Chowrangi

I cannot help myself humming the tune from my heart;

“Where have all the good men gone…?”

The first line of Jennifer Saunder’s song, “Holding out for a Hero”; soundtrack of ‘Shrek 2’. Noone speaks of ‘glory’, ‘purity’, and ‘sincerity’ anymore. Glorified words. How easily and readily people gulped the nihilistic approach of the 21^st century. Even people who principally agreed with all the golden principles were fed so fast and overwhelmingly with nihilism from all sides that they swallowed it unquestioningly. After all, it makes things a lot easier. No more responsible behavior; no more conscience. Hail to the epicurean lifestyle. Along with a free world.

If I start saying sentences like “this is the age of ignorance” etc. I would be shunted out of scenario (if there is one) faster than the speed of light. I sound old, don’t I? My analogies and expressions are old. I don’t mind. But I know that no one would consider me sane after such blurts at my part. But that is beside the point. No one considers anyone sane nowadays. You can hear many people honoring others, or the whole humanity in general with epithets of ‘insane’ and the like. From whence did this bitterness and devil-may –care attitude creep in? People are fascinated by evil and the devil. Entities that are the weakest in terms of power, resilience and stability. This is the age of denial. It is much easier to ignore the truth. One part of our brains is going into permanent slumber. It might altogether fail to appear in the generations to come. Until maybe, one fine day, it will awaken in some odd child of the future. That child will recognize the truth; maybe will even be burdened by it. But it will not be easy to ignore that awakened sense . And this new vision, if coupled with great strength and resolution might bring about small changes in that world.

I still dream and hope. And so do lots of people. What is alarming, and yet, maybe even inevitable, is the growing despair mixed with obstinacy in ignorance (read wrong) in people. Prayers for all.

 

Other posts by Abeer Fatima

• Should I say Anything? - June 3rd, 2008
• Where is the Revolution? - May 20th, 2008
• Hell is Real - January 21st, 2008
• Down with Confusion - August 12th, 2007
• Writing - August 11th, 2007
• What does he/she want? - August 11th, 2007
• Where there be Kindness - August 11th, 2007
• Atheists Don't Exist - May 15th, 2006
• Intriguing but Absurd - March 4th, 2006
• I Love You, Provided that We are Zodiacally Compatible - March 4th, 2006

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