'rang de basanti' and a major digression

I watched this new Hindi movie over the weekend. And without giving away the whole story, it's a tale trying to interweave excerpts from the Indian freedom struggle led by a few youngsters with the current day collegiates trying to play their roles in a movie who ultimately resort to a radical approach to curb one specific political malfeasance.

The youngsters, viz. Azad, Bhagat Singh etc. belonged to the faction of those freedom fighters who wanted justice right away, through violence or otherwise unlike the Gandhian fighters, who fought through civil disobedience and non-violence. It is debatable whether the British rule's end was driven faster due to the Azad-like fighters or the Gandhians. Both factions are equally respected in India, though latter would set a precedent that is hardly followed today.

The Azad-ians used violence agains those who were responsible. Then came the world-war, where Kamakazes killed themselves to attack on the enemy troops.

Today, suicide bombings have gone a little further where most of the times the victims are innocent. People are charged guilty by association to a particular culture, country, relgion etc. In one such instance it is argued that this is a result of indifferent foreign policies by west towards the middle-east over a period of time.

Well, if foreign policies can result into suicide bombings it remains to be seen what repurcussions would violence against the innocent take us!!