with his rescued people, and giving a speech in front of all the other relatives of the passengers on that dreaded aircraft. So something before its too late, ALL OF YOU !
Name: Hina Chadha
Email: hina_chadha@hotmail.com
Message:In my view the Indian Government should take a confident and strong stand on the not freeing any militants. Because if they let go of anyone of them, they are going to kill thousands more of innocent hindustani's.
My prayers are with all the
passengers of Flight 814 and their relatives.
Be strong and Beleive in God.
Name:Inidan
Email:indian@hotmail.com
Message:
The Govt. should act very slowly. Let many days go by. May the hijackers will get
tired and will be less attentive. Then you have take them by surprise. Other than
that we have no choice. The demands are too outrageous to meet.
In future, please pay more attention to solving the damn
Kashmir problem rather than childish finger pointing that we have been
doing for 50 yrs. Learn some diplomacy for god's sake.
Name: Kanchan Kumar
Email: kanchan_k@inf.com
Message:No. There is no point in releasing Masood. It will lead to more such demands. Indian Govt should take Taliban into confidence and should satrt commando operation.
After the hijack incident is over(hope it happens soon), these militants should be hanged, so that such kind of incidents donot happen in future. Already this is fourth incident for the release of Masood. Had he been killed earlier, there would not have been this hijack.
Name: pragnesh gandhi
Email: pragneshgandhi@hotmail.com
Message:No,If once govt will relese the militant,Then after that every tom,dick and harry will try to take advantage of this.another thing is Mr.Prime ministers lay back attitude is a serios concern?till monday there was no action only political meetings and all .If any BJP or other politicians would be on the plane then the govt would have reacted the same manner?why we are keeping the terrorist in our jail from 1994.is govt sleeping on it.if its proved that he is terrorist why not shoot him.and finished the matter so in future there would be no hijackin drama
Name: Narasimha Rao
Email: nrao@ptc.com
Message:NO, they should not be released
as the militants may go for
some more demands and this
might become a precedence
Name: shivam,pradeep
Email: shivamarora@usa.net, pmanayath@usa.net
Message:If India believes in terrorisom they can very well release the militants and can make this sort of activities a daily affair
Name: Ms Oman,Muscat
Email: n/a
Message:It is high time now that the government
should take steps and either release the passengers
and attack the hijackers.
Also the relatives of the people should support the government
and encourage the government that they will support whatever steps are taken by them.
Also we should not forget the people who laid their lives in Kargil should not be a sheer waste.
And by no means the government should make compromise with the hijackers..infact this is the best time for the Indian Governmnet to make ties with Afghan government
and join hands to destroy all the terrorist groups in kashmir.
It is a wrong picture we have about the afghan govt..that they are muslims and help pakistan.
Infact they want the whole world to support them and give them recognition.
Even in taleban they want to get rid of the terrorists hidden in their land.
Indian govt should join hands with taleban and take steps to fight with these terrorists.
Name: Hampali Mallikarjuna
Email: mhampali@hotmail.com
Message:shoot Maulana Masod and other
35 millitents immidiately and
storm the plane to rescue hostages.
Name: shriram
Email: shriram123@hotmail.com
Message:indian govt. must not agree the hijacker's demand, and free the militants , if they do it will be total insult of those brave soldiers who died in Kargil war.
Name: P.Kumar
Email: gulumou@hotmail.com
Message:While the pain that the relatives of hijacked passenger are going thru is understandable, taking a soft stand will compromise the position of the Nation.Best option now is to storm the flight, as it looks like the hijackers are not heavily armed.
Name: s iyer
Email: subramaiyer@hotmail.com
Message:As far as the latest demands relating to 35 militants and 200 million US dollars are concerned, I strongly feel it is nothing but a pressure tactics adopted by the hijackers. The hijackers themselves know it is not possible and hence the government should not be worrying about it.
I feel the country should once again pay the price for ineffeciency, amateurism and bueracracy at all levels, due to which this incident took place. Therefore, to safeguard the lives of those innocent passengers and as a punishment to our so called "CRISIS Management Group" we should free him. After all 7 terrorists could be freed for one daughter of the minister, one terrorist certainly can be freed for those shock stricken citizens of our country.
When I say this no mercy should be shown to the people/country responsible for this. Its high time fanatics at all levels start getting scared of us and don't dare such incidents in the future.
My sincere prayers for the safe release of all my fellow countrymen, kids, women and passengers aboard.
I love my country.
Name: vinay
Email: matts@rediffmail.com
Message:its very bad.
Name: Damodar
Email: challenge500@hotmail.com
Message:Not even one militant should be released.
The reason for this continued non-sense is that Pakistan know about India's reluctance to wage an all out war.
Pakistan is economically bankrupt and thinks it has nothing to lose.
It is very clear that a all out war will hurt India economically.
But now the time has come to stand up for self respect.
India has to wage a war for peace
Name: Vibhu S
Email: vibhu_s@yahoo.com
Message:Although i agree that as a princple terrorists sould not be released from India, it is inhuman on part of the indian government which has acted in such a immature way. We are never on time and never quick. I strongly feel that Maulana Masood should be released to end this crisis.
Name: sujata ashok naik
Email: nsujata@hotmail.com
Message:Government should kill such people rather than putting them into the jail.
Talking about the secuity part of IA should take some serious action & ensure not to happen
it again.
Ofcourse, this has affected the Millenium plans.
Pl. pl.pl.pl. don't release the
Terrorist.
That is all what I have to suugest.
Thank you,
yours truly,
Sujata
Name: Mahesh Joshi
Email: MaheshJ@veritas.com
Message:Kill 10 terrorist for every indian killed.
Name: P.R.Babu
Email: iswaryam@singnet.com.sg
Message:The Govt. must strom the plane all of a sudden and kill the militants. In this process some of the passengers might be shot dead by the militants. But having known that they are only a few, the loss of lives of passengers could be kept at the minimum. We must be ready to accept such a loss for the sake of India. Heeding to their demand would only pave way for setting a precedent.
Name: D.Bhargav
Email: db@seeyes.co.in
Message:"For the sake of a family, an individual can be sacrificed. For the sake of a village, a family can be sacrificed. For the sake of a kingdom, a village can be sacrificed." So goes the ancient saying.
No doubt, it is easy to rattle of this sitting comfortably on my chair. But, we Indians should be mentally strong and not let our emotions overtake us.
India will not bend to the dirty demands of the hijacking perverts and will rescue it's people.
All the terrorists are cowards and eunuchs.
Jai Hind!
Continued
Read what other readers said:
'Get into Afghanistan and kill the hijackers'
'The Govt should directly talk with the hijackers and release the passengers without succumbing to their demands'
'Distract the hijackers, storm the plane, shoot the criminals and rescue the hostages'
'An SOP must be in place, formulated without a second's delay'
'We should do an operation a la Entebbe whatever the consequences'
'The Govt should avail of all diplomatic means to get the passengers released'
'Never give in to terrorist demands'
'The relatives' behaviour is understandable --- they are under emotional pressure'
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