Monday, May 12, 2025

Peace

 Talking of peace right now is quite an oxymoron, right? Our curious neighbour, quite some frenemy (enemy to us, friend to powers that be), would not allow that fragile feeling to flourish. Yes, it is often said that we should not allow others to disturb our inner peace. With a rogue neighbour who forever growls with the atomic threat, peace, not only inner, but outer, too, is sure to be disturbed. 

Why, the border is bursting with the cacophony of  weapons. For no fault of us, that is, no provocation on our side to begin with, we are dragged in to this blistering blare that merely means the terror-ible truth!

Hence even when it is the Buddha (whose every image is peace incarnate) Purnima today, fractured is peace. In my opinion, the problem with Pakistan as a nation is a piece of mindset whereby such entities always try to wipe out others so as to appear better, bigger, et al. 

However, the best way to be is to keep on (re)drawing one's line in such a way that it is so much longer, and you continue streching it longer still, however much others may try to wipe it clean. It is thus that peace would be a creative companion, forever following you!

Pratima@ Peace is costly, says an African proverb. But it IS worth the expense.

 

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