An
Open letter to Heads of Indo-Pak
Sir,
Today on
the eve of 'International Peace Day' as
declared by the United Nation, I have a
message for the Heads of the two
countries of the Sub continent, India and
Pakistan.
As an
independent and sovereign countries both
are the creation of Indian Independence
Act 1947. And the fact is that to make it
true was not just a momentous action
which was given in Platter but the result
of years and years of tireless efforts
and in-memorable sacrifices of men and
material. It was infact tryst with
destiny. The founding fathers and great
stalwarts of the countries wished to see
the countries of their choice as the most
blossoming and prosperous.
A
considerable time has passed since then
and how much has been achieved in that
context is the main issue of the latter
where I invite the attention of the
Hon'ble Heads of the two countries and
their policy makers.
Is it not
a fact that both the countries are
running in arrears of International
Financial Organisations and are dependent
on them for their sustenance?
It is not
fact that for lack of adequate
opportunities, facilities and
infrastructures, there is a increasing
number of Brain drain in both the
countries? Their elders struggled for
establishing their countries where their
generations will grow to their fullest by
using all resources and opportunities of
which they were aggrieved of and lacking
in the colonial period. But when it
became possible, the people again have to
look towards other countries to make true
their dreams of prosperity and leave
their own in this pursuit.
Is it not
a fact that still a major chunk of their
population is gropping in the darkness of
illiteracy and ignorance?
Is it not
a fact that thousands of their people die
every year for lack of basic medicare
facilities?
Is it not
a fact that forty percent of their
population lives below poverty line?
Is it not
a fact that a large number of their
diploma and degree holders are confused
about their loans for lack of employment?
Besides
these, there are plethora of other
menaces where the two countries are
sharing rich similarities not
withstanding to that of cultural,
lingual, social, religious and other
common similarities.
After
mentioning these grave problems which are
eating into the very vitals of the two
countries and are acting as potent
blockades in their way of prosperity and
development, a question that arises is
'who is responsible for this abject
dismal scenario of the twin countries in
the rating of prosperity and development?
Where they have gone wrong which has
entailed for them innumberble agonies and
frustrations. I am of the opinion that
the policy makers of both the countries
are responsible for the problems which
the common man of the countries face
today. It is their unnatural,
unrealistic, egoistic approach which
presented an ample chance to the various
problems to grow and spread their
tentacles.
It is very
unfortunate that from the day one of
their emergence as the independent,
sovereign countries on the map of the
world, their policy makers instead of
taking into account the various
short-comings of the countries and
formulating a policy which ultimately
take them to high principles of honour
and dignity got indulged in unhealthy
crusade of ditching and defeating each
other on all fronts and for that they put
at stake their every thing. Different
happenings in last fifty four years are
testimony to this fact. And the fact is
that it has happened and is happening at
the cost of peace, progress and
prosperity of the two countries and their
country men. And even their filth which
may have created by entering into a tug
of war has jeopardised the peace of the
world and now they are looking with curse
over them.
Let's
therefore, on the eve of International
Peace Day, ponder over all such issues
which I have tried to highlight briefly
and realise their gravity by showing the
concern they demand. Disputes are bound
to rise in the living societies and even
they are inevitable to come up in the
family which lives under one roof. But
they are not meant to destroy all bonds
of relations altogether, but they are
meant to be solved amicably and
rationally. It is the principle of life
and who soever goes contrary to it has to
suffer every severely.
Time has
come when both of the countries should
make a review of their policies in the
light of changing scenario of the world.
You have enough to use and channelise for
the better tomorrow of your countries and
coming generations. Leave aside your
belligerant politices and stubborn
attitude and leave like good neighbours
in the larger interest of peace which
will ensure your millions of population a
blissful and prosperous life and will
lift high the status of the countries in
the comity of nation. This is what for
the International Peace day is celebrated
with these words.
"A
good neighbour is better than a good
gun''.
Yours
etc...
Tahir Khurshid Raina
Advocate
High Court of J&K Jammu
Executive Member
Newspaper Association of India.
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