When everything is the same why fight
Shaadaab S. Bakht
Shaadaab S. Bakht, who worked for famous Indian dailies The Telegraph, The Pioneer, The Sentinel and wrote political commentaries for Tehelka.com, is Gulf Today’s Executive Editor.
- Last updated: October 10, 2024 | 16:09 ..
In City A, a man was feeling thirsty. He drank a glass of water and thanked its provider. In City B, a man was feeling thirsty. He did the same and thanked its provider. In City C, a man was feeling thirsty. He did the same and thanked its provider. In City D, a man was feeling thirsty. He did the same and thanked its provider. In City E, a man was feeling thirsty. He did the same and thanked its provider. They all did the same when it came to hunger.
…To attack ferociously fellow human beings to win that status is unabashedly immoral.
The men live in five different cities and miles away, yet they took the same route when it came to quenching their thirst and satiating their hunger. Their clear-cut reaction to indispensable basic needs made it abundantly clear that at one level they are all the same. It is a similarity that will always remain unchallenged and that should come as a huge relief to all those who still believe in peace and immensely value its propagation. And they don’t advocate the use of children, women and men to reach political goals drenched in unalloyed prejudice.
They are the ones who also see love as the most powerful and the most accommodative four-letter word. Therefore, it is very unfortunate that despite the unquestionable similarities human beings have been relentlessly leading fatal campaigns over territories. They have been ruining each other.
Granted, the possession of territory is crucial to a nation’s prestige, but to attack ferociously fellow human beings to win that status is unabashedly immoral. It is so because the bulk of the victims are innocent. It often involves a newborn baby, a lactating mum and a hard-up father.
The attacker shouldn’t feel that it is okay to be harmed if the target doesn’t share their denomination. If they feel so then it brings them hatefully close to evil.
Also, how can the victor enjoy the sight of the fluttering flag when he knows that incessant tears have played the mortar in fixing the staff.
Therefore, guns should be shunned in search of territory. Thousands have enjoyed millions of acres of land won over with diplomacy and love. Let’s recreate that.