Its a small World..

Everyday its in the papers.. Violence, Vengeance, Hatred, War, Murder, Suicide, Betrayal, Cheating........ Terrorism in various forms.. Sometimes i used to wonder wat drives these ppl to do something so ugly.. Something must've blinded a man's conscience completely to allow him to go as far as committing such crimes.. If children are born innocent, where do they develop such hatred.. Why do ppl actually dislike other fellowmen..






Lets say we ask a small girl who she dislikes and why.. Assume the girl's name is Susie..


[Susie because i was reading "Calvin and Hobbes".. U need not try reading between the lines.. :P ]




"Hey Susie aren't u supposed to be playing with ur friends"


"Hmmm.. But my friend hasn't turned up to school today and so i cant play"


"Don u have other friends??"


"Nope"


"But there are other 50+ children here in ur class"


"They don appeal to me"


"Oh!! Look over there a Kid all alone by himself. Wouldn't u like to play with him??"


"No!! He's an American and he has an air around him i don like"


"Wat bout the girl there. She defintely is an Indian"
[Here again we assume Susie is an Indian, Tamilian, Chennaite]


"Ya! But she is a north indian and is too fuzzy and will talk only in Hindi"


It goes on and on......


"She is a mallu, and u know how mallus are self centric.."


"Yes he is from chennai, but he is bossy.."


"Her?? She does not comb her hair properly.. See how shabby she looks.. U cant expect me to go be with her.."


"Oh he is a Christian.. He thinks his God alone is great.."


"I jus cant stand his laughing!! Gets on my nerves"


"She is the topper in my class and she'll make me feel small"


This is not all new!! We have heard, spoken all these words in different versions.. Wat do we do here? We are limiting the whole world of ours to a very small, confined circle and we dare not move out.. We refuse to see beyond the differences.. Wen we do that divisions start creeping in..



And what they do is bring in hatred..


Wat happens wen ppl dislike others..


Suppose if after the conversation i force her to play with lets say the North Indian girl.. Wat happens there?? She hates me for it and hates the North Indian girl even before she gets a chance to like her.. Anything that the other girl do will displease Susie.. A casual word in Hindi by the girl wud be enuf to send Susie's head off the marker.. There wud be word fights.. An enemity has formed.. Now Susie goes talks bad bout the girl to some other girl.. Tensions increase.. Groups form.. War starts.. Isn't it??


Isn't this how terrorism starts???


Don believe me yet??


Lets jus swap the character to a boy.. And the scenario as to the other christian guy.. Now the guy grows hating all christians.. Wen he grows, he realises he's not alone.. He joins the group.. They increase.. They talk bout it and the more they do, the more they hate it.. Need i say more?? Isn't that is wats happening here in India??


What starts all these?? Why does Susie even dislike them in the first place??




Here comes the real enemy..




"P R I D E"




We are proud about our country, language, looks.. Gr8.. But do we think others inferior?? Yes we do.. Most of the times.. So wen we see someone different, we feel we are much greater than them and that they are inferior and we want them also to agree to it.. Obivously their pride don give in.. The line starts.. Ends in terrorism of various forms..
When we are discussing about caste problems, my brother told me a very beautiful thing.. I'm sharing it with u here..


We always look down at a beggar, but do u see inside him..


He has absolutely no pride.. Its hard to train ur mind that way.. Simply no pride.. Do I say go sit and beg?? Heck!!! No!!! He doesn't complain u call him names, shout or anything.. Can we?? Will we bear wen some1 calls us names?? Heck!! No!! There is somethin to learn there.. We can never lower ourselves to beg.. But he did.. His pride couldn't stop him.. HE had control over his pride..




Now do you see how simply any form of terrorism can be stopped..


1) See beyond the differences.. There'll be so much beauty u havent seen beyond..


2) Control Pride..





Ps : I never was a philosopher, never am, and never will be.. Jus a small thought from my heart..



I feel a feather in my chest.. Or is it my Heart?? ;)