Archive for July 11th, 2008
The great divide..
Its something congenital….all the Indians are born with…its their congenital dislike(if not a word too strong) for our neighbours Pakistanis.Unsurpisingly Indians are the victims of a similar dislike in Pakistan .Its a great divide which probabily no one cares about except for us. And yes why anybody should. The whole world has chosen to turn a blind eye against this great divide since 1947. Until recently when some watchdogs of Earth in their owmn vested interests choose to mediate the peace making.
Its in the books, its in the movies..you call an Indian a paki and see the person blow up with anger…wonder if their could be abigger disgrace to ones own esteem. Ask the white(call me a racist) and he cant tell the diffence between an Indian and a Pakistani. No the whites are not ignorant, its because the two countries are culturally, linguistically, demographically,gastronomically so similar. The twon nations can be the biggest rivals in the recent world history but actually… they rely on oneanother for each others existence,..each others identity. Imagine an India, without Pakistan. Wont you miss the Indo/Pak in a cricket final? wont you miss the peace talks and the occasional bumps inthe joy ride?? The twon nations have somewhere accepted the benign existence of their counterpart and have learnt to libe with them. They make the Third Wold together.
Take for instance North and South Korea. See them and tell me the difference. They speak a little different dialect but sounds same to me… Their food smells similar..the places look similar with all the similar sorts of places unstrategically..unimaginitavely put at random places forgetting the thin divide between the two.
Take Serbia and Montenegro for instance..(Something quiet recent). See two people…and tell me whos from where. The point to be taken is..the person not bothered..cant mediate. Hejust cant make out what your differences are..what divides you two. Like the watchdogs of the World have been trying to. Only the people concerned know what its all about. And ya..the lines are thin..man made…recent and not so difficult to erase. Even if you dont want to erase..its ok..because somewhere in our hearts we have learnt to live with you ….
Second life..
Sounds weird..but i like the idea of second life. A backup life….
No..not the virtual one..its stupid and its desperate. I am talking about an all new second life.
Its an irony that you are born to live your own life and you dont even chose your own name . You got somethings which are their by chance and not at all by your choice. How about a fresh start people…start off withe a new clean slate.
Pick a name up…Pick a city..come up with a really nice background of yours..(The more tragic..the better). Go to some city where no body knows you…and by no chance at all you run into someone whom you know from your ‘previous’ life. Just think of it for once..ya I might sound like phoebe buffay but just think…a new name..a new place a new job…and an all exciting new life where you can be whom you always wanted to be, you can take up a really low profile..(ya try to avoid your charismatic persona from getting into television screen quiet often…..and yes those reality shows..just avoid them for once and you will know).
And then in your second life…you can freak people by saying that you remember stuff from your previous life..(Which you actually do).
Wow…it can be gr8 fun….
Illegal…whatever..just I wanna try it once. A new place…where I dont understand the native language. With my backpack in at a chinese place..where you dont know what you are eating and you actually rely upon the senses bestowed to you from the nature. You dont take things for granted and you actually have to work all the way up for the tiniest of the tasks..
I want to be Ian Wright..i want to have a globe trekke of my own. Faraway somewhere in guatemala….
or combodia….or Morocco or Cuba. Just there in a totally far offplace…a strange land you never expected to see in your life but now you are living there without knowing where actually you are going. Thats my dream vacation…..somewhere in morocco…or cuba..all alone on your own. Sounds fun to me…….
My second life…I will come…for sure.