Partition : Once More!
Recently on several discussion boards a lot of Indians are pulling their hair for a question of Separate State for Muslims of India.
Sometimes I do think that we should look for a separate state specially when I see Justice for a particular community is constantly being denied. Riots after riots takes place, lot of people openly support the killings & rapes of Muslim women and threaten to replicate the Gujarat model all over India, yet no action is taken against the guilty, instead the culprits exploit the so called democracy and achieve high places of power by successfully poisoning the minds of people. They have summarised all Muslims to one word 'Terrorists' specially in the state of Gujarat, people have been made to believe that Mr. Narendra Modi is 'The Saviour' and must be elected to save them from these Terrorists.
Violence against Muslims before and after the zealots erased Babri Masjid were common in India like Bhagalpur, Merrut, Bombay etc. But Post 9/11, India has seen a dramatic change of attitude in majority of people towards Muslims. I have failed to realise what this Bin Laden has got to do with India? Why our media, intellectuals are hell bent to connect even a Small cracker in air to Al Qaeda?
In my opinion any Govt may come in power, it will always try its best to keep the Muslims in check. Terrorism is a recent sharp tool for that purpose if anyhow it get blunt or rust then the old tools like Pakistan, dawood, appeasement cry from Hindu parities will prove effective. The Indian Muslim is in despair, directionless, leaderless. He does not to know to look at where & whom.
Famous journalist & thinker Mr. M.J. Akbar wrote in his byline "Older Muslims may be tired or resigned, but the young are angry and volatile. We have seen but a glimpse of this volatility in Calcutta or Nandigram. It is only the beginning of a process that could become a horror story."
The Million dollar question that hinders my small brain is - the anger of Muslims is directed against the Government or the whole Country? is it temporary or permanent? and what is the solution? A separate State!
Lets be very practical, asking a separate state & having it has a gap of earth & sky. Kashmiris are fighting since 60 years both peacefully & militarily, yet no results are on the scene. I personally feel that Kashmiris will have a better future in Indian union provided Self Rule.As far as Indian Muslims & their sorry state of affair are concerned, believe me a Separate state is neither the answer nor an easy option for immediate future.
India is a growing economy, we Muslims must ensure how we can get our slice in the big cake. Taking advantage of free & cheap education, our boys & girls must learn, unite & struggle. The age is of globalization & not of separatism. Furthermore look at the Muslims countries around the globe, where are they? believe me these countries are lagging far behind, India is far superior than them in terms of Technology, Economy, Education , Military and other social norms. Out of all We are the only Muslims in this world who enjoy benefits of Democracy like freedom of speech, right to propagate our Religion, Islam are few to mention. We can make best use of it to turn back from the corner and beat our marginalization in the society.
As Mr. MJ Akbar puts it "Muslims in Pakistan and Bangladesh have achieved independence, but they have not found the freedom that should have come with it. Their freedom has been patchy. They have been imprisoned not by foreigners but their own elites, and subjugated by their armed forces who have distorted patriotism to seize power and institutionalise dictatorship. Pakistani Muslims today thirst for a democracy that Indian Muslims take for granted"
Time has come to say loudly - "India is our country, it belongs to Muslims as much as it belongs to Hindus or any other community. We have EQUAL right, if not FIRST over her resources"
Sometimes I do think that we should look for a separate state specially when I see Justice for a particular community is constantly being denied. Riots after riots takes place, lot of people openly support the killings & rapes of Muslim women and threaten to replicate the Gujarat model all over India, yet no action is taken against the guilty, instead the culprits exploit the so called democracy and achieve high places of power by successfully poisoning the minds of people. They have summarised all Muslims to one word 'Terrorists' specially in the state of Gujarat, people have been made to believe that Mr. Narendra Modi is 'The Saviour' and must be elected to save them from these Terrorists.
Violence against Muslims before and after the zealots erased Babri Masjid were common in India like Bhagalpur, Merrut, Bombay etc. But Post 9/11, India has seen a dramatic change of attitude in majority of people towards Muslims. I have failed to realise what this Bin Laden has got to do with India? Why our media, intellectuals are hell bent to connect even a Small cracker in air to Al Qaeda?
In my opinion any Govt may come in power, it will always try its best to keep the Muslims in check. Terrorism is a recent sharp tool for that purpose if anyhow it get blunt or rust then the old tools like Pakistan, dawood, appeasement cry from Hindu parities will prove effective. The Indian Muslim is in despair, directionless, leaderless. He does not to know to look at where & whom.
Famous journalist & thinker Mr. M.J. Akbar wrote in his byline "Older Muslims may be tired or resigned, but the young are angry and volatile. We have seen but a glimpse of this volatility in Calcutta or Nandigram. It is only the beginning of a process that could become a horror story."
The Million dollar question that hinders my small brain is - the anger of Muslims is directed against the Government or the whole Country? is it temporary or permanent? and what is the solution? A separate State!
Lets be very practical, asking a separate state & having it has a gap of earth & sky. Kashmiris are fighting since 60 years both peacefully & militarily, yet no results are on the scene. I personally feel that Kashmiris will have a better future in Indian union provided Self Rule.As far as Indian Muslims & their sorry state of affair are concerned, believe me a Separate state is neither the answer nor an easy option for immediate future.
India is a growing economy, we Muslims must ensure how we can get our slice in the big cake. Taking advantage of free & cheap education, our boys & girls must learn, unite & struggle. The age is of globalization & not of separatism. Furthermore look at the Muslims countries around the globe, where are they? believe me these countries are lagging far behind, India is far superior than them in terms of Technology, Economy, Education , Military and other social norms. Out of all We are the only Muslims in this world who enjoy benefits of Democracy like freedom of speech, right to propagate our Religion, Islam are few to mention. We can make best use of it to turn back from the corner and beat our marginalization in the society.
As Mr. MJ Akbar puts it "Muslims in Pakistan and Bangladesh have achieved independence, but they have not found the freedom that should have come with it. Their freedom has been patchy. They have been imprisoned not by foreigners but their own elites, and subjugated by their armed forces who have distorted patriotism to seize power and institutionalise dictatorship. Pakistani Muslims today thirst for a democracy that Indian Muslims take for granted"
Time has come to say loudly - "India is our country, it belongs to Muslims as much as it belongs to Hindus or any other community. We have EQUAL right, if not FIRST over her resources"
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