Before you start reading please be assured that the views in this blog are solely of the author and it is not my motive to hurt your beliefs and sentiments. If you believe ardently in god, please don't read further for I am still your friend and want to remain one.
The city of Mumbai, financial capital city of India is under the greatest of attacks. Even as I write this blog from the comforts of my apartment, their are many who are still struggling against flying bullets with their lives on stake. Many have just experienced the greatest trauma of their lives and for many fate has taken a U-turn.
21 grams, the weight of a human soul. So much in 21 grams. A lifetime of relations, emotions, hopes and expectations. Think of this: if you lose your dear one in a blast, or rather, if I lose my dear little sister or am shot down as a hostage, will you if you knew me as a dear friend or family ever recover? Will the cliche 'Resilient Mumbai' provide enough solace to you? Will you move on with your life saying that 'yeh sab to chalta hi rehta hai' (This is a daily routine now.)
What causes these attacks? Who are to be blamed? Politicians, Pakistan, Muslims?... The answer is very complicated. It is a mixture of so many tales, the clash of ideologies, political greeds and what not but I for one believe, in our list we should always include: our dear GOD.
I have no grievances in saying that throughout history, most wars have been fought in the name of the religion. It is thus my conclusion that Religion is the biggest murderer of all times. I say: FUCK Islam, FUCK Hinduism equally - for terrorists have no religion. (VHP played a key role in the Malegaon blasts). I am neither afraid to say: FUCK GOD as well. Yes you read it correct and I am in my senses. Many will wonder what balls I have not to be afraid to say this. My line of argument is simple: I am more afraid of bullets and hand-grenades than God. The mere fact, that the reported number of cases -till date- in which God came down to earth to save innocent people from flying bullets has been zero, strengthens my argument. And the reader will agree that this number will remain zero, always. Apparently God was extremely busy during these attacks. He always has been.
In the past, yes certainly he has come down to earth to save people whenever there has been bad demons around. But always too wary of publicity, he has taken caution in speaking only through the ears of men, never for itself. If you have read Ramayana, do you have ever once felt that it contains all the elements necessary for an epic novel. Ideal son, Bride being stolen, Protagonist Ram's heroic efforts and the happy-ever-after ending. Have you ever in Mahabharata, questioned the role of Krishna if he acted like a God or a cunning war strategist. Have you ever thought that a lot of stories in our Puranas such as the one of Manu and the boat appear/originate in biblical stories as well.
Quoting Late George Carlin: If this fucked up world is the creation of a supreme, all-capable divine being than I for one am not impressed with his work. I say 'his' because GOD, if there is one, has to be a man because no woman has or will fuck things up so badly.
Even though the article is shaping out as that, I am not pissed off by GOD. No matter what I write or how vehemently I deny his existence, the truth is he still may be around. But I do believe this that in this world, atleast before I die: I am on my own. If a bullet is targeted at me, no GOD has or will save my ass.
We as humans came up with this "idea" of God in order to rule over the masses but it is time we move on. Let us as a society convince ourselves for once and for all that there is no GOD. He may be around but whatever we believe in- is indeed a human creation. And thus should have a credibility equal to that of Superman and Shakti-Man. If you have a set of beliefs, that OK. You are free to believe whatever you believe in but for -GOD's sake- literally, keep them with yourselves. Please atleast not stigmatize a whole section of people, many of which are actually nice, with one word 'Muslim' to find a passage for our rage. And as a Muslim, it is your responsibility too to act sensibly for a fired bullet knows not the color of skin or the religion one follow.
Secondly, as a country lets get united and not forget the attacks as we always do. It is because we forget them and feel proud in "Chal Padi Mumbai" (Mumbai back on track) that the terrorists are fearless, now more than ever. Rather, try to be the change you want to see in the world by taking a step, even if small, by contributing in the right direction. I leave this to the reader to figure out how to help the inefficient government and the country in this grave situation of National Emergency. Some suggestions include: donating blood, money, reporting suspicious activities and getting involved in the coming days as to how Govt. deals with this situation.
Common' India, we have a glorious future ahead - only if we can overcome our domestic social and political hurdles. We have for a long time now believed in the philosophy of divide and rule, of caste, creed and regionalism. We have been slow in embracing Muslims as an integral part of Indian society and Muslims have been slow to embrace India too.
Lets get united as Indians and flush these bastards out. For though you may not have lost a relative or friend today, someone has. And you might.
-Mayank
P.S: If it pissed you off, do write a comment but think again over what I have written.
14 comments:
With all irony intended, I say to you 'Amen, brother'!
Being an ardent atheist, "Fuck God" rings hollow to me because there isn't one! Terrorism is its own religion. All it takes is a bunch of unemployed and oppressed youth indoctrinated with twisted ideologies. Is this plain unadulterated Islamic fundamentalism or is there an ulterior political/socioeconomic motive to such dastardly acts of cowardice? Will we ever know the answer! Whatever the reason, the attack effected me so deeply that I couldn't as much as leave a smiley with a clear conscience!
This was really the worst possible terror attack..Still cant get over the audacity of tis whole thing. But being a theist I cant agree with all your comments. What God do I believe in? I do not know.But I do beleive in Anbe Sivam which literally means 'Love is God'. I saw God in all the guys who risked their life to save others. I salute them.
Somehow I don't find any blog of yours aligning with my views. We could have had a good heated debate, till the extent we came to blows..unfortunately I won't be able to raise my hand, because I am too lazy to do the labour.
On a more serious note it's never been a case of religion anytime, none of the wars were fought because of religion. All of conflicts were because of power and supremacy. The only thing that changed was the two sects involved. For example: muslims hindus, marathis biharis, mamta tata. Another thing that changes is to what extent do we go to resolve such conflicts.
Though the terrorist attacks are more effective in creating fear and panic, but if you are talking about the deaths in this incident...it is trivial compared to the number of road accidents that happen in mumbai. The fear in the accidents case is so engraved in us that we take everything so casually, everytime we leave our house we are told to 'cross road safely' but still we don't care.
Unfortunately times like these are used more for propaganda (which this blog is all about imo) rather than actions. We sit back and type 'we should be united', 'we won't be scared' but nobody does a single thing (including me).
ps: Sorry for such long comments on your blog, I am too lazy to write my own so it's less work to just write my opinions here
its really gud. now i hav seen another mayank .but i am with u.i'll try to do with my own efforts.
Nice Article.
Would probably fetch you full marks in high school Essay-writing Competitions.
I am a not a very strong believer of God, but yes I do believe. I am always intrigued by questions which man can't answer and strongly believe in the existence of a supernatural power beyond one and all. After all everything that we have today needs to have a source back in time.
With relation to the topic you have raised. This time the attack really shook me from within and I was sad, disgusted and seriously angry. I believe the political structure of our country needs to be changed because yes it has gone beyond all sustainable limits now. What I strongly believe though is that whatever hatred and violence exists is strictly man-made because of strange/greedy desires. No religion/God says kill people. And when do we actually remember God? When we have mishaps, we always say God why did you do this to me? Do we really say thank you God for all the beautiful things that exist? No. The situation is strictly not out of control. When there was a terror attack on US, they wiped out two countries and made all terrorists run for all money! Our government and Constitution is just too rudimentary and complicated. We need more from the government. Each time the say they are trying, but this is what their job is. We need some1 bold out there to dish out these bastards and stop this violence.
Beta bahar beth kar updesh dena assan hota hai.
Set an example and people will understand on its own
My comments:
@ankit: pehli baat to main updesh nahin de raha....doosra, main wapas aaunga help karne
@Wastu aka Utsaw: main yeh keh hi nahin raha ki bhagwan ko yaad karo, main yeh samjhane ki koshish kar raha hoon ki bhagwan ke bharose baithne ki adat band karo...logon ka bhagwan main jo pagalon ki tarah belief hai use kam karne ki koshish kar raha hoon jisse ki koi kal ko religion ke naam pe ulti seedhi patti padha ke bomb chalane na bhej de....
@Rohit: religion ki wajah se logon ko ladte dekha hai maine...last year agra main hindu muslim dange chid gaye they raat main achanak aur bahut hi choti si baat thi...kisi ne kisi se kuch nahin tha..kisi politician ka bhi haath nahin tha...
but then I agree with the point ki agar religion hata bhi doge to bhi log ladna to nahin hi chodenge...kisi na kisi basis pe discriminate karke logon ko apas main ladane ki koshish to karte hi rahenge...but still bhagwan ke naam par, mandir majid ke naam par kitne dange hue...main nahin maan sakta religion ke naam par log ladte nahin hai...
Mera blog likhne ka purpose propoganda failana hai in your opinion??? then your opinion sucks...I agree ki as a writer main yeh jarur chahta hun ki jyada se jyada log padhein...
again I agree ki main sirf likh hi sakta hoon...karunga kuch bhi nahin....like you.
The conflicts you are mentioning is again related to power and supremacy. I guess we differ in our interpretation of religious conflicts, I treat religious conflicts as those which refer to clash of ideologies. However what happens in india are conflicts which try to show which one is better than the other or which one is more powerful.
If religion was not there people would have looked for another topic for creating conflicts (as you mentioned). There will always be one thing or the other. The problem here in India is that it has a lot of such topics to fight on compared to other places in the world.
again a blame game..come with solutions not just criticizing the events.i think we need to identify the parameters by which we can cut down these activities..unity amongs hindu's muslim, india pakistan may not be immediately possible because the views have differed for generations and hatred have creeped into our hearts.. some parameters i thought:
terrorist finances: in mumbai blast each terrorist was using MP-6 with 3000bullets per head and a lot of hand grenade and explosives..this type of weapons and ammunitions cost a fortune...so where they get such amount of money? what options we can use to stop those sources? how can we help? by just sitting and writing blogs which are purely fictional or do something to educate masses..
It is the human that thinks that his/her differences with the other are more important than their similarities. So, if you are looking for the rock bottom of the problem, it this thinking that drives people to confrontations on social, political, economic situations. A civilized society has the capability of 'talking' through the dis-similarities, thinking and working out the solution (They will sometimes show rationality the door, but still). Bill Clinton put this thing brilliantly in his Harvard speech. So, lets not blame the human God. Religion is just another excuse.
Aur bhai.......well i read it but initially mujhe believe hi nahin hua ki tu god k baare mein aisa bhi kuchh keh sakta hai aur woh tu samajh sakta mein kyon keh raha hoon
but when i saw the worst condition of mumbai blast victims i have no words to say against u in such condition!!!!!!!
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