Bomb Blasts in Pakistan : Terror kills all

Terror spares nobody, is what the blasts in Islamabad at the J W Marriott have shown to the world. It does not depend whether you are a Hindu or a Muslim, an Indian or a Pakistan national, till the time someone supports it, it’ll stay. It was India first, now it is Pakistan. There were a lot of Pakistani bloggers who said, “Long live Indian Mujahideen”, now at-least they know; there is no glory to it. It is only an agonizing pain, which will last for a last time. The bomb that has claimed lives of over 40 people till now is believed to have made a 20 feet crater. My commiserations to the families of all those who’ve lost a member and to those who’ve been injured by the explosion. The pain and agony is like that felt by king Lear in Shakespeare‘s play, when he is shown the door by his two daughters. Similar is the story of two nations, who are alike, still enemies, still fighting, lost causes, lost in the storm of ego, power and arrogance. There is a greater enemy, destroying both of us from within, weakening the spirit of both that once fought a single cause, that of freedom from the British Raj.

Delhi Blasts : The complete story

The 2008 Delhi bombings were a series of five synchronized bomb blasts that took place within a span of few minutes on September 13, 2008 at various locations in Delhi, India. The first bomb exploded at 6:10 pm IST (1240 UTC), and four other blasts followed in succession,1 with at least 30 people killed and over 100 injured.

Three bomb attacks had already occurred the same year in India. The first of these was on 13 May in Jaipur. The series of nine blasts over a span of 15 minutes claimed 63 lives, and injured 216. The second series of nine bomb blasts took place on 25 July in Bangalore, and claimed 2 lives, while injuring 20.5 The next day, on 26 July in Ahmedabad, a spurt of 21 blasts killed 56 people and injured over 200. Read more>>

Delhi Serial Blasts

A fine sunny saturday afternoon, people rushing to stores to get a good bargain, some out for a date, some catching up the latest flick and some eagerly awaiting for sunday. Behind all this normal activity is something bad, like the calmness of still water, a snake lies beneath ready to pounce on its prey. There are a group of terrorists planning the finer details of an attack that would kill somebody, handicap somebody and orphan somebody, all in the name of Allah. The time in history then comes when few unlucky people are caught in the wrong place and at the wrong time, to be executed by the so called messiahs of allah. They finally succeded. A series of bombs going off at the busiest hour of the day. The result – 25 dead, a hundred injured and a million terririfed. They’ve achieved what they wanted or what their Allah wanted. Every time they use the name of Allah to carry out such dastardly acts, I feel that, is Allah against peace, or is he against humanity or is he against hindus or, is he simply against Indians. My thoughts may be impulsive and I wish that Allah, if he is truly god and I know he is, gives these inhuman people with their evil interests neither hell nor heaven and they lie somewhere between, feeling the pain of each one of those killed, handicapped and orphaned not once but a million times.I feel for the families of the terrorists, whose parents thoght they’d be proud of their sons, whose sisters wished that one day they’ll get earn, get them gifts and love. And what they do. Take the shield of Allah and harm people they don’t even know, kill peole who want to serve humanity, kill those who wish to make their parents proud and kill those who are the only source of bread for their familes, leaving people with a pain that’ll take a lifetime to cure and will serve no good to anybody because it is against humanity and they sould also realize that their families are also among those who wish to lead a normal peaceful life.

Jammu and Kashmir struggle

shahzad hamdani: The resistance movement by the people of Jammu and Kashmir against the illegal and unjust Indian occupation, is a struggle for the birth fight of self-determination as introduced by the modern age after long sacrifices of people on earth and recognised by the United Nations Organization in its Universal Charter for human rights. Similarly the international covenant on civil and political rights adopted by the UN General Assembly on Dec. 16, 1996 in the article 1 and in the declaration in principle of international law adopted through resolution No. 2625 by UN General Assembly on Oct. 24, 1970, recognises the right of self determination for all peoples and says that” by virtue of the principle of equal rights and self determination of people enshrined in the charter of the UNO all peoples have the right to determine without external interference, their political status and to pursue their economic, social and cultural development and every state have the duty to respe!
ct this right in accordance with the provisions of the charter”. The First and the formost thing is to understand the real problem in kashmir for past many years. Indian army Occupied Srinagar, many parts in the state had already fallen to the freedom fighters and AJ&K Govt. found on Oct. 1947. And yet India accepted the accession of the fugitive ruler. In the beginning, India claimed that she sent her troops to Kashmir on the request of Maharaja with the approval of Sheikh Abdullah, in order to help the state to drive out raiders from the soil of Kashmir, but India also claimed that she saw a ray of secularism in Kashmir and thus linked safety of Indian Muslims with the accession of Kashmir to India. Now India claims that Kashmir is important for her territorial integrity and national solidarity. In other words the fabric of country’s unity and sovereignty is so weak that if the people of Kashmir are given their right of self-determination, India will dismember, Muslims wi!
ll be wiped out and secularism will be buried for good. All such talk
is fallacious, and ridiculous pretext and runs contrary to the charter of UNO and the Indian constitution. Under both these documents, the Indian Govt. is responsible for life, honour and property of her citizens irrespective of their caste, creed and language. No people can be kept hostages or under bondage against moral, political and international legal dictums of the present day human societies and civilizations. India annexed Kashmir without any rightful cause and fabricated the so-called document of accession against the wishes of the People of J&K. In 1947 the people of Kashmir were more eager to join Pakistan and see fulfilment of their dream of a prosperous Islamic state on the foot steps of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The people of Kashmir had access to Central Asian region in the bygone days. The occupation of Kashmir by India Severed ties between different parts of our unfortunate state. The occupied Kashmir lost-its ties with the central Asia,. which had already go!
ne in the ferocious grip of communist Russia. On the contrary Jammu came socially and economically closer to the neighbouring state of India and ‘Hindu Chauvinism and fanaticism penetrated deep into the area under the cover of secularism and national integration. After the Jammu holocaust of 1947 the Muslims-found themselves at the mercy of Congress and National conference and at every time lived an insecure and horrible life under the sword of Indian occupation forces. The 1965 episode brought about more tragedies and horrors for Muslims needless to say that the Jammu Muslims had already lost their identity as a political force after 1947. Later in the era of 90’s allainces like the Tehreek-e-Hurriyet-e-Kashmir and APHC Another Kashmiri alliance of 34 political, religious and social organizations and groups was formed in 1993. Finally let us come to the core and urgent demand of the people, the solution of Kashmir problem. Kashmiris because of their long sacrifices, subjug!
ation and oppression under Indian occupation forces need/deserve a jus
t, honourable and urgent solution. They are the real sufferers and target of the present savage war/brutality inflicted on them by India.The problem before the people of Kashmir is that while they face unlimited and unparalleled animal brutality by India the United Nations Organization being responsible for protecting different nations and people of the world, is not initiating quick steps to implement its resolutions and stop India from further annihilation of Kashmir. The Present mass revolt by the people is turning back the state in the early 90’s but with the arms of Non-violence. Thus it should be cleary mentioned that We do not hate the late comers in the movement of freedom, people or politicians who joined our ranks when they lost all hopes to gain power, and elections became irrelevant in Kashmir. But, we should not make fun of the history of freedom by seating such people at the top of those sons whose commitment and faith in the ideology of freedom remained unshak!
eable in the dark decades of our history. The late comers should not trespass on the rights of earliest and committed sons of our movement for freedom and right of self- determination. “Hum kya chahate Azadi” This was the first slogan which erupted on the streets of Kashmir in the 90’s when the people of Kashmir announced to begin an era of sacrifices and the era to revolt against the armed forces. It was in that era when Pakistani president general Zia-Ul-Haq died in an air crash on August 17, 1988. That was the time when the streets of Kashmir were witnessed by anti-Indian slogans. The long seven years of protest and non-violence which lead to innocent killings of youths in Kashmir was a hard thing for the people to forget, and the era of 90’s was the declaration of armed rebel against the indian deployed forces. The people of Kashmir became the violent target of Indian army, assaulting, manhandling the innocent people. The Bomb Explosion which hit The CTO, spread all ove!
r the valley and forced the international organisation to divert there
attention towards the ill treatment of the people by the Indian deployed Army. The Maisuma Massacre which left hundreds of people dead and thousands of injured was a open declaration of a war against the humanity and against the people of Kashmir. Since the year 1931 the people of Kashmir have been the target of armed forces from Dogra Soldiers to the Indian deployed Army.
After 20 years of struggle the clock is turning back to the 90’s. So unfortunate that the government still answer slogans with bullets. Human rights violation is on the cards in Kashmir. The prime minister of India delivered the declaration of Zero-tolerance but so unfortunate that the government failed to tolerate the slogans and proved that Guns speak more loud than slogans. Calling for peace in the state seems to be a late reaction, as the people have now turned back to the unfinished struggle left by the martyrs. The attitude of the army and other law enforcing agencieshad taken all preventive measures to ensure not to use force in jammu, which was all together opposite in kashmir. Those people who speak of discrimination in jammu, should understand that discrimination on the part of kashmir and on the basis of a muslim region has always been the policy of India, where muslims are treated as anti-nationals. The recent arm training in Jammu by the VHP was picturised as a !
arm training festival, but if such a training session will be taken by a muslim, he will be targetted as a anti-nationalist. It is of much serious note that the people of kashmir realised that they got nothing but custodian death, bloodshed with arms in the hands and this made the people to express there freedom by non-violence, but still The slogans for “Azadi” are now getting bullets by the Indian Army even as the protests goes non-violent. After all this thing it is sad that still their are some who are counting votes with the blood Of the Innocents Kashmiries.
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Do big cities intimidate you? Highs and lows of life

Puneet Rajhans : Do big cities intimidate you? Not for the sheer fact that you are one among many; not for the simple reason that your loyalty is not under constant scanner howsoever diabolical and demonical you have turned in the recent past; and definitely not for the means employed to rake in big bucks so that your associates (and counting) cheer you up. A Big No to these forces and the prime positioning of the cities is enough to turn you a wild streak.

A break away from a metropolis for close to a month, taking one to territories like Dwarka, Somnath, Ahmedabad, Nathdwara, Ajmer and Hampi, the debate appropriately leans towards the increasing ability of high centres of growth running you down or you standing to lose a lot if you don’t get attuned to the mutating mindset of these centres.

Enamoured by the opportunities offered by big centres of development, the people made a mad rush to cities/towns since 70s/80s. The rush which began from a trickle turned to a flood as the home theatre hardly had any promises tied to them. Among others, including cowbelt states, underwent pangs of separation as labour-cum-lettered class made exit for good. Not bewildered by these stories of estrangement, as the states consistently believed that they were overflowing with mass and mass of people.

Cut to 2008. As states like Punjab and Haryana face a severe crunch of hands available to till their land, this dip has been brought through a relocation of a good numbers to their parent state. Employment opportunities haven’t considerably improved overnight but the sheer fact that a majority can stay tied to 100 days of employment in a year is enough to secure their tryst with their homeland. Some call it a revolutionary step and some call it a scam loaded one but the gains are not difficult to trace. This is one among emerging tales. What about those who have relocated with lock stock and barrel to a metropolis? The big city conundrum hasn’t diluted their intrasingent nature to fix and brim. The undercurrents of resentment are too visible to be ignored. First the credentials take centrestage. As big cities are bedevilled by big appetite to take mass for a ride, there are other leaks/shortcomings that would frustrate your attempt to bat straight. The continued push towards!
madness (the overwhelming scramble to seek a slice of misadventure here and there leaves you high and dry). The enormity of challenges that visit you day after day are enough to set you on a rethink course. But the hope developing/mutating by the hour that something would favourably turn the tide keeps you tied to the territory.

Big cities have often been accused of misgovernance – and primarily the blame has been laid at the doorsteps of all those who have stayed put (migrants). A friction here or a factionalism there is bound to be there. Since the numbers are large , there are bound to be dissent and divisions down the middle. The overbearing image is of one where the mass is on a short fuse ( definitely not a miniscule proportion). Since the sea of humanity converges on roads everyday, is it mandatory for them to do so? The back and forth commute they undertake everyday bringing the creaking infrastructure talk look nonsensical when people haven’t learnt the nuances of moderation. The indulgences of a city freak are phenomenal- h/she aspires for more, more and more ( we are not just talking about gastronomical delight here). Want to splurge as the plastic money enables you to do so ; want to build another dwelling because “my moolah my dream” is the reigning mantra. Want to cut loose becaus!
e the sizeable options are there. All these add to the convulsions which few are ready to take as a smooth sail.

Long on the road of being polite and modest aren’t considered prudent here because the brazeness with which one can tend to scale past the contemporaries, cars and customs are enough to get you some cheerleaders, though shortlived.

As the day isn’t enough for roads to see bumper to bumper traffic, as the night sets in , the big cars share space with a large fleet of trucks who make these cities their transit point – and their growing numbers each day seem to suggest as if there is no tomorrow. It seems every second person is willing to fleece anyone by hook or crook. Say a query here or a transaction there, the element of brutality is rampant. Nothing on paper seems to suggest that anything is in order. All said and done the conscience seekers are a dwindling tribe as they are continuosly up against a wall. This necessarily doesn’t shower the exclusivity tag of appropriateness on subdued centres of growth; those willing and having temerity to bypass norms would be fairly less vis -a-vis high centres of growth.

On a broader scale, these small centres of growth are infused with a fabric of fostering camaraderie. Tales of progression need not be at the cost of other constituents. Mind you, these centres may not be entirely aloof from the influence of commercialisation but still the aberrations are few and far. A long spell of notoriety that big cities are witness to is almost absent here. Rents are low , rantings are less and a regime that works close to your heart. Though on the last count there may be some divisions down the middle but manageable to a good extent. As one soul told me that an accommodation could be secured in Nathdwara (where i was based from Aug 24th-30th) for as low as Rs 600 a month. As against this a city bred has to shell out a lot to secure an accommodation; rantings are all visible on issues of no import as denizens have lost the drift – skirmishes breaking out every other day has become a ritual.

Almost on most of the occasions in these sudued centres every query put forward or a favour sought is promptly attended (nothing to suggest of quid pro quo). For a commute the tribe that takes to walking for miles together is a growing one and if a ride in a rickshaw is undertaken it is primarily a shared one unlike a soul doing the rounds of a city in a limo.

No doubt these centres are besieged with their set of problems in their background, beginning with a depleted infrastructure, poor public health service and an attempt to stay intransigent on certain issues. But the discourse has it that with limited means they are able to live a life of their own not guided by extraneous considerations. Imitation is the best form of defence that doesn’t apply here.

Primarily these centres are meant to maintain sanity against all odds and not let the the devil get better of you. Camaraderie is easily visible at every stage of movement. Three cheers for that sentiment.

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