I Wonder...
Yes. I really do. Why we fight. Is it a case of natural instinct which betrays our pretentious masks to reveal cleverly disguised hate? Or is it a case of incitement on the part of the state? I really have grown tired of arguments. Who did it? Was it the Hindus who started it? Was it the Muslims who pelted first? Hindus? Muslims? Hindus. Muslims. Who was it again? Did we hear you say a name? The questions unfortunately remain unanswered, but the truth is that after 4 years, history is threatening to repeat itself.
After the past few days' events I repeatedly ask myself one question which I'm sure almost every sane person must have already thought about: What kind of an a** of a government does it take to order the demolition of religious monuments (which are "encroachments on the road and hamper traffic"- what about the cows?) in a state which was marred by violence and mass riots just 4 years ago? Did they think everyone had forgotten 2002?
I don't know exactly who it was, but someone from the Supreme court was on TV today, talking about the demolition issue. He made an interesting point: It is wrong to say that a 200 year-old monument is encroaching upon the road. If it is 200 years old, and if at all there is an issue of encroachment, clearly the road is encroaching upon the monument's space!
As you might already know, the Supreme Court has stayed the Gujarat High Court order. Seems like TOI (Ahmedabad) might be in a soup as well. Read here (the middle of the article). Of course, the Times website mentions nothing about any notice being given to them by the SC. But anyways, I don't know who to trust and who not to. The media are definitely to blame too. This is what a very well known reporter on a very well known news channel asked the brother of the man who was burnt alive: "Aapko kya lagta hai...iske liye kaun zimmedaar hai?" I was like "What the f***?" How, and why, do you even ask a question like that?
Justice is a joke anyways, and absolute peace will never be restored. I know its a cliche, but some scars are too deep to heal. A compromised peace is what we can hope for at the most. It's upto the people. But then I ask myself, do we, the people, really want this?(like a well known news channel put it: we are "Divided by religion; United in grief") Who wants this? Do you want to die on the streets? Either we, the people, are barbarians, or its the state. Conspiracy theories are here to stay, but someone is to blame for sure. Don't pretend that everything is a misunderstanding. And do not blame the religion, for God's sake. Quite literally.
I don't want to blame anyone in particular in absence of concrete evidence(and I wonder whether there will be any). It is a bit eerie however, that the Police Control Room allegedly failed to respond to the situation in time. Reminds me of...
Well come now, how does it matter anyways? Its just one man who was burnt alive. And some others who were stabbed, etc. Lets put our masks and smiling faces back on, and pretend everything is alright. After a few years when they call up the Control Room again, we'll just tell them to go to Pakistan. Like we've always done.
R.I.P.
After the past few days' events I repeatedly ask myself one question which I'm sure almost every sane person must have already thought about: What kind of an a** of a government does it take to order the demolition of religious monuments (which are "encroachments on the road and hamper traffic"- what about the cows?) in a state which was marred by violence and mass riots just 4 years ago? Did they think everyone had forgotten 2002?
I don't know exactly who it was, but someone from the Supreme court was on TV today, talking about the demolition issue. He made an interesting point: It is wrong to say that a 200 year-old monument is encroaching upon the road. If it is 200 years old, and if at all there is an issue of encroachment, clearly the road is encroaching upon the monument's space!
As you might already know, the Supreme Court has stayed the Gujarat High Court order. Seems like TOI (Ahmedabad) might be in a soup as well. Read here (the middle of the article). Of course, the Times website mentions nothing about any notice being given to them by the SC. But anyways, I don't know who to trust and who not to. The media are definitely to blame too. This is what a very well known reporter on a very well known news channel asked the brother of the man who was burnt alive: "Aapko kya lagta hai...iske liye kaun zimmedaar hai?" I was like "What the f***?" How, and why, do you even ask a question like that?
Justice is a joke anyways, and absolute peace will never be restored. I know its a cliche, but some scars are too deep to heal. A compromised peace is what we can hope for at the most. It's upto the people. But then I ask myself, do we, the people, really want this?(like a well known news channel put it: we are "Divided by religion; United in grief") Who wants this? Do you want to die on the streets? Either we, the people, are barbarians, or its the state. Conspiracy theories are here to stay, but someone is to blame for sure. Don't pretend that everything is a misunderstanding. And do not blame the religion, for God's sake. Quite literally.
I don't want to blame anyone in particular in absence of concrete evidence(and I wonder whether there will be any). It is a bit eerie however, that the Police Control Room allegedly failed to respond to the situation in time. Reminds me of...
Well come now, how does it matter anyways? Its just one man who was burnt alive. And some others who were stabbed, etc. Lets put our masks and smiling faces back on, and pretend everything is alright. After a few years when they call up the Control Room again, we'll just tell them to go to Pakistan. Like we've always done.
United We Failed.
Divided We Stand.
Divided We Stand.
R.I.P.
posted by Dibesh Saha at 9:05 PM
3 Comments:
the fact that i had the urge to draw analogy of your post's content to so many of the songs that we hear, proves substantially that history has started repeating. songs like war pigs, ...and justice for all, and so many more paint the picture almost realistically. i know it's a vague way of putting it. we can only hope the govt. has some sense...coz we very well know it has the reins of control. now to see if they get entangled in it.
"Aapko kya lagta hai...iske liye kaun zimmedaar hai?" I was like "What the f***?"
they seriously told this?? i thought this was used in jokes! btw what rud u hav said...had u been asked that and u knew for sure that u were a victim of the conspiracy and u didn't have much options to wriggle out of the situation?
It is wrong to say that a 200 year-old monument is encroaching upon the road. If it is 200 years old, and if at all there is an issue of encroachment, clearly the road is encroaching upon the monument's space!
maajhe maajhe mone hoy...ora bolte chaichhe je monument ta pa ta tule raste opore dhopash kore rekhe diyechhe...emon idiot gulo ke dekhe aage haanshi paaye...sane haanshi.
I don't understand why people created such a brouhaha about the demolishment of Mazaar..
People are just looking for reasons to fight, it seems..
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