By Muhammad Umair Vohra!
If you think you live in a democratic country, go and explain yourself the meaning of anarchy. It’s about time you read something about reality. If you think you have a freedom, try freedom of speech. Search for a strong rationale for why cable guys put off certain channels at certain common hours. If you think you can bring change and hope that there is some light at the end of tunnel, then congratulations as you have just redefined load shedding. If you think you can vote for change within the land of pure then, dear youth, I am afraid and I want you to be very, very afraid. People are killing other people in the open. It’s a jungle out there - they are not terrorists; rather, they are supporters to some political party flexing their arms and fancying their strength. They will not let you change; they will block your way to vote. They will blackmail you and harass you. Are you ready?
Everyone will say yes, which is the most probable answer to my question. But this isn’t a case of being sentimental or rushing things up. It is about searching for a plan that will actually work. For instance, how many text messages do you get daily stuffed with words of wisdom? I assume many and the reason for my notion is the too good to be true rates offered by all the telecommunications companies in our land of the pure. We all read and forward text messages without checking the authenticity of the source from which they originate. This is how irresponsible we have turned!
The mass protest of students in Gujranwala regarding publication of wrong results over the internet was in the form of burning their own board’s building, and creating unrest in the city where 50 students ended up in police station. I see no difference between political workers who damage our national assets on some political agenda and those who want themselves to be called educated. Maybe a degree is after all merely a degree! One might argue that protests such as these are the democratic way of expression of one’s opinion but at the same time I won’t be surprised if two decades later one of these ex-students announce a bailout package for higher education commission.
One of my favourite pastimes is to exchange views on political leaders with complete strangers; some of them include the rickshaw drivers, pedestrians etc. Maybe at the back of my mind I am aware we share the common identity of a nation and that fact itself negates the idea of that person being a stranger. The prejudice of an individual Pakistani today and few years ago is gradually transforming. In the past, voters used to vote for the powerful but today it is gradually shifting towards performance on public welfare projects. The lesson to learn here is that we had to have that patience in order to achieve socio-economical development of our society.
Dear young blood, focus on yourself, ask yourself why you are being taught while so many others simply can’t afford this luxury. Why do you cheat when you have the brainpower to combat the exam fever? Why do you destroy your own country’s assets? Rather you should be planting seeds and flowers irrespective of whether or not the annual tree plantation week has ended or just begun. It is your time and therefore it would be only up to you how you set examples for the generations to follow. Plan your future carefully!
If you think you live in a democratic country, go and explain yourself the meaning of anarchy. It’s about time you read something about reality. If you think you have a freedom, try freedom of speech. Search for a strong rationale for why cable guys put off certain channels at certain common hours. If you think you can bring change and hope that there is some light at the end of tunnel, then congratulations as you have just redefined load shedding. If you think you can vote for change within the land of pure then, dear youth, I am afraid and I want you to be very, very afraid. People are killing other people in the open. It’s a jungle out there - they are not terrorists; rather, they are supporters to some political party flexing their arms and fancying their strength. They will not let you change; they will block your way to vote. They will blackmail you and harass you. Are you ready?Everyone will say yes, which is the most probable answer to my question. But this isn’t a case of being sentimental or rushing things up. It is about searching for a plan that will actually work. For instance, how many text messages do you get daily stuffed with words of wisdom? I assume many and the reason for my notion is the too good to be true rates offered by all the telecommunications companies in our land of the pure. We all read and forward text messages without checking the authenticity of the source from which they originate. This is how irresponsible we have turned!
The mass protest of students in Gujranwala regarding publication of wrong results over the internet was in the form of burning their own board’s building, and creating unrest in the city where 50 students ended up in police station. I see no difference between political workers who damage our national assets on some political agenda and those who want themselves to be called educated. Maybe a degree is after all merely a degree! One might argue that protests such as these are the democratic way of expression of one’s opinion but at the same time I won’t be surprised if two decades later one of these ex-students announce a bailout package for higher education commission.One of my favourite pastimes is to exchange views on political leaders with complete strangers; some of them include the rickshaw drivers, pedestrians etc. Maybe at the back of my mind I am aware we share the common identity of a nation and that fact itself negates the idea of that person being a stranger. The prejudice of an individual Pakistani today and few years ago is gradually transforming. In the past, voters used to vote for the powerful but today it is gradually shifting towards performance on public welfare projects. The lesson to learn here is that we had to have that patience in order to achieve socio-economical development of our society.
Dear young blood, focus on yourself, ask yourself why you are being taught while so many others simply can’t afford this luxury. Why do you cheat when you have the brainpower to combat the exam fever? Why do you destroy your own country’s assets? Rather you should be planting seeds and flowers irrespective of whether or not the annual tree plantation week has ended or just begun. It is your time and therefore it would be only up to you how you set examples for the generations to follow. Plan your future carefully!
Published 10 Feb, 2012 - US TheNews Weekly Magazine.
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