Monday, October 27, 2008

SPREADING TERROR . . . WEAKENING TRUST

In the time of economic regression, increasing arm race and triumph of neo-imperialist in many part of the globe. There are many undercurrents affecting our country as well. There is serious disruption, disturbance and chaos along length and breadth of this country. Exploding bombs in public places like diwali crackers, India becoming more as Police state and transformation of us into majoritarianism from liberal democracy.

 

Once a nation and land of many cultures and languages are turning to be hostile to each other. “Marathi” attacking Bihari. “Hindu” raping Nuns. “Muslims” planting bombs and Bodo killing assameese Muslims. What would be the future of the great nation in amidst of this? The nation which stands for integrity, proud of its democracy triumphed as a land of different cultures and languages. In fact, the only country and only nation in the history of civilization which assimilated many cultures and traditions and spread multi colours in the atmosphere.

 

Serious questions have aired in this country after series of events. Terrorist planting bombs, police killing people and masses loosing trust.

In the series of all events the later one is the most dangerous. Police is the instrument of state to maintain law and order. But what if it become self –governed. Police has to protect civilians and infuse sense of security in them but what if they start injecting fear.

 

Society and human – human interaction is based on what? Obviously Trust. And what if the society lost trust, resultantly the civil society will be more like jungle. Trust is the backbone of any civil society. And if any individual in society looses its trust in judiciary, administration and state then certainly we will plunge into land of distress and distrust. The equation of these can only produce chaos. This chaos cannot be managed nor controlled. The equation of hopelessness, injustice and state – sponsored terrorism can breed more terror.

 

The only ray of hope is to keep the trust alive. To build a strong civil society on the basis of trust. An environment of trust within individual is the key to fight any terror whether inside or outside. The advantages of high trust are:

          a. lower administration costs, higher institutional         reliability;

          b. large and efficient organizations;

c. a better environment

          disadvantages of low trust:

          a. corruption and trade with influences;

          b. small and inefficient organizations;

          c. more chaos

A common man can kindle the light of trust through love, awareness and resilience. Let’s rise to fight all sort of terrorism through the power of trust.


By - Syed Musab Iqbal

 

12 comments:

AbdulAzeemKhan said...

assalamualaikum i am very pleased to read an article from the pen of mr.musab iqbal after a long time, i do agree with his analysis of the present situation in our country loosing "trust" in all instruments of state and i feel that this is the need of the hour to build trust among the civilians of the state and for this every one of us should enshoulder the responsibility and find the means to achieve it.

Fahad Ahmed said...

Assalaam alaikum

Right said!!
To infuse Trust and to keep it alive is the need of the hour.

As Jonathan Sacks puts it, which is also in this blog...
"The greatest single antitode to violence is conversation; speaking our fears listening to the fears of others, and in that sharing of vunerabliliteis, discovering a genesis of hope."

I feel, "Fear" is what is at the back of mind of almost everyone who is spreading the terror we see today...
If we remove that fear, we can hope to bring a new dawn...

Good to see the article after a long while!! Jazakallah!!

mobashir said...

u gotta right ideaaaaaaaaa
i appreciate ur views,keep goinnnnnn

AmitHashmi said...

Are we turning into a fascist state, where the public, out of terror has stopped questioning actions of administration or organizations which has been blinded by power and politics. The moral degradation, has stopped us from expressing our distaste for what is happening all around.
If we want to see India of our dreams, we must come forth and make our voice heard, (these silent voice). We must stand up against the voice in name of "justice for their own community, sects and castes" that are trying to bring about divide in the society. If we do not let our progressive voice to be heard, mass will hear their voice. The repurcation might be very bad.

My Diary said...

well thought and presented...great job!!! keep it up !!!

Sohel Ahmed Khan said...

nice to see update after long time.

i agree with what youve said.

but do u think things change here??

Anonymous said...

MashaAllah, you've made a good analyse of the situation. What you talked about is not only localised in India, we see it all around the world. The society rise in us this feeling of fear, why? This is the question.

Anonymous said...

Fine. one of the great attempt.
pls bring it to print media after making it in detail.

Mohammed Amer Ali said...

Assalam alaikum wa rahmatullah hi wabarktuhu, MashaAllah great views keep goinn....., May Allah bless u, and reward u in this dunya and aqirah for ur great efforts. JazakAllah Qair one of the sentence "Muslim........" is not true.

Khalid said...

nice to see something from your pen after a long gap...the analysis was good..trust is the vital factor behind existence of a multilateral society..more could have been worked on how to achieve trust in a multi polarised society..

Fahad Ahmed said...

I would like to add a statement here which was made by Michael Parenti...

"To oppose the policies of a government does not mean you are against the country or the people that the government supposedly represents. Such opposition should be called what it really is: democracy, or democratic dissent, or having a critical perspective about what your leaders are doing. Either we have the right to democratic dissent and criticism of these policies or we all lie down and let the leader, the Fuhrer, do what is best, while we follow uncritically, and obey whatever he commands. That's just what the Germans did with Hitler, and look where it got them."

Y@SiR said...

assalamu alaikum musab...hope ur fine & doing well..me yasir andaman...its was interesting take on todays scenario in that article...keep writing...good work done....