With Modi coming to power, after the longest and biggest
polls in the history of the world, all eyes are on India. It’s, no doubt, good for
India as its people gave out a clear statement against corruption and family
politics through the recent polls. The fact that they chose a cleaner, a common
man, to rule the world’s biggest democracy and probably the second largest
country of the world – will be a new chapter in the history of India.
Despite being his past track records of being involved in
some serious extremists’ offenses against minorities of India, particularly in Gujrat
riots, he managed to get most of the India Muslims votes. And yes, despite
these offenses, his succession to power is welcomed by the international
community - mainly because of his business friendly and pro economic agenda.
Modi Sarkar
As for Pakistan, honestly it’s time for us to realize that
India doesn’t take us that seriously as we take India. This is one of the
reasons Modi elections campaign didn’t say much about his agenda for relations
with Pakistan. Another fact is that,
Modi of Gujrat riots has taken a big leap to evolve into presently the most
popular leader of India – in fact, ‘the phenomenon of India.’ His policies and
statements so far seem pretty moderate and he seems up for establishing good
business friendly relations with all neighboring countries, including Pakistan.
Besides, having had a track record of aggressiveness towards
Muslims of South Asia, he will be under immense pressure from Indian leftists
and the international community if he, so much as even hinted towards
committing a religious bigotry.
I see this as a good development for Pakistan, as now what
will become of our relations with India is in Pakistan’s hand to decide – if
you know what I mean!
Bushra
1900 hours
Wednesday 21 May 2014
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Who jo bachiyon se bhi der gaye (Those who got scared even of little girls)
Recently an
obnoxious video surfaced of the leaders of Nigerian militant outfit ‘Boko
Haram’ that has recently kidnapped around 300 Nigerian girls between the age of
12 to 15 following an attack on their school.
The video shows a
drugged or drunk Boko Haram leader, boasting to sell these girls as sex slaves.
The leader claims that Allah instructed him to kidnap these girls, and asserted
that because Islamic Shariah allows slavery and commands girls to be married at
the onset of puberty – so he is justified to sell them as sex slaves.
Where are these
extremists getting their idea of Islam from, they definitely are sick at mind
and spirit. I don’t have words to express my appal for their heinous
justifications, but following lines by Kishwar Naheed, I guess, say it all for
me:
وہ جو بچیوں سے بھی ڈر گئے
وہ جو علم سے بھی گریز پا
کریں ذکررب کریم کا
وہ جو حکم دیتا ہے علم کا
کریں اس کے حکم سے ماورا یہ منادیاں
نہ کتاب ہو کسی ہاتھ میں
نہ ہی انگلیوں میں قلم رہے
کوئی نام لکھنے کی جانہ ہو
نہ ہو رسم اسم زناں کوئی
وہ جو بچیوں سے بھی ڈر گئے
نہیں ان سے کچھ بھی بعید، شہرِ زوال میں
کہ جو بچیوں سے بھی ڈر گئے
وہ ہیں کتنے چھوٹے وجود میں !
Bushra
2040 hours
Friday 9 May 2014
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