For many days now I have been thinking of putting my thoughts in writing but each time i begin, my brain says, whats the use of this particular thing you are going to write about? Haven't it already been said before, then why?
I had been meaning to write about the way our world is shaping up, the good and weird stuff going on, politics, personal gain, chaos and confusion. Well then i thought so many people sound their concern about it on daily basis!!
I wanted to talk about my city, its disturbing political scene and the massive human massacre, but hey the colorful newspapers, tons of article and our very (a little too) efficient media are enough to give a 90, 180, 360 and God knows what degree perspective. Instead of 'News as it happens' it should be 'News before it Happens'. Instead of just displaying our over-intelligent media creates the news items!! One news and a gazillion views about it. Yea and they love to display it to the rest of the world, if it was in their power they'd made the Polar bears in the North Pole watch the developing stories of Gujjar village of Toba something and that too during hibernation....."hey guys wake up see this is whats not right about my Country....ch ch ch sad na, hope you feel bad for us!!"
Whats left, weather! yea it looks like its gonna rain any time but every day ends on this hope....rain even doesn't want to come down and wash away the sorrows of this city! The sun shines upon us trying to make us see clearly and reflect on our 'doings' but instead we shut our eyes to its light!
Hmm...economical situation, well there is atleast one thing that we all have consensus on, that our dear Government (not excluding a single person) their banks, pockets and stomachs are all bottom-less pits, they keep on pouring all the country's resources into these three but hey presto! everything disappears in there! Magic! And another thing that we have all understood and concluded is that unless there is a miracle the simple rule of 'Rich getting richer and poor getting poorer ' will be followed with full implementation. Now i know there is no limit to being rich....even the richest man on earth (Carlos Slim Helu) must fear to be superseded by some other rich dude (2nd richest Bill Gates or 3rd Warren Buffet) but what about the poor how much poorer can a person be? well, there was a time people used to give example of Africa where because of natural calamities people were facing hunger, now thanks to the creativity of our leaders (so called) people are forced to die of hunger in their homes due to the security condition of the city. Death stands for them in both places, indoors (cause there is nothing left to eat) and outdoors where a bullet is waiting for them with their name on it!!War no less than a war.....atleast we are creative in discovering newer ways of torture and death! This too is nothing new so many people with living heart and souls write about these deadly issues of our part of the world!
Now what....Hmmm culture and religion! hahaha! what a mockery we have made of these two aswell. Culture is only left for hosting our foreigner friends! An Ajrak or a clay pot, a few dances and some music (in big hotels with heavy entrance tickets). And Religion, “do as you please”, May Allah(swt) help us with what we have done to our religion. Everyone is using its shield to gain cheap worldly gains, we have forgotten our service to our Lord and are just busy in gaining material benefits by using the principles of religion, alas! Still there is Alhamdulillah hope, because there are some real followers in our midst because of whom the rest of us keep safe from the anger of Allah(swt). May Allah(swt) bless those good souls in this dirty world who are doing their best in guiding those who want to follow in this dark world!
Sports! Not really my area of interest but yes I keep hearing the wonderful adventures of our dear cricket team. There performance is like the monitor of the ECG machine vital signs showing up and then down then up again and there they go….down! Atleast I am really proud of our special Olympics team, what courage what remarkable performance, hats off to them for bringing home 56 medals, three cheers for them! “Pakistan bagged 17 gold medals, 25 silver and 14 bronze medals while competing in a week-long event that featured 7,500 athletes from 180 countries around the world. The 82-member contingent participated in eight sports including athletics, aquatics, badminton, basketball, bocce, cycling, football and table tennis.” (Tribune, July 5, 2011). Good news are like a breeze of fresh air. Some credit also goes to our dear Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi for bringing home success. There are some unsung heroes also who are doing good in sports through hard work and determination and with very little support.
