By Divakar Shetty Adyar

Daijiworld Media Network - Mumbai

Mumbai, Apr 23: In a land where people once yearned to feel the cool kiss of snowfall, death now arrives in an instant — in the name of religion. Yes, they asked for a name, a hometown… and then stooped to the shameful act of pulling down trousers. This, to verify someone’s faith. Once confirmed the person was a Hindu, they shot him. Is this the reality of our times?

The day the question “Are you a Hindu?” was asked, was the day humanity died. The question now must be, “Are you even human?” Across social media, heartbreaking laments echo — that even death now discriminates by religion. Yet those who ought to respond remain silent, hiding behind the tired slogan “Terrorism has no religion.”

When a person collapses in death, they are not Hindu, Muslim, Christian or Sikh — they are a mother’s son, someone who left home for a vacation never to return. They become a symbol of the hatred that consumes humanity.

The fight against terrorism must not become a political race. It should become a movement to preserve humanity. Because God is not saving lives based on religion. Nor is He sparing those who lack one. But it is human beings killing other human beings. How far have we fallen? A human life now seems to carry no value beyond its religious identity.

Images from the tragedy weigh heavily on the heart: a wife sitting helpless beside her murdered husband, tears streaming down her face; a child’s blood-stained clothes clinging to him. Where is our humanity? If one can see the corpses of innocent tourists and not shed a tear, they have no claim to humanity — only to religion.

This horrific incident has shaken the soul. It has stirred anger, pain, and a deep sense of grief. Tourists, who ventured far from home in search of peace and beauty, have instead become lifeless memories sealed in caskets. Their dream was a peaceful journey; what they encountered were gunmen acting as clerks of faith. Why? Because there was no humanity? No religion? Only the play of demons?

What we hold in our hands now is not just anger. It is our collective grief, our shame, and our response to this brutal attack on innocent travellers. India must be freed from this chaos. India must once again become safe. I close what feels like an unfinished chapter... or is it the end of humanity itself?