Tulsidas' Ramacharitmanas is the story of a war against unending vandalism of wild bullies. Terrorism has made a home in every part of the world today. Its sporadic national and international ramifications are making their ugly appearance everywhere and the world is frantically searching for a way to assuage fear and redeem hope.

The Ramacharitmanas offers a solution by providing real examples of how to deal with terror. It counsels union for subjugation of a tyrant. It supports the creation of a wonder weapon to kill a savage tyrant but does not advocate a weapon for mass killings. It...