You might accuse me of insensitivity. For keeping quiet. I have things to say. But they are heavy…loaded. At keast I am not asking, “Is Narayan Murthy safe?” or “Oh, now what will happen to business in Gujarat?” or "How safe is Mumbai?" At least I am waiting to understand.
Look at this picture.
There are two bodies lying on the ground; most of the fruits in the cart are as they are, almost mockingly fresh. And the people standing barely a few feet away are just watching. What are they watching?
This is for them…
Inn laashon se mat poochhna
Kisne inhein maar diya
Kuchch keh daalege woh tau
Cheekhein nahin sun paaoge apni
Qaatil nahin ho tum
Lekin itni asaani se
Khud ko kathputhli na samajhna
Kuchh tau kiya hai tumne
Talwar tumhare haathon mein nahin thi
Na khanjar, na eent ka tukda
Thi tumhare bhi aankhon mein aag
Jal gaya lahu, sookh gaye aansoon
Thodi deir ke liye tum bhi raakh ban kar dekh lo
Inn laashon ko waheen par rehne do
5 comments:
FV:
And the people standing barely a few feet away are just watching. What are they watching?
Then what do you expect from them? Each one of us is a voyeur at some level.This is perhaps the natural reaction of any curious mind. Insensitivity, they can be accused of - yes; but I don't think it is deliberate. It is more instinctive and can be partially condoned.
I feel sad for the victims. However, I doubt that events like this will make any difference over time. Little pawns get killed all the time by evil manipulators who will lose in the end - without the slightest doubt!
It is a very sad thing. These atrocities will never achieve anything good.
We live in a very unsafe world. The immediate reaction when I heard about bomb blasts in Bangalore was to call family and friends and inquire about their safety. But what if someone's loved ones have been struck? The thought itself is spine chilling.
May God help. - Aameen.
this is the price we are parying for keeping the muslims here after independence.Gandhi and Nehru are the biggest mass-murderes for letting the cancerous muslims stay on.
Yes,PS, BJ, Kabeer, this is about victims - of blasts, of stereotypes, of attitudes, of actions of others...
PS:
When I talk about people standing and watching, I followed it up with a poem...it talked about the helplessness of it all..."cheekhein nahin sun paaoge apni" and I am also talking about feeling a sense of responsibility for harbouring such feeling towards groups of people..."Thodi deir ke liye tum bhi raakh ban kar dekh lo"...
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