ujsanz eksnh ,d fopkj/kkjk gS vkSj bl iwjs okd;s esa ueks dk fopkj ftruk ewy gS mruh gh xw<+ bl fopkj dh lgt /kkjkA chtsih ds bl iwjs pSIVj us ;g rks r; dj fn;k ds 2014 eksnh ds oT+kkjr esa yM+k tk,xk] fQj ckn’kkg pkgs tks gksA chtsih us yksdrkaf=d ikVhZ dh viuh Nfo Hkh eT+kcwr dj yh vkSj jgk loky dn dk rks eksnh dk uacj Hkh r; gks x;kA la?kh; iksfM;e esa eksnh uacj ÞouÞ ij gSa vkSj f’kojkt ÞFkzhÞ ijA eksnh ckr djrs gSa viuh] vius dke dh] vius xqtjkr dh vkSj yxHkx gj okD; esa vius xqtjkr dh ik¡p djksM+ turk dh ¼ns’k dh vly tula[;k ij ,d ckj vkidks la’k; gks ldrk gS] e/;Áns’k dh tula[;k eq÷ks irk ugha] ij xqtjkr dh tula[;k rks ekuks t+ckuh jV x;h gS½A

vc tuer esa /khjs&/khjs vke lgefr cuus Hkh yxh fd ;g nenkj vkneh gS] ,d feuV esa fMfltu ysrk gS] ns’k dks cny nsxkA reke rkfT+kjkr eksnh dks bUMfLVª;y czkaM&,acSlMj ds :Ik esa ns[k jgs gSa] fefMy Dykl vk’kafdr gS ij fefMy Dykl dc vk’kafdr ugha gksrk\ cdk;k ukxfjd viuh eqQfylh ij flQZ jat dj ldrs gSa lks djsaxsA ,d vkSj oxZ gS ft;dk nksgu u iwjh rjg dkaxzsl dj ldh u chtsih dj ik,xhA ;g laHkzkar oxZ esjk vkSj esjs tSls yxHkx Ng djksM+ oksVjksa dk gS tks igyh ckj oksV MkysaxsA ftUgksaus bafnjk vkSj jktho ds flQZ fdLls lqus gSa] ftUgksaus ns’k ds mnkjhdj.k ds ckn tUe fy;k gS] tks ns’k dk lcls c<+k miHkksDrk gS ftlus ckcjh efLtn ughsa ns[kh vkSj ftlus 84 vkSj 93 ds naxs ugha ns[ksA og viuh le> esa lsD;qyj gS vkSj tks eksnh ds dqrksZa ij yxs dhpM+ ds NhaVksa dks cM+h fMypLih ds lkFk ns[k jgk gS] og vius ijlsI’ku  is oksV Mkysxk vkSj mldk ijlsI’ku  mlds cki ds ijlsI’ku  ls vyx Hkh gks ldrk gSA cgjgky] pquko dks ,d lky gks ldrk gS ij vHkh rd fdlh us gesa ;k dgsa gekjs er dks [kjhnus dh dksf’k’k dh ughsa gSA u rks gesa ySiVkSi dk ÁyksHku feyk gS u lLrs ,tqds’ku yksu dkA eksnh th dgha ges Hkwy rks ugha jgs gSa\

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bfrgkl xokg gS] ykSgiq#"kkas dks tokgj yhy tkrs gSaA vkMokuh dks dy vVy yhy x, Fks vkSj dy eksnh yhy tk,¡xsA eksnh us rks ljnkj iVsy ds ,tsaM dks Hkh yhy fy;k gS vkSj vc oks ueZnk rhj ij dgha ljnkj iVsy dh LVSpw vkWQ fycVhZ ls Å¡ph ewrhZ cuok,¡xsA rks ;g fdLlk Fkk u, ljnkj dkA u, ljnkj ds iSnk gksus ds fy, iqjkus ljnkj dks ejuk gh gksxk gSA Hkà dy dks mldh Hkh ewfrZ yxk nh tk,xh dghaA ns’k esa pkSjkgksa dh deh FkksM+s gSA jktuhfr olsiqj ds xSaxokj dh rjg gS gj ljnkj dk viuk jkek/khj gS vki ftruk ilhuk cgk ysa ,d fnu dksà u dksà vkids da/ks ij gkFk j[k dj dg gh nsrk gS] ÞNksM+ks csVk] rqels u gks ik,xkAÞ

jktuhfr Øwj gksrh gSA esgjck¡ Fkh gh dc\ cgjgky] eksnh vk jgs gSaA ljnkj ds mŸkjkf/kdkjh Hkh ogh gSa vkSj vVy&vkMokuh ds HkhA dgrs gSa frjaxs esa Hkxok jax 'kkS;Z dk Árhd gksrk gS vkSj ;fn blh ifjHkk"kk ls pysa rks vkt ujsanz eksnh xksok esa 'ksjksa okyh eqnzk eas yx jgs FksA vkMokuh dh vuqifLFkfr dkQh dqN c;ku djrh gSA blh xksok esa nl lky igys vkMokuh th us eksnh dks vVy ds lkeus cpk;k Fkk vkSj vkt xksok ogh gS] vkMokuh ogh gSa vkSj eksnh ogh gSa cl cnyh gS rks uhfr] fu;r vkSj fu;frA vVy /keZ dks jkt/keZ ls vyx dj xqM cqDl esa vk x,] vkMokuh ckcfj;ksa vkSj ftUukgksa esa lsD;qyfjT+e dh Vksg ysrs jg x, ij ujsanz nkeksnj eksnh tSls gSa oSls gh cus jgsA ;w dSu yo eh] ;w dSu gsV eh] cV ;w dkaV bxuksj eh VkbIlA

[kSj] 2014 ds Pkquko dksà cM+h ,Sfrgkfld ;k yksdrkaf=d ?kVuk ugha gSaA cl ns’k] dky vkSj ifjfLFkfr ds vk/kkj ij gj ik¡p lky esa Lor% gksus okyh lrr] lgt ÁfØ;k gSA vkt gkjksxs rks ik¡p lky ckn nks gksFk djus dk ekSdk [kqnc[kqn fey tk,xkA pqukoksa dks vki lÙkk eas cM+s ifjorZu ds :Ik esa u ns[ksa cl cf<+;k rek’ks dh rjg ns[ksaA pquko ds fnu MhyDl clksa vkSj ,lh dkjksa esa iksfyax cwFk rd vkidks ou os dh eq¶r lokjh feysxhA eksnh vkSj jkgqy viuk&viuk liuk ?kj ls gh ns[k dj vk, gSa vkSj vkidks ogh liuk fn[kkus dh ft+n djsaxsA vki T+;knk bEÁsl er gks tkukA ifjorZu u;k ,tsaMk ugha gS] reke tokgj] cgknqj] nslkÃ] vVy vkSj eksnh vk, vkSj pys x,] pys tk,¡xs ijA ge ogha gSa vkSj T+;knk fgyus&Mqyus dk dksà ewM Hkh ugha gSA

vkt Þp’es cn~nwjÞ ns[khA uà ugha iqjkuh okyhA Qk#[k 'ks[k] nhfIr uoy okyhA jfo cklokuh vkSj jkds’k csnh ds dqÙksiu okyhA là ijkatis dh flxjsV okyhA yYyu fe;k¡ okyhA pedks ikmMj okyhA vlyh okyhA

nks fd’rksa esa fQYe ns[kh vkSj vkSj cl [kks x;kA [kks x;k cl] ml flxjsV ds /kq,¡ esa tks jkds’k csnh ds gksBksa ls gksrs gq, jfo cklokuh dks bUVªksM~;wl djus esa yx tkrh gS vkSj fQj oks ig¡qprh gSa Qk#[k 'ks[k ds iSjksa dh vaxqfy;ksa esa tgk¡ bdksuksfeDl dh fdrkc esa Mwck uk;d] cSdxzkmUM esa py jgh cM+s xqyke vyh lkgc dh xt+y dk fjdkMZ vkSj mlds eq¡g ls fudyrk /kqvk¡ 'kk;n fgUnh flusek ds lcls csgrjhu bUVªksMDVjh lhu ds xokg curs gSaA eq>s lpeqp rktqc gksrk gS fd là ijkatis us ,d efgyk gksrs gq, Hkh ,d jSUMe ÞckS;~l :eÞ dk bruk csgrjhu fp=.k fd;k rks dSls\ nhokjksa ij yxs yM+fd;ksa ds ÞÁxfr’khyÞ iksLVjksa esa tc vki ikesyk ,UMjlu dh fdlh lcd+s dks [kkst jgs gksaxs rHkh vkidks 'kckuk vkT+keh vkSj lqy{k.kk iafMr iwjs fyckl esa fn[k tk,¡xhA 'kk;n ;g nks iksLVj gh ckdh iksLVjksa esa viw.kZrk dh dYiuk djus esa enn djrs gSaA fdruh lgt gS og nhokj fcydqy esjs dejs esa yxh vuq"dk 'kekZ dh QksVks dh rjg vkSj eq>s ;kn gS fd ikik ds vpkud Hkksiky vk tkus ij mls Nqikus ds fl, ge fdrus ijs’kku gq, FksA ij fl)kFkZ ijk’kj ¼Qk#[k 'ks[k½ dh nhokj vyx gS] ogk¡ ikesyk ds lcd+ksa ds ,MtslsaV nhokj ij ckiw gSa viuh fpj ifjfpr lkS #i;s ds uksV okyh Lekby ds lkFk] Lokeh foosdkuUn gSa] vkbULVhu gSa vkSj 'kk;n johanzukFk VSxksj ;k dkyZ ekDlZ ;k fy;ks VksYLVkS; ¼irk ugha cl] nk<+h ns[k ds vankT+k yxk jgk gw¡½ gSa] 'kk;n vyh ds iks’kZu dh nhokj dh rjg tgk¡ og dkWLV vkSj vdkmUV~l ds QkWeqZys fpidkrk Fkk vkSj cM+s& cM+s esa v{kjksa esa lh, fy[k j[k FkkA blds vykok flxjsV cM~l ls Hkjh ukfj;y ds [kksy dh ,’kVªs] VwVh [kfV;k] fjdkMZ Iys;j] rkSfy, vkSj gk¡ ,d LVMh VscyA fcydqy iQsZDVA

fQYe lpeqp yktokc gS] blfy, ugha fd mls fdlh efgyk us cuk;k gS] ;k lsalj ds dSph ds bl ;qx eas flxjsV ds LoPNan Á;ksx us eq>s mUeŸk dj fn;k ¼oSls bls ,d otg eku gh ysrs gSa½ ij blfy, D;ksafd fQYe dh ljyrk irk ugha D;ksa ij n’kZd dks [khaprh gS og iy esa 1981 dh fnYyh dh lM+dksa ij LoPNan mM+us yxrk gS] pkSM+h [kkyh lM+dsa] dkyh ;sT+knh Dykfld ¼jktnwr ugha gS] VSad ns[k ds ;sT+knh gh txrh gS!½] yYyu fe;k¡ dh xkseVh esa j[ks flxjsV ds cs’kqekj dslsT+k] ÞdSEik dksykÞ dk yky MCck vkSj gk¡ csgn [kwclwjr nhfIr uoyA fQYe ,d cgqr lgt lalkj jprh gS tgk¡ vxj vkius bfrgkl ughsa Hkh i<+k rks vki vjLrq vkSj vkSjaxT+ksc tSlh laKkvksa dks le> dj f[kyf[kyk ysaxsA

fQYe dk cl fp=.k foy{k.k ugha gS ij là ijkatis dh jkbfVax vkSj Øk¶+V dk tknw Hkh T+kcjnLr gSA fdruh fQYeksa esa ge ns[krs gSa fd uk;d }kjk cSjs dks dkWQh nsj ls ykus dks dgus ij og dgs Bhd gS baVjosy ds ckn gh ykrk gw¡ vkSj lp esa baVjosy vk tk, ;k tkseks dk [kqn dks Mh- y[kuiky ¼fQYe ds okLrfod vflLVsaV Mk;jsDVj½ dk Hkkà crk ds fgjksbu dh ukdke;kc dkfLVax dh dksf’k’k djuk ;k ikdZ esa cSBs uk;d&ukf;dk dk ;g fMLd’ku djsa dh fQYeksa es yksx ikdZ esa xkuk dSls xk ysrs gSa vkSj fQj [kqn xkuk xkus yxsa vkSj xkuk [kRe gksus ij f>M+ds tkuk ds Þrsuq 'keZ uh vkanh] ikdZ fop xkuk xk¡ns gks lhAÞ lgt gkL; gh bl fQYe dks bruk ,ClkSfcZax cukrk gSA

vkSj ;gk¡ pednkj >kxokys ÞpedksÞ dks dSls Hkwy tk,¡ vkSj vkseh dh 'kk;jh] fgjksbu dk lkr QqVk HkkÃ] fgjksbu dh nknh vkSj fouksn ukxiky dk csgrjhu Dykfldy xkuk Þdkyh ?kksM+h }kj [kM+hÞ tks ;qok ghjks&fgjksbu ds jkseSal esa Hkh tsy gks tkrk gS] ;sT+knh Qk#[k 'ks[k dh fdd ls gh D;ksa LVkVZ gksrh gS \ fQYe xq#nŸk dh ÞI;klkÞ ugha gS] dqanu 'kkg dh Þtkus Hkh nks ;kjksaÞ tSlh dYV Hkh ugha gS cl là ijkatis ds jph NksVh lh nqfu;k gS] fnYyh ¼ uà fnYyh ugha] cl fnYyh] vlyh fnYyh] tgk¡ ds fdLls ikik lqukrs gSa½ gS] yYyu fe;k¡ gSa] mudk ljlB #i;s ipkl iSls dk m/kkj gS] xqyke vyh ds fjdkMZ gSa] di esa j[ks ek¡ ds gkFk ds cslu ds yM~Mw gSa vkSj cl I;kj yxkor Á.k; eksgCcr!!!

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Beyond the Enemy Lines

Beyond the Enemy Lines

@ srijansinghai

Two nations so diverse yet so alike, people with similar genetic codes, common gods, similar language yet a Line of Control. The Story of India & Pakistan is like that of two estranged brothers in the demographic dimensions. Then, what is the difference between India and Pakistan. Well, other than religious preferences it is really difficult to chalk out one. We are common brotherhood whether we like to acknowledge it or not.

I often wonder why despite of no difference there is so much animosity between the counterparts. What makes a nation to foster terrorism to harm other on civilian front? Why does a nation that has a pacific image have to develop nuclear weapons to threaten the other nation? Why did one land mass face partitions twice? Why so much of hatred? And most importantly who is to be blamed?

Let alone all spooky claims, the paradox of two nation theory was clearly the assassin. What makes Pakistan so different from India is the mere idea of its existence. Pakistan was woven around the arid sands of Inferiority Complex. Jinnah hath professed a nation on the basis of a faulty notion that Muslims cannot live as equals in Hindu majoritarian India. Senior Muslim leaders like Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and other prominent Deoband Ulemas did read the repercussions of the idea beforehand and never took part in it, claiming that Islam was a brotherhood and not the nationhood. The aforesaid argument seems so true when you look at a number of Muslim countries on the world map. If religion could be the line of country, then instead of so many Islamic Republics there would definitely have been only one. It was never about religion or rights, a separate nation is always about power; power to some and suffering to many and this was always the case with Pakistan.

Ironically, Jinnah the founding father of the two nation theory was actually the first person to realize the perils of the idea he had created. Gandhi perceived a united India as a “Secular Republic” whilst Jinnah hath always perceived Pakistan as a mirror image of Gandhi’s India i.e. a “Secular Republic” with a Muslim majority. Jinnah had at least on a couple of occasions shown his concerns for the style of state Pakistan was turning out to be prior to the partition. One such occasion was in second week of March 1947, where in his first speech in front of Pakistan’s Constituent Assembly he said that Pakistan is to be a “Secular State” moreover coming to his famous speech given in a school of Lahore (which is believed to be notoriously removed from Pakistan’s history) Jinnah said that this state (Pakistan) has nothing to do with religion and people are free to go to their temples, mosques and churches, because it is their personal matter. During the third and fourth decade of twentieth century the hostility had become common and as a matter of fact Congress and Gandhi were negotiating for an independent India whilst Jinnah and Muslim league bidding for a free state with Muslim majority i.e. Pakistan. British acted as brokers and left India only after taking away their due commission. The Point is that there was a gap between conception and ideology of Pakistan and that could never be filled.

Another major factor that over the years did lead Pakistan to these fateful days is incongruity and lack of four-cornered Constitution. The Indian State had become a republic in 1950 with one of the best and definite written Constitution, unlike Pakistan which took 9 years to draft a Constitution which was to be overthrown twice in quick successions. The Pakistani State built on Islamic lines wanted a Constitution close to Shariyat but amazingly remained indecisive, regularly giving room for coups and anarchy.

Now take for account the term “Islamic Republic.” What do you mean by it? Who defines it? Answer is, No-one; none at least in Pakistan. The widespread agitation and robust dislike for Ahemadiya Sect of Islam led Pakistan to its ill-famous Lahore Riots of early 1950s. The Justice Munir Commission set up in 1950s after the aforesaid Riots on the question of who shall be termed as a “Muslim” advised: An Islamic state is a mirage, and under no circumstances it is business of state to define who a Muslim is. As a matter of fact, a typical state like Pakistan, to which M.J. Akbar gives his popular title of a “Jelly State” needed a very strong law to be out of chaos, instead it was never bestowed with the same. Independent Judiciary is what Pakistan’s need at the juncture is; and recent intrepid decisions taken by likes of Justice Iftakar Chaudhry will thus go long way in strengthening the threads of Pakistani Being.

Political standstill and turmoil has been the third and probably worst hitting factor for Pakistan. Jinnah may have been the founding father of Pakistan but as a matter of fact it was always the Godfather of Pakistan Maulana Madoodi, the founder of Jamat-e-Islami who abstracted the line of Pakistani acumen towards the extremism. Such leaders could not have had fertile grounds in the electoral politics as voter does not trust Mullah for Governance but did always act as an appendage in the Pakistani politics. The post Lyakat Ali phase of Pakistani politics was mastered by Socialists like Hussain Sohrawardi but after that Pakistan had been under Radar of dictators. Right from Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Zia-ul-Haq to Parvez Musharraf years of tyrannies hath hurt the sense of a nation terribly.

Since Independence, Pakistan conceived India’s amalgam of religions as an idealistic bubble that was to explode by a couple of decades. But the time, the cold judge has shown that despite of the complexity of the Indian model of existence and the rampant red-tapist corruption India is still closer to what its founding fathers perceived it to be. But it is not only about being better than Pakistan; it is about being better with Pakistan.

Someone told me that ‘ifs’ is not an option in history. India had been partitioned 65 years ago to form Pakistan and then Pakistan to form Bangladesh. No Akkhand Bharat is a possibility today. But at the heart of it all Pakistan is always going to be our close-blood neighbor and over this obscure wall and eerie silence we have a common future. No war is good. In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar Brutus tells Cassius;

There is a tide in the affairs of men,

Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; …

… And we must take the current when it serves,

Or lose our ventures.

@65 from Independence peace is for both India and Pakistan the only option and this may be the last chance. India and Pakistan are young nations, in the pre-adolescence phase we need each other for common perpetuity. Leadership is one aspect but “we” the next blood in India must understand the Paradox of Pakistan, overlooking all the hatred we have acquired for Pakistan in our sub-cautious over these years of our existence. The next line of leadership has to ensure that next fifty years don’t see any more wars; they don’t see any more of blood either in Mumbai or Rawalpindi. Devious Ideologies and civil hatred force the crack between the nations to deepen and heights of barbed wires on LOC to go up, Liberals to agonize and Common to suffer. The dialogue is only option till then hold your head up peer over the border beyond the enemy lines you are sure to find friends; friends with similar name, common genetic codes, similar strengths and collective weaknesses. I simply love the last two lines of the Piyush Mishra classic “Hussna” which says

…Heeron ke, Ranjhon ke, Nagme kya ab bhi sune jaate hain wahan;

Aur rota hai kya raaton ko Pakistan bhi waise hi, jaise ki Hinhustan…