Friday, May 3, 2013

SARABJIT SINGH'S DEATH: A PSYCHOLOGICAL REFLECTION OF INDIA & PAKISTAN




Death of Indian Prisoner Sarabjit singh in Pakistan and attack on Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranja in Indian Jail raises many questions in my mind. It steers my brain about Morality, Politics, History and Culture of India and Pakistan. The death of Sarabjit is a Psychological reflection of grim reality of Culture and Politics of both nations. A psychology deeply rooted in Violence, Hatred and Ignorance.

Few centuries back Britisher’s driven by greed to have every resource on the Earth for their consumption, came to the land of Highest morality in the world à INDIA.  A land where goal of Human is not to fulfill his earthly desire (lust) but to help his brother live a better life. Buddha, Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam are its perfect example. Britisher’s came here and saw that Indians are too simple, Innocent and religious. They started to trick Indian and gradually occupied entire India. Innocent and simple Indian gradually wake up to the cunning reality of Britisher’s and started to unite for fighting against British rule. Britisher saw that the fundamental principle that binds Indian is their religion and they played their cunning move of “Divide and Rule”.  They broke the unity of Indian on religious basis à Hindu and Muslim. This policy did help them to prolong their rule in India, but ultimately they had to go back to their Native place.  What left behind was a Blood Soaked land of India and Pakistan.

Innocent brothers were living blissfully in the lapse of their mother. A cunning outsider came to their home, looted them, divided them and went back. What left behind were the same two brothers fighting each other like animal, and where is the outsider??? He is living happily in his native land.

More than 65 yrs have passed and we India and Pakistan are still playing at the hand of British policy of “Divide and Rule”. 65 yrs and we haven’t learned anything. The violence, Hatred and Ignorance that blood-soaked my motherland 65 yrs ago and tore its heart into two pieces –India and Pakistan, is still destroying its life.

Are we Idiot enough to let our violent past ruin our present and future? Haven’t we learned anything in these 65 yrs? What are we teaching our children? Violence? Hatred? Ignorance? Are we making them men or beast?  Mohamad Ajmal Kasab an innocent poor boy (every child is born innocent even a terrorist), was transformed into a beast by Violence, Hatred and Ignorance. This is what we are making our children. This is our reality. Both India and Pakistan are poor nation and instead of giving our children Education, Nutrition and Care we are giving them Violence, Hatred and Ignorance. This shows that our Government and Political system too did nothing to change our culture (of Violence, Hatred and Ignorance). Politicians instead of educating their people have used same British policy of “Divide and Role” to rule India and Pakistan.

The Indian and Pakistani people are sickà by Violence, Hatred and Ignorance and we think killing each other will cure us, but our Pathology is millions times more savage.

Every time I hear news of violence between India and Pakistan, I ask myself M I a child of Human or Violence? Every time I sit with my niece to teach her, I wonder if I’ll teach her violence or Humanity. I've to make a choice. So does India and Pakistan.

Jai Hind.