Peace

 Peace is like the piece of broken mirror with cracked reflections. It is piecemeal, never whole. Whether it be the peace of mind or that rarer still inter-, why, even intra-, national peace, it is a commodity much desired, but rarely available in any market or in any storehouse.

Let us begin with the peace of mind. This individual entity depends on the 'mind' of the concerned person. In the opinion of Acharya Prashant, one of the "in" guru's, mind is like a monkey. It never sits still, jumps from branch to branch, dangles upside down, right? Given such constant and often purposeless flurry of activities, how can there be quiet, forget peace? Bringing mind under control is hence Acharya Prashant's panacea for peace.

That is okay at the individual level. How about the elusive peace at the intra- or inter-national level? Remember the huge furore over the introduction of Hindi at the primary school level? If the discussions then are any proof, the battle of wits (really!?!) was mostly an ego war, more flexing of political muscle at the regional level than the academic health of either the kids or the nation.

Often, in India, issues turn in to warfare because " opposition for the heck/sake of opposition" is the one point agenda of many. Such people call others the "andh bhakt", while conveniently forgetting that they themselves are blind, witless, unthinking followers of some other leader or ideology!!!

At the intra-national level, hence, may be, self-reflexivity could be the solution!?! Actually, self-reflexivity is a great virtue at the individual level, too. As it is most often marked by absence there, how to expect it at the group level? No wonder, issues turn into gangrene wounds!

Much worse is the scenario at the inter-national level. We should know, right? Not only right now but since 1947! In other words, hereabouts, too, there is a version of the Gaza strip, a wound which some unique identities are very fond of constantly prying open. Keeping it forever bleeding is their eternal one point agenda. 

Peace is absolutely piecemeal in such contexts, which are actually perceptions at wars, that are interest-driven narratives clashing without a care for the consequences. Wars hence continue for years on end! 

Here is fingers crossed, while praying fervently, that the current war like situation does not long linger! 

Pratima@ Peace seems to be like the low lying fruit that recedes when you want to grab /pluck it. It is the horizon which seems so accessible yet eternally recedes farther in to distance, especially when you chase it!