Saturday, October 20, 2007

kaisay karayen tum ko sair tootay pakistan ki???

I just saw this amazing song that GEO has come up with. It's sad, it's heart wrenching, but it's true...we have been reduced to asking...

"bolo shaheedo kaho shaheedo kyun banaya pakistan???"

nnn forced to say

"Din, aqeeday aur mazhab kai naam pai lashain girti hain
Mayain apnay putron kai tukron ko lai kar phirti hain
Umeedon ki kaliyan iss gulshan mai ab kab khilti hain....


kis ki khatir tum nai di qurbani lakhon jaan ki???"

but even then

"phir bi GEO pakistan..."

do we have any other choice???
we lost the dream in 1971 and we glossed the whole episode over. we continue to make the same mistakes. we continue to divide our people and then mourn the consequences. many will express their anger over this song, it's bold introspection; they will slam the tv channel for it's "doubts" but let's be honest for once, so that we are able to clear our vision of the cobwebs of expediency, of ignorance, of all-is-well mantra. that's a sign of those who have stopped living...and we can't do with dead morons, there are very few humans around nyways..

"insanon ki iss basti main hai kami insaan ki..."

ammi tells how nanabbu came running into the house as he heard about the surrender of pakistani troops in dhaka and took out his prayer mat, knelt over it and started weeping and praying. He left kashmir to make sure that his children grew up pakistani, gave up on relatives back home and headed for the land of the pure, the Promised Land. he married his daughters off to pakistanis to maintain that identity, striving for that "glamor" of which, he risked breaking off ties with his family. He managed to go back just once or twice, not being able to attend his parents' funeral, attend the family gatherings, all for the HOME that he made here.

"Bolo shaheedo, kaho shaheedo kyun banaya Pakistan??"

and now when i write these words, i feel guilty for asking this question of those martyrs but probably this may wake us up.

and i culdnt keep back my tears as i heard this song...
umeedon ki kaliyan khili gi kabi yahan pai????


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