Thank you for taking the time to report the following comment to the administrator of this site.
Please complete this short form and click the submit button to process your report.
Comment in question
Posted by anonymous, on 18-12-2007 06:54, , Guest
1. The Solution
Dear Usama,
I agree 110% with your article and I must admit that I don’t normally enter into online debates but the truth in this article has led me to share my opinion.
I believe that the experiment has terribly failed and the fault lies with our Leaders who had a blurry vision of what the wanted and underestimated the power of religion. I guess nobody is perfect apart from the god all mighty. But it makes me wonder how generations can fail constantly for more than 60 years.
I guess to find out one has to dig a lot more deeper…..The cause of the conflict doesn’t lie in 1947 but a time long before that – The 8th century AD when Muslim invaders from Iraq and Persia (Iran) conquered India killing unprecedented amount of Hindus in Human History more than the amount killed in Holocaust or any other similar and shameful events the thought of which still Haunts many people who are aware of what happened.
One can still blame the times of that era where barbarian revolts were prevalent and was acceptable and reasonable means of expansion but whats happening in this day and age in India where Muslims are being killed in Gujarat, Kashmir or elsewhere just on the name of religion makes me feel ashamed as Indian.
I guess those who blame the past and the present do not get anywhere and it can’t be as evident as in the last 60 years of our Independence. We (Humans) need to have the vision for the future we want for our children. The choice has to me made now….do we need to leave a legacy of hate war and conflict or do we want to teach our children the lesson of Peace & Love.
I must admit having been born and bred in India we were never told about the truth, many of my friends till date are not aware of the causes of the Kashmir issue, however they do know that Pakistan send terrorists to India in fact all they know is that they hate Pakistan without ever asking themselves a simple question WHY?
I believe the problem lies in the education system be it at school or at Home. Ignorance has caused many years of pain, sorrow and grief and only education can help us put the peaces together. We (Indian) are taught how the freedom was achieved after years of struggle and led to respect great JIHADISTS such as Gandhi, Nehru, Maulana Azaad, Bhagat Singh and countless more……YES JIHADISTS!! That’s what they were - revolutionaries - some took the path of violence and some the path of non violence.
I am in no way encouraging the kind of JIHAD we see today which is more about revenge rather than fighting for a cause and even if there is a cause then the so called JIHADISTS do not go about it the right way!.....I believe we can revolutionise this beautiful part of ASIA by teaching our children the truth and nurturing a generation of peace loving human beings……
In my opinion this has always been our (People of the sub-continent) problem………we have always been ignorant and let the world influence and play with us the way they want and since independence this role has been taken by corrupt politicians and the media……..I call upon all readers of this article and visitors of this website to educate themselves of the issues surrounding the two great nations – India and Pakistan and then pass on the education to our friends, family and anyone who is ready to listen and god willing one day we will achieve the blurry vision conceived in 1947 the vision of peace and prosperity because after all that’s what we have always wanted to be…..leaving our villages to go to towns from towns to cities and from cities to countries…….we have always wanted a better life so why are we depriving ourselves and generations to come what we hold so close to us and our lives…….
Just remember my friends…..an eye for an eye with leave us all blind (Gandhi)
