A revolution in the making!
At times one feels that our country desperately needs a revolution, or would it be better to say that we need to be hit hard or struck right in the middle of our senses to be able to wake up from this sleepy reality we call home. The growth rate is going fine, investments are comming in, the economy seems to be doing really good, yet people are scared to actually go inside mosques to pray because no one knows which mosque is the next target for God knows who??
I still remember the times when we use to leave our home doors unlocked, nowadays people avoid carrying anyting expensive or valuable. If some one sees you with a new cell phone the first comment you get is " Oh my god, hide this man, do you want to get shot?" You cant blame them, no one knows, when and where somebody on a motor bike will just show up with a gun and ask you to hand over everything you have or he will simply press the trigger and shoot. One precious life with family members to feed, completely wasted, just like that, with a bullet that does not even cost 10 bucks.
Instead of shooting great documentaries or creative music videos, or historical depictions of how many sacrifices our forefathers have given just to be able to live happily on this land ...we are just shooting one another, at point blank.
I still remember the times when we use to leave our home doors unlocked, nowadays people avoid carrying anyting expensive or valuable. If some one sees you with a new cell phone the first comment you get is " Oh my god, hide this man, do you want to get shot?" You cant blame them, no one knows, when and where somebody on a motor bike will just show up with a gun and ask you to hand over everything you have or he will simply press the trigger and shoot. One precious life with family members to feed, completely wasted, just like that, with a bullet that does not even cost 10 bucks.
Instead of shooting great documentaries or creative music videos, or historical depictions of how many sacrifices our forefathers have given just to be able to live happily on this land ...we are just shooting one another, at point blank.
posted by Imran Siddiqui at 6:49 PM
1 Comments:
Sorry Imran,
I did not have the opportunity to set up a blogger account, here is what I think.
Pakistan did go through a silent revolution during the Zia regime. It pushed us back at least 2 decades.
We had nothing to do with Iran, Afghanistan, or Iraq, yet again and again we were pushed in meaningless conflicts by our leaders.
We were transformed into a nation of warriors, fighting for everyone but themselves.
The brain drain is not a new phenomenon for us. First it was Dubai and Saudi Arabia. Then U.K and U.S. and then Australia and now Canada.
More than ever, we need a new identity now, to move away from theocracy. To find ourselves, to redefine our goals.
Sofyan
Sofyan.Yusufi@ps.net
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