These two timeless photographs (below 👇) speak more than a hundred posts I could ever put up.
The first is Ustad Zakir Hussain giving shoulder to Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma's body on his final journey. In the second, he remains the last man standing at the cremation ground - simply unable to pull away from his lifetime friend,
No one in his right mind can fight and kill in the name of religion and carry a clean conscience. It's just not possible. Our very natural impulse is to love everyone.
I emphasize again and again. Read about the Mutiny of 1857 and the British Divide and Rule Policy right after that. It was deliberate, well planned and well executed. Not only did Hindustan get divided into three parts, even within each part the people are still divided. Then it was the British, now it is our own politicians.
And who do you think is benefiting from our infighting? Who?
(Note: As you reflect on this post, bear in mind that I have supported the present government every time they acted to cancel minority appeasement freebies (Haj Allowance, PM Iftar Parties, Triple Talaaq, Article 370 - Kashmir lost the moral right to ever demand anything in January 1990). But from 2019 to 2024 their speeches and IT Cell actively spread hatred against ordinary Muslim citizens. Not only can this not be allowed, it is fundamentally nonsensical. To understand this better, I invite you to read: Strike a Pause: Why Push Away Muslims? (strike-a-pause.blogspot.com))
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