Air blowing was cruelly chilly; snow fresh and soft. Two uniformed men sat on their haunches staring at a spot in the snow that was no different than any spot in the white abyss.
Time went on and on. It went on long enough to make this story the longest ever. The men sat staring. The story became longer than imagined by the man who'd culled it .
Finally, one of them spoke.
"Why are we guarding a line that's not even really there?"
NO END
Time went on and on. It went on long enough to make this story the longest ever. The men sat staring. The story became longer than imagined by the man who'd culled it .
Finally, one of them spoke.
"Why are we guarding a line that's not even really there?"
NO END
well thats just plain rubbish.......!
ReplyDeleteImran this story is not rubbish. Many have died on the border between India and Pakistan and peace is the only way to save those lives. We want peace so these lives could be saved. We are done being enemies. We are done fighting with India. We have enough problems of our own. We want to resolve issues with India and start focusing on our problems to make this country a peaceful place. We have fought longer than Jinnah or the ones who fought for this country could have ever imagined. Respect for the border is important and both sides must do that but we are tired of being enemies now. We are done.
ReplyDeleteWell said Tasha. Culturally and emotionally we are one. Only governments,who are thriving on ill informed, sectarian, self doubting and recognition mongering designs of certain fanatic religious elements here and there,are the main cause of the catastrophe whatever is lurking in the minds of the people as ghost against human development.
ReplyDeleteImran: How about celebrating borders and investing on armies than on education and health? How about travelling down the history before 1857 and even after that? How about considering the peaceful living till the British planted two-nation theory etc?
ReplyDeleteWe have been tactfully misguided, misused and misled in the name of nationalism which is misunderstood.
Quite so. It really makes no sense because the land is one and so are the people, even if the border is a geopolitical reality due to historic reasons.
ReplyDeleteI don't blog as such, but my Q&A activities on Quora are similar things. This is a link to one of them, which I was specifically asked to answer: What should every Indian know about Pakistan?
http://www.quora.com/India/What-should-every-Indian-know-about-Pakistan/answer/Som-Bhatta
That answer would scarcely have been possible without the direct inputs I got from my friends from Pakistan.
Thank you for the kind comment. So much about human civiliation is futile. But being blinded by religious and ethnic egos, we can't see things in their real light.
DeleteYour link sounds interesting. Will surely visit and answer your question.