B for Bad Taliban

…and there is no good Taliban, there never was. Terrorist cannot be good for some people and bad for others. The heartrending scenes from Pakistan have numbed people across the world. As for Pakistan these were waiting to happen. Chickens know the way back home. The warning bells are ringing for some time now. When brave children like Malala are seen with suspicious by many in this society then you know the putrefaction is quite deep. Even their latest leader, Imran Khan, is no different, just another ambitious opportunist. This country probably has to go back to its foundation, and bring out something egalitarian in its dealing with the world. What is exhibited is primitive patriarchy of the religion fed by arrogant feudal leaders for their narrow ends, mixed with narration of invincibility of selves garnished from crude historical references. In such societies male valour is seen as defining attribute, like animal packs they live in primitive conception of the world. Violence therefore is a choice that is high on priority. Army tends to play major role in the society, that degrades things further.  Army intelligence is an excellent definition of oxymoron, they are incapable to be in the role of decision makers in democracy. Gen. Zia exemplified this degradation; this dimwit scoundrel was the one who help fuel radicalisation. Pakistan therefore suffers quite badly. It is tragic that children are paying the price. The society has turned cannibalistic. 

The feudal primitiveness is present in India too, but somehow it hasn’t threatened the democracy so far. Yes they do have pangs for benevolent dictator, as they are incapable of handling freedom. Freedom scares them as the mind is always tied in servility, though even the religion has hinted at enlightened freedom and other subtleties. But they chose the primitive version as the society (that is most people) is too mediocre to fathom the nuances of subtle thoughts. They are stuck to primitive references. From these putrid pits Indians negotiate modernity.     

In most Indian movies ‘men in uniform’ (even woman, nowadays, as a case of twisted gender parity attempts by mediocre ‘artists’) are saviours. Almost every movie is about cops as saviours, or alpha male syndrome and angst herein. Violence therefore is the priority on which actions get defined and feudal arrogance exhibited as necessary tradition that sugar-coats these. These are popular narration that is consolidation of most Indian dealings. Despite sophisticated veneer primitive Indians have latent violence lurking everywhere; thankfully it’s rarely been channelized as societal response. It’s dispersed between the stratified nature of disunited society, the higher one cannibalising the lower, while the lower the lowest. This is the nature of society, and the culture herein. The violence is much localised, therefore nonviolence is built as a potent weapon –an all-encompassing thought, while little realities are dealt in all its brutality. The all-encompassing thoughts are taken as further from reality as possible, it adds to the allure of purity, the grandness of these are therefore the expertise. This involves amazing level of cunningness, manipulation as instinct and sniffing opportunities as way of life. This cleverness and feudal advantage found haven in democracy, lately market has made it incredible India. India and Pakistan are very similar society, religion is what makes it different. The undercurrent is the same. It really gets tight when feudal lords from both sides meet for the sake of peace.