The Commission of Inquiry has indicted various political leaders, the state, the police, the other departments of the state, and many others. But it is also time we appropriate blame on ourselves and acknowledge a collective sense of shame and guilt on the destruction of lives and property that took place in the riots and the bomb blasts of '92 and '93. We had our choices, but we relished in repeating our mistakes. We created our own monsters. We nurtured them, fattened them, until, in the process of getting itselfdestroyed, it also ate us up.
Historical amnesia is a fatal epidemic.
The more we forget, the more number of times will we have such events of violence to remind us, that history is like a smartly dressed salesperson, with a chequered tie and a trained smile, ringing at our doorbell. The more number of times we say no, at the doorbell, the more number of times will this person reappear at our door, with the same product repackaged in colours, other than purple.