Sunday, August 3, 2008

If You Ever Read This

To all members of organizations claiming to wage the Holy War:

Who do you think you are waging this war against? Against a girl waiting for her school bus thinking about her kid brother whom she lost to you? Against an unborn child that is yet to see this beautiful world? Against a vegetable vendor, who as the sole breadwinner was taking care of his ailing mother?

Who do you think you are waging this war against? Are these the people who were coming in the way of your goals? Looking at the 'glorious' profile of the victims of your war, you would be so ashamed…

Reason enough for you to be in hiding…never can you muster the courage to come face to face. Courage comes with truth. Courage comes with conviction. And you know in your heart of hearts, deep within, that you are wrong. And what you are doing is wrong.

A life spent yearning for your loved ones…a life spent looking over the shoulder every moment…a life spent under covers…at the end of it all…was it worth it? Of course you can continue to do as you wish – but we refuse to be deterred now.

Because you cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
Because you cannot humiliate the people who feel pride.
Because you cannot uneducate the people who have learned to read.
We have seen the future – and the future is ours.

11 comments:

Unknown said...

Hmm..

A Mangled Soul said...

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Glad you agree :)

Anonymous said...

yeah ..so true...

Unknown said...

We all are part of problem and we all are only solution.

MD said...

good one. wonder where u get all these thoughts from.

Vivek said...

Well written. After a long time, a good read.

Anonymous said...

so true, it all human who can destroy it and make it.......... it takes courage to go on right path.......
keep it up buddy.

chiseled_mind said...

quite true i'll say... it seems as though such cruisades are an excuse to mask fanaticism.....

Roopali said...

a good one indeed!

Unknown said...

Your message is so true, because these people do not have the capacity to address the core issue directly they resort to tactics which are aimed at creating mass fear and chaos among innocent people. They are wolves in sheep-skin and I hope they meet the same fate as the wolf.

Aarti Ramanan said...

Read this book called 'Khauf' by Gulzar. Your post almost matched his work. Good one!