Its around 3 am of morning, and i am going through the BBC's RSS feed of News and then i realize that what the hell is going on in World ! :( , i think every individual has a thought about anything which happens around us so do i have. My thoughts may bring unnecessary criticism or unwanted comments in my so called usual like then i thought in any case people do comment sometimes at your back lets have a say and lets put your word on a topic which u think needs immediate attention by world. Well i think i need to write and so i am starting from here.
Well i am not a expert on Gaza nor on Sri Lankan Conflict. I am north indian which might bring wrath from some sector of pro tamil people (who really will not understand my intension or will not read this blog fully) but let it be. Why should i afraid of now when i know in my heart that everyone knows how to achieve peace and one day we all will realize this clashes or egoism is not going to satisfy anything and no body !
Here nor i am proposing anything nor i want to deliver a solution for something .. just a thought bcos i have a right to say something .... bcos even i also think about something ..and my opinion matters not sure whether world take it seriously or not !
I am analysing whats the cause and what can be a solution for that without killing innocent people.
What is conflict ? When our ideas or thinking don't match with others.
In case of Sri Lanka - LTTE thinks Sri Lankan Government don't give tamil people equal status or don't treat them equally.
In case of Gaza / Palestine - they think its their land occupied by Israel and Israel think differently.
Now if i would have taken a birth in a Gazan house my upbringing might have told me that i m being oppressed by Israeli people and if in a Israeli house something differently. Its our upbringing and what we are told form our birth ... we become like that ! [I would recommend a movie name dharamputra - made by Yash Chopra here. You will see the essence of what i am trying to say here ]
I am sure LTTE must have been formed with some reason, but to solve a problem there are many means by which it can be resolved. One way is through violence , lets kills them , lets have our terror and lets see who the hell comes next ? This is first action
Well then other party think what the hell my parents , my upbringing has told me - go to hell humanity .. i will not go directly to war myself but there are other fools who might be fooled and i can do that ...lets create such scape goats and will send them in return to first action and this is called reaction. [I remember shabani azmi criticing Delhi's jama masjid Head for calling muslim to go to war against US in Afghanistan- please dont say me anything it saw it on NDTV on Barkha Dutt show. She said Head should go first and why he is making fool of innocent people !]
Action and Reaction goes on ... no one wants to stop now bcos our ego has reached to some limit where people are watching us. Hey why should i be the first one to say let bygones be bygones, its enough , lets repent , no more fighting ..... lets talk , leave the path of non- violence and lets talk .
However in this scenarios i think Gandhian values come - path of non - violence. I used to think he is another freedom fighter who just somehow got this idea and fooled other people around him and then somehow we got independence ! Well but now i think he must be brave to accept it and follow that path of non violence to achieve something . In his case he achieved india's independence - I mean then INDIA - (consisting of at that time - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh).
[ Now please don't comment on No other people also played ok .. i agree with you all , however i am trying to make some other point not the importance of Gandhi but his path of non-violence]
Well now some people will say hey this india shit guy is somehow making propaganda and praising his India's Gandhi. Ok lets leave the Gandhi or India , you think about the principles on which his whole fighting was based. I think we do need such ways , tactics to resolve a conflict.
I am wondering why there is no single statement from Prabhakaran about civil tamil people ? Atleast as a gentlemen he must deliberately protect TAMIL civilians in North East part where there is intense fighting is going on by directly fighting with Government. At least then he will be more praised. Bcos in that way he is protecting tamil civilians for whom his all fighting is all about ! What i am trying to say is atleast he should not use civilians as human shield and in case he is not using them then before trying to fled or do some other action should talk to Government so that normal or common man who don't wana fight or just want to stay with his family and want to have a meal of 2 times, he should be saved. He must try his best to save the life of innocent tamil civil population and then we can really say he really think about a common tamil civilian of Sri Lanka.
Its very easy to use violent tactics or blame others however at the end of day our soul our self consciousness do tells us what is really wrong and what is really right. In case you mute it then no solution for that :)
Well i am not suggesting what Prabhakaran should do and what not ! I think if he would have taken a non violence way of making his point. No Tamil person would have been killed like this. However i would request Sri Lank an Government to think about innocent civilians and try to talk and persuade LTTE somehow - so that lives of civilians can be saved.
A mother whether she is Tamilian or Sinhalese or Israeli or Palestine they are mothers - mother can't see her child's dead body in front of her, whom she has kept for 9 months in her womb. As a individual when we can give life to anyone - we don't have right to takes anyone life. If you think you want to do something and you think differently. Please come openly and then say about it, let see how many people join you . Even if no one joins then walk alone however only on the path of non violence way. Bcos in this way u r not endangering anyone else life. World will know you , will recognize your values if not today may be tomorrow.
Similarly i would request Hamas people to take a path of non violent and then approach Israel, this action - reaction game is not in interest of anyone. How come you can show your face to GOD with murder of so many innocents people. If Isreali are responsible for killing Gazan people and i would say some provoking group within Palestine or Gaza must have some role to play otherwise no one is mad just to bombarding of a place. Here i am not favoring Israel nor Sri Lank an Government, what i am trying to say is there is a solution to every problem by talk , by non - violence. We have seen in the case of Indian Independence. Please note every life and individual is important and lets not be responsible for killing of your own brother sister. Its easy to blame opponents but its more difficult to see whether we are also responsible in that somehow?
So i think fighting parties should leave the violent path and should try to achieve their demans by non-violence way which is in good for everyone. Its upto you to think wisely or not or to accept what is true. However i believe we need to accept the truth either today or tomorrow !
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13 years ago
good one Rajesh, Agreed , yes Non-violence should be the mantra. But as long as there is scarcity of land , water and habitual land there would be always wars.
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteYes, you have every right to write your thoughts. As you said you are not an expert in Sri Lankan Conflict (and I can see that from what you have written in this blog), and in fact you are not aware of many things that’s happening ground.
I agree with your intention that killing innocent people is the biggest crime! A crime that has to be stopped. Where you fail to see the reality is when sometimes killing of innocent can be only stopped when you kill the oppressors. In your Indian literature they talk about killing asuras / evil!
Coming to your arguments, here are my explanations and thoughts:
- You say: LTTE doesn’t think that Sri Lankan Government doesn’t give Tamil people equal status. It’s a well documented fact that not only LTTE and Tamil people but also many people who read and understand the situation know that Sri Lankan Government discriminates the Tamils – it is a fact.
- To solve the problems there are many means. In theory what you are saying is right and in a perfect world what you say is right. However, in Sri Lankan situation, Tamil people had tried “ahimsa” for many years. They were ridiculed, harassed and killed. The freedom fighting only started in 1983, but before that itself Tamil people were discriminated and killed. Please understand there was a long history of Tamil protests (in peaceful means) before the arms struggle started.
- You talk about the Gandhian values. Great, even I love Gandhian values (not only ahimsa but also like some of his environmental thoughts) and for me he is very much of a hero. However, the Gandhian values sometimes doesn’t work. Do you know of Theelepan? He was part of the LTTE political section who fasted without food and water to protest and request the Indian Government to implement the Indo – Sri Lankan accord that was signed. Indian and Sri Lankan governments were notified of this, and they watched as our Theelepan died. The reason Theelepan thought of fasting is because he thought that a country that was born out of the protesting of Gandhi would listen to “ahimsa”! But unfortunately it didn’t help. There was also an old lady called “Annai Poopathi” who fasted requesting the Indo – Sri Lankan accord to be implemented and she also died of fasting. Indian Government didn’t do anything to implement the signed accord. So the Tamil people and LTTE were left with no choice but to pick up arms again! I bet you didn’t know about this? I don’t blame you for not knowing this, as the media were controlled and India or Sri Lanka didn’t let them cover it.
- I don’t think that you know enough about the Tamil Eelam war at all. Sorry, I don’t want to offend you, but the reality is that the Tamils in Sri Lanka and all around the world is backing Prabhaharan and LTTE. As they are the only hope we have. LTTE is not using the Tamil people as human shields as the Sri Lankan Government is saying. Our people do not feel save to go in to the Sri Lankan Government controlled areas. I have lived there and I know what the Sri Lankan Government does to the innocent Tamil people.
In summary, only reason I decided to write a comment to this is because I agree in your intention. As you do not want to see bloodshed and you want peace! I want the same things that you want. We also have another common respect, that we like the approach that Gandhi used! However, sorry to say that but you do not know the real situation or history of Tamil people. I urge you to find out about it. LTTE is the sole representatives of the Tamils in Eelam.
Anyway, good luck and wish you the best!