The young man at the signal under the sun, Was selling the little toy soldier with a gun. I asked my seven year old cousin, “What do we call him?” “Terrorist!” she said, without looking grim. I regretted, for a second, asking such a question For a second, I looked up to the heaven! How do I explain, to this little girl of seven, The difference between the two men in question? I pointed at his uniform, “A soldier, darling” He protects us from terrorists, that’s his service.” Of that uniform, seemingly taking no notice She immediately asked, “So, whom is the terrorist serving?” I wanted to explain that terrorists serve nobody! That it is just another form of insanity! How do I tell her, “They serve their God”? “You shall be punished by God, If u hurt anyone in action or thought” Is what she has always been taught! How to answer such a question In such a bloody world Where one wakes to the fear of killed in a blast Thanks God at the end of the day if he does last! Where terrorism and corr