Fight Terrorism, Not Each Other
Attitude, Feelings, Life, Random Thoughts, Religion, Society Add comments ...Terror has never helped any cause, never done any good, never brought about any revolution. Terror is nothing but a method used by some people in today’s world to instill fear, bully them. The recent terror attacks did all that and much more. It is an attack that has touched a chord in each of us, got us to think and got us to demand action.
The losses faced during the 60 hours of turmoil and after are irreparable. There is no compensation, no amount of apology and no amount of ‘political statement’ that can change that. The people of the world are asking questions, want answers, and are in need of explanations but will we get any of these? The people of the world want action; want reformation, those that are not merely for political reasons.
We talk about what to do and how to better these situations when the acts of terrorism are over with, this approach is clearly wrong. We need to talk and generate methods to stop these terror attacks from occurring, from curbing them before they do. We must attack these attacks from the front, not with weapons, not with bloodshed but with a united front, our intelligent minds and our souls, all together.
The answer to terrorism is not blame, it is change. The answer to terrorism is not fear, it is strength. The answer to terrorism is not hatred, it is being unperturbed by their attempts to divide. We need to look past our borders, look past our religions and stand together to fight this terrorism, not only in India and Pakistan but also the world. We can do it; we just need to do without any hatred towards anyone. We need to stand together as Humans. We need to fight terrorism, not each other. We need to stop with the blame game and stand together to fight these people who have nothing but hatred filled in them.
Each of us can make a difference if we wake up and smell the coffee (and I don’t mean Starbucks!) If we are going to bring in a change, we need to do our bit to make a difference in the world. Instead of waiting and wanting our governments to do it, why not start with ourselves first? If each one of us can do our bit, this world would be a much better place.
I highly condemn these blasts and pray for peace in our countries and in the world as a whole. May the souls of all those brave men and women who gave up their lives saving others and all those civilians who lost their life in these ghastly attacks rest in peace. May God give strength and determination to their families to overcome their loss.
December 4th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
tune meri laash pe gaur na kiya,
jab main mara uski goli se ,
haath mein patthar mere bhi tha.
na main uske pairon mein jhuka ,
na ki koi rehem ki dua,
jab main mara uski goli se,
haath mein patthar mere bhi tha.
wo kehta tha dega mita namonishan mere mulk ka,
par uski khud koi hasti thi kahan.
wo insaan nahin,tha wo aslaha,
uske ander tha fasaad bhara,
phir bhi khud ko jihaadi raha tha bata,
maine usko chilla chilla ke jhoota kaha.
jab main mara uski goli se,
haath mein patthar mere bhi tha.
marne se pehla tha maine uski aankhon mein dekha,
mujhe nazar aaya woh dozakh ki aag mein jalta hua,
gar main zinda na reh saka toh kya,
maine mar k uske honslon ko past kiya.
jab jhuka nahin paya wo ek hindustani,
to kya jhukayega HINDOSTAN.
jab main mara uski goli se,
haath mein patthar mere bhi tha.
December 7th, 2008 at 1:16 am
I completely agree Anam with your thoughts each one of us if we basically train and coach ourselves and our children to look at peace and love as the way forward not hatred, we can do a lot. When it is time to work together we should as human beings first and then later look at where we belong. The terrorists are unfit to be called as humans and we should unite in getting rid of that mindset of hurting people through violence.