Kochi (Kerala), May 03, 2025 (ANI): Days after Pahalgam terror attack sent shockwaves across the country, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor met family of one of the victims in Kerala’s Kochi on May 3. While talking to ANI after the meeting, Tharoor said, “We cannot let the terrorists divide us on the basis of religion”.
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00:00We cannot let the terrorists change us.
00:03We cannot let the terrorists make us into what they want us to be
00:06and what they want to show the world.
00:08It was a very moving visit to the home of the late Mr. Ramachandran
00:12who, as you know, was killed in Pehelgaon in the most atrocious circumstances.
00:17So I wanted to pay my condolences, but Tiravanthapuram is where I was.
00:22It was only today that I could manage to come to Kochi and call on the family.
00:25And I must say that the family has conducted themselves with such grace, dignity and decency
00:33that that, too, needed to be acknowledged and praised.
00:36They did a very, very moving set of statements during the funeral.
00:43They have done something which is so important for all of India to understand
00:47that we cannot let the terrorists decide who we should be.
00:52We cannot let the terrorists who want to divide us on grounds of religion succeed in dividing us.
00:59And that is something that this family, through their example, through the language used by Arati,
01:03who was with her father when he was killed, and who said that she has found brothers in Kashmir
01:08who took her and her children to safety and security, helped her eventually to find her father's body,
01:14the mortuary, go through all the formalities.
01:15That statement, I think, was a remarkable example of human decency,
01:21which is what really is the best we can be as human beings.
01:25So I came to express my condolences on their terrible loss,
01:29but I also came to appreciate the great-heartedness that they have shown,
01:35which is very important, I think, for our country and for the future of our country.
01:38We cannot let the terrorists change us.
01:42We cannot let the terrorists make us into what they want us to be
01:46and what they want to show the world.