Monday, May 4, 2009

Genie out of bottle - asjad



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In our childhood we all heard and read scary-tales about evil ghosts and botalwala gin (genie in a bottle)… one of my elder sister was very good in making and telling scary stories about botalwala gin ….. every time when the story finished and genie went back to the bottle I go for deep breath and say thanks God that it was just the story and we don’t have to deal with botalwala gin in our real life. When I was growing up and did some thoughts on social issues and human behaviors…. I figure out those genies are very much exists in real life and we humans needs to deal with them. But the names of real life genies are not like HabukaWabuka or cheikoma…., they are like Racism, religious exploitation, ethnic/linguistic chauvinism etc… I also figure out that some of these genies are necessary evils and some or just the evils. I also learned that only conscious efforts can restrain these genies in bottles and that effort goes from individual to communal.

At the same time when I was learning these things one evil genie with big boots was already out of the bottle and terrifying everybody and also trying to free other genies like religious extremism, linguistic and ethnic bigotry etc. to destroy every good thing. Later on newly free genies evolving themselves with brand names like Sipah-e-Sahaba Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Taliban, and other militant lashkars.

Then all of a sudden big boots genie disappeared in the air and in the village things start recovering little bit and trade name genies feeling orphans but big boot’s power was still protecting those brand name genies...... and then one day big boot come back again with different face and soft image.... that big boot is also gone but the evil power is still haunting the village. Now the question is how to put back these genies in the bottle again? Is that possible for poor health villagers to restrain these strong giants back to bottles? I guess they need big boot’s help to restrain those brand name genies!

شام پر باغیوں کا قبضہ اور بعث پارٹی کا خاتمہ

پاکستان کی اسلامسٹ سُنی ملائیت شام کی خانہ جنگی اور اب باغیوں کے مکمل کنٹرول کو صرف شیعہ سُنی تنازعہ کی نظر سے دیکھ رہی ہے، جبکہ اسکے پیچھے ...