it is difficult to have a solution to a problem as sensitive as terrorist attacks. The frustration in Indians was majorly that government can do nothing at all to avoid terrorist attacks and the system is incompetent. Had there been a better check on the seas and a less corrupt and bureaucratic system, we might have saved the lives of the people who died in the attack; but one never knows—the terrorists could have found another way.

Another way in which we can have a more efficient government without a play of regional politics is to change our voting system. There should be a benchmark minimum percentage of votes without which a party can not rule over a state. If no party achieves the benchmark, then there may be re-elections until a party does. The parties would then be compelled to have politicians having clean records, and people who would be efficient, uncorrupt, and who could be a choice for people, not the only option for them. Thus can India address the second problem stated by Dipesh Chakrabarty.

I do not think that the price to be paid for having a security state is to compromise on our democratic rights when the terrorist groups just have to be a little more intelligent and efficient to have their way around the checks of the security state.