A post westphalian state is one which has a monopoly on the use of organised voilence. Namely through the use of law enforcement agencies for internal voilence. The military for externel voilence. This is used to perpetuate its legitemecy and further the interests of the state, as the case may be.
Wherever, the state has lost its monopoly of organising voilence and its ability to control it. Its legitimecy has also been lost. The most recent example of it lies in Nepal where the monarchy has been overthrown and replaced with a parliamentry form of governement. This was accomplished by an armed insurgency, by forcing the state to recogonise it. The monarchy was doomed when it started the negotiation with the insurgents.
Back home in India, the situation is little diffrent. It is beset with internal insurgencies and unrest. This is mostly a result of dis en frenchising of the different population groups, along with a struggal for resources. Majority of them cam be controled through simple measures of economic development and spread of education along with decentraliastion of authority as envisiged through Panchayti raj instutions. In order to re-franchise the groups and to eleminate the sence of alianation which is pervading amongst them.
However, India is also facing a differet kind of voilence. Which is amplified by the recent series of attacks, e.g Varanacy, Faizabad, Banglore, Ahamadabad, The aborted attacks on surat. These are urban centers whch are growing as a result of economic libraliasation. The objective of the attack is only to demonstrate, that, nowhere it is safe in India. The level of organisation dispayed in terms of execution of the attacks suggests that the attackers are mounting a serious challange to the monopoly of organised voilence of the Indian state.
In order to preserve the legetemecy of its existence the attackers must be brought to justice as soon as possible. As a lack of credible action will only serve to erode the authourity of the Indian state.
Is any body paying attention???
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