Daily Inspiration Quote by Manmohan Singh

Calling a country the "epicentre of terrorism" is less a descriptive claim than a diplomatic gauntlet. Manmohan Singh’s wording compresses outrage, strategy, and a plea for legitimacy into two sentences that sound almost technocratic, which is precisely why they land. Singh wasn’t a chest-thumping nationalist; his public persona was restraint, incrementalism, the economist’s preference for calm. So when he reaches for a phrase as absolute as "epicentre", it signals that patience has frayed and that India wants the argument moved from bilateral grievance to global consensus.

The intent is twofold: to internationalize India’s security concerns and to corner Pakistan’s leadership by making deniability socially costly. "We all know" is doing heavy lifting. It’s not evidence; it’s an attempt to manufacture shared knowledge, to turn suspicion into a presumed fact of world politics. That rhetorical move deputizes the listener: if you’re part of the "world community", you’re expected to see what India sees, and to act.

The subtext is also a critique of selective outrage. By insisting the "world community has to come to grips", Singh implies that powerful capitals have tolerated Pakistan’s double game - combating some militants while sheltering others - because it served short-term strategic interests. The "harsh reality" phrasing frames moral clarity as maturity: facing terrorism requires naming its enabling ecosystems, even when those ecosystems sit inside an allied state. In the post-9/11 era and amid recurring India-Pakistan crises, this is Singh trying to make consequence follow accusation, without firing a shot.