Today is September 11 (I wrote this on Sept 11, 2009)

Today is September 11, 2009. I sit in my room with only the company of a few questions. Questions that seek answers but will never be answered. Questions that seek logic they will never find. Questions that need justification but can never be justified. Questions!

If today I was given the opportunity to meet any persons, dead or alive, I would choose to meet all the terrorists who died on the 11th day of September in the year 2001.

I would ask them if they achieved what they believed they would.

I would ask them if they felt the triumph they so craved for.

I would ask them if they truly contributed to the cause of Islam.

I would ask them if Allah praised their effort.

I would ask them if Allah blessed their act.

I would ask them if Allah appreciated their courage.

I would ask them if Allah accepted their sacrifice.

I would ask them if Allah welcomed them into Paradise.

I would ask them if all the lives that were spent in their attempt to achieve Martyrdom were enough.

I would ask them if they heard the silent whispers of the virgins awaiting them amidst the terrorized screams of their victims, the Infidel.

I would ask them if they saw each other glow and smile amidst the destruction, the blood and the death.

I would ask them if they felt the truth they believed to be sacred.

I would ask them if they had avenged the death and plight of their brothers.

I would ask them if their faith in God was stronger than the rest.

I would ask them if they knew they were wrong and it was too late.

I would ask them if they correctly understood the teachings of the Prophet, the will of Allah and the virtue of Islam.

Now I ask all believers and non-believers alike.

I ask them if enough blood has been shed.

I ask them if enough lives have been lost.

I ask them if their God tells them to keep on killing.

I ask them if their God believes in Peace.

In our times I see greater problems facing our planet. Greater problems that may affect our existence. Problems that may plague the future of the generations to follow us.

This hatred based on Religion has to stop.

For Religion is a sense of belonging and devotion and not of domination and destruction.

And it is important for us to understand that if time and the tale of civilization has taught us one thing it is this truth, that evil forces have always risen against better judgment and righteousness, human spirit and love, but the virtue of truth and reason has always prevailed and triumphed.

We must understand and believe in this.

It is the existence of Humans that proves the existence of God.


“To die for a Religion is easier than to live it, absolutely.”
-Jorge Luis Borges

Triumph

I could never believe that confidence could give way to fear. How uneasiness would take over belief. In life you can never know who you really are, as every situation brings out a new quality in a person and adds a different dimension to life. Each experience alters one’s perception and outlook. This is why man has not reached his peak yet.

To peak a man must conquer fear, displace uneasiness, nervousness and doubt, replace it with calmness, peace, belief and finally man must feel loved.

If one is not calm and peaceful or/and does not believe in oneself, he/she can never succeed, can never evolve.

Conflict gives rise to confrontation, confrontation gives way to triumph. The need to triumph is the essence of mankind’s growth and this need or want to succeed is what leads to Evolution.

Evolution may be physical but more importantly it is political, geographical and emotional. Political as only once man’s society is organized can it be perfect. Geographical as over time power & dominance has shifted from one part of the world to another finally leading to a coalition of powerful sects rather than a single centre of power dominating over the rest. Most importantly man’s emotions have changed from being primitive to complex.

Man’s evolution is directly related with mankind’s destruction. Man’s need to triumph over each other is its greatest gift and curse.

This need of triumph must be replaced with direction. Direction towards a common goal, to succeed as one race. Humanity needs to be defined more importantly as a unified entity rather than a collective term used for the various castes, creeds, races, religions and sexes that inhabit this planet.

In this day of fraud, terror, anguish, frustration and fear, mankind must shelter each other from a common misery. The problems we face are the same and the cure is shared. One man’s pleasure is another’s pain. One man’s profit is another’s problem. Man must evolve to benefit each other. If one man’s pleasure is everyone’s pleasure then there is no pain. If one man’s profit is everyone’s profit then there is no problem. Mankind must understand that the Earth is shrinking and its inhabitants are increasing, each day. Conflict based on land, water and energy is a conflict against mankind’s existence. Control over the forces of nature is control over mankind’s growth. Man was made to compliment each other not to confront each other; this must be understood and implemented.

Mankind must forget their various flags, boundaries and borders, its different languages and traditions, their various religions and communities. They must stand together as one and not stand against each other as many.

Man’s unity is its triumph.  

triumph

Kargil

When I remember the days of the Kargil War, I remember tension, mixed feelings and a sense of urgency. Today many years later on Kargil Divas I would like to pay tribute to the several martyrs who made the supreme sacrifice for selfish individuals. Selfish individuals who are busy in the rat race far away from the border and the enemy, engrossed in making a quick buck or saving a buck. Busy breaking or bending the law, busy playing vote bank politics or bringing about religious divide, I see corruption becoming a benchmark for earning money, more than half the people who have told me they want to join politics wanted to because of the (black) money they could make, "boys" striving to become business"men" were not interested in what business they wanted to get into, the end result should be money, big money (earned due to hardword but also a lot of effort put into deceiving, bribing and buying off authorities). I see citizens cribbing about the mess around them but not clearing it up, I see people cursing their elected representatives, yet not asking themselves why they keep electing them time and time again or do not go and make sure their vote counts. I see bridges and roads made and re-made and re-made. I see a lot of bullshit around me and try to understand if we are in this bullshit of a place, why do men like those who died fighting on the border during the Kargil War thought this country and its people were worth their sacrifice. Did they see something that I or Most of Us have missed, is there some hidden part of Bharat that I have not travelled to...and then I came across a quote of a Captain who died during the War. To me his words are a true testimony to what an independent person should feel, when at war, when at war against an enemy, may it be in any form, may it be a person or a system or a attitude or a generation the Spirit should be the same as the spirit conveyed in these words:

"Either I will come back after hoisting the Tricolour (Indian flag), or I will come back wrapped in it, but i will be back for sure" - Capt. Vikram Batra, PVC.

To me this says, Find a cause worth fighting for and keep at it. But find a cause worth living for and at the same time worth dying for. For that is the true meaning of life. - If you have no "cause" then Why are you living? Independence is not just a country surrounded by a border, independence is a country full of citizens ready to die for it but first it must be worth dying for, a country is "created" by the people who fight for it, but it is "made" by the people who live in it.

Jai Hind.