When we got independence, it was
the fulfilment of the destiny that millions in the sub –continent were craving
for. It should have been a joyful instance. But India had something else in
store for her. A faction decided to act for a separate state. The state was
itself divided. Separated by a vast area, two parts of a new country took birth
namely East Pakistan and West Pakistan. The incident was marked by bloodshed.
Hindus residing in Pakistan and Muslims residing in India suffered the ultimate
losses of their loved ones.
Trains that left Pakistan (for
India), arrived with corpses of Sikhs at various stations in India. And in
return, the Sikh community also retorted with somewhat same answers. This was
about some 60 odd years back. Today, we live in a modern world. Our
constitution has granted us with the ultimate powers of governance, judiciary
etc.
From an outsider’s perspective,
the two nations should live happily and there should be an environment of
mutual understanding. But to the surprise of the outsiders, we are still stuck
at where we were about 60 years ago.
Every now and then, there is
bloodshed followed by some talks and the drama continues. No one should forget
the Kargil war or the Mumbai attacks. What happened then and what followed
thereafter, simply lay evident to the false intentions of our leadership.
These days, there is a new tamasha doing the rounds. It also has a
name – aman ki asha, a peace
initiative by the Jang group and The Times of India. What I want to say is that
there is no problem in carrying out such initiatives. But what i simply can’t
understand is for how long this will sustain. Going by history, every now and
then our neighbour Pakistan has shown its true colours. First they talk peace
and then they betray us. I won’t be surprised if any peace initiative is
followed by yet another attack.
The problem is not with the
common people. Going by some interviews conducted by various agencies, people
on both the sides want to live together and with peace. It’s the politicians
who are the real culprits. Just to stay in the news, they keep bringing up the
matters that hurt the sentiments of the people on either side. They are the
ones who are not letting the peace process to make any further progress. They
visit each other’s nation. They stay in the most luxurious hotels, enjoy the
highest possible security but simply don’t do what’s there on their agenda.
And we follow them curiously. All
the news items cover on what they ate, where they stayed, which places they
visited, and their itinerary. It’s simply rubbish! There are so many issues to
tackle in our country. But all that we are doing is following this drama. It
may take another century to get some result out of it. Moreover, it may take a
couple of centuries to divert the attentions of our society from this tamasha to the real issues.
I may sound a little pessimistic
but unfortunately this is the truth. All I want to say is focus on the real
issues and stop following these trivial matters. Already we have some other
factions in Naxals, Telangana sponsors, Mayawati etc. who want further pieces
of our nation. And all these characters are a result of utter negligence. It’s
time to get little serious and bring the much needed change. Otherwise, we may
be serving our neighbors or some people alike with a cake of the shape of our nation asking them to
make the cuts!
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