My mind has been ringing with all the territorial and religious violence news that everyone around is privy to. It is definitely disturbing to see the destruction around that we have subjected ourselves to in the name of what was supposed to be a layout for better administration and a refined path to achieve the Supreme.
All of a sudden it seems the world is plagued in its entirety with some or the other form of communalism and religious divide. Where it isn't strictly religious it has acquired the ugly shape of human lines of control to gain command over humans themselves. Rousseau had famously said, "Man is born free..." but he failed to visualize that man will generate his own bondage. From the inhuman atrocities of ISIS in Syria to the Nuke threats between India Pakistan to the extreme Islamic militancy propagated by the Boko Haram, where are we headed and what will be our future. My future can not be isolated and restricted to my nearest locality. That will be a very myopic view of existence. Because even if I shrink my horizons and just peep out of the box peace still eludes me. When I talk to people, I end up debating. People are so full of religion that they just look through humanity. For them it is more important that they prove their supremacy over the next minor race. Terror is a state of mind and terrorism a means of existence. How close can I look if not beyond my town, my neighborhood. I just have to travel 20 kms. from my heaven to experience the freshest cases of communal violence. Close eh!! How close is my question. No one is willing to forgive, no one wants to let go, everyone is holding on. There is no exit. And no, education has not been able to salvage the situation. I sit in the company of well educated top brass. I feel left out for my secular views. We want Kashmir but we want to park our thoughts on peaceful co existence.
Kashmir reminds me of recently watched Haider. Marvelous, Achingly beautiful. What struck me was not the artistic rivalry between Tabbu, Shahid and KK neither the vast expanse of ice covered Anantnag but the plight of Kashmiris. Half widows, Distraught old parents, Clueless kids. "To be or not to be", how beautifully the issue has been raised. And these issues have been continuing since Kashmir was formed.
I have now come to think that these issues of regional and religious violence are beyond solutions. They will live as long as the human race itself. There is no solution in sight. And yes, they hold only humans. Javed Akhtar voiced straight from the heart
"Panchi Nadiya Pawan ke Jhonke
Koi sarhad na inhe roke"
One world was just a wistful thought of some philosopher who failed to come out of the reverie. For all the rest of us are wide awake.
शहर से थोड़ा आगे जाकर दाये मुड़ो तो सरहद दिखेगी
वही सरहद जिसके उस पार पाकिस्तान है ओर इस पार हिन्दुस्तान
वही सरहद जिसके उस पार पाकिस्तान है ओर इस पार हिन्दुस्तान
वही सरहद जिसके दोनो तरफ सियासते है जो खेलती है
मासूमो के दिल से, दिमाग़ से
मासूमो के दिल से, दिमाग़ से
सुना कल रात सरहद पर फिर गोलियाँ चली, लहू बहा
वही सरहद जिसके उस पार भी लहू का रंग लाल था ओर इस पार भी||
वही सरहद जिसके उस पार भी लहू का रंग लाल था ओर इस पार भी||
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