Happy Pakistan Day!
March 23, 2010 § 20 Comments
It’s Pakistan Day yet again. It’s some 64 years since the Partition and we’ve come a long way on the timeline – and perhaps, only on the timeline. Looking around would discern to us a law-and-order not different from perhaps the Partition days. The state institution are as fragile and corrupt. Army, as ever dominant, and terrorist are playing blow-and-kill all around the nation.
Perhaps it was time we let go of the fickle scales about which we have been defining our ideological grounds. It’s about time we stopped creating parallels between patriotism and hatred, racism and selfish, unjustified superiority induced through false versions of history. If only we do this today, if only we define our patriotism today as the love for a nation where we are born and which needs tolerant, responsible beings to come out of the chaos it is in today, we may prevail eventually.
Let’s then banish all brainwashing aimed at giving us a false sense of patriotism. That includes refusing to accept that Indians are paleed, refusing to accept that non-Pakistanis are somehow inferior and refusing to accept that being a so-called Islamic country gives us the token of approval from God to point our fingers at every other nation and play blind to the infinite domestic vices. If we truly are sincere to this nation, then we must adhere to the age-old adage that change begins at home. Or rather, from self.
to you too Salman!
You deserve congrats from an indian…….
@AD
:)
@sun
I am humbled :)
This made me chuckle.. You write good =p
Didnt ‘feel’ Pakistan day this time really.Miss old times.
Happy Pakistan day to you too!
@Roshni
Thanks for liking :)
@Natasha
True. It’s saddening. But well…time gives none any respite. We gotta move on, learning our lesson :)
Well here’s a link to an article which came in Daily Times newspaper, ”Zaid Hamid and Ghazwa-i-Hind” :
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=20103\18\story_18-3-2010_pg3_6
And actually ‘ghazwa’ is referred to the one in which prophet (SAW) himself took part.So how can a ‘ghazwa’ take place now or in future?
Happy pakistan day! :)
Hey! You’re reading Paulo Coelho!!! Are you enjoying my compatriot??
After i started reading Pakistani blogs…..my views about Pakistanis have changed a lot.
Most of you are basically GOOD people.
Salman rocks.
I’m glad the blog is serving the purpose it is aimed at – thwarting the false impressions about Pakistan and Pakistanis.
Thanks for liking. :P
You’re being missed at Yep That’s Me :P
(:
I’ll be dere soon :P
@AS
The guy has a knack of saying false gibberish and bring a wishful version of history. He and his likes only retard the society’s move towards rationality and tolerance.
@Senorita
Hey thanks :)
And well…I love Paulo’s writings!! And I read on your blog you’re Brazilian – one of the countries I plan to visit one day :)
dat a nice one too:)
on a serious note we really need to do sm efforts on our own..wich can definately help alot every1….jst if every1 is sincere to wat he is doing..things can improve alot
Truly said. Change and goodness starts from self. We need to act by it as a nation.
:-)
…change begins at home. Or rather, from self.
Agreed. (:
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Thank you ! Now, if only everyone would follow the thought.
Keep writing !
Happy Pakistan day to you too!
Larry
Thanks Larry :)