Coming of Age
By Maham Javed • Sep 4th, 2008 • Category: Politics • 6 CommentsThis is the 21st century; the century of civilization. We have long since stepped past the barbarians, the stone age. The mushrooming, rapid advancements of the modern era and its technologies has made our life a living heaven- and yet not.
Computers, mobile phones and many other transitory advancements have opened doors for another: the most perilous device of our achievements –nuclear weaponry.
We have raged the First and Second World War and thus atoned for the consequences henceforth, which we previously failed to see or acknowledge. Now, in this epoch of crude evolution, we, once again have fell to the standards of the stone era; the era which we once gladly relinquished and now are loathe to let it go.
India is carrying on what it claims its legacy of harassing and killing the Kashmiris. Israel is wrecking havoc in Palestine; America has also joined hands in this sneaky war and is mercilessly butchering the Iraqis.
We, who are surpassingly proud of living in the modern age are so modernized that we are bent on seeing the end of our own race. Tranquility, love and happiness is missing from our very own lives, like a chunk cut from our body and then forced to survive on the tenter-hooks of lusting after money and yet more money while what our body needs at a time like this is medical aid.
This world and this human race needs to undo the damage before everything crumbles.
We, who pride ourselves on our intelligence,
We, who pride ourselves of being superior,
We, who pride ourselves for finding our own way out of barbarianism,
We, who pride ourselves of coming of age; of really worthy of this so-called word ‘modern’ really need to ask ourselves a serious question, before we further plunge into being more and more ‘civilized’.
Is this veil of being civilized really masquerading a brutality that would even shock a stone man? Is it of eliminating our own race just to some racial and religion prejudices? Is it worth all this trouble?
And is it really Coming of Age?
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Hmm. I guess you wanted to post something else. Fasting is a bit demanding - what?
However, I would think it is worth rereading to remind ourselves that it is about time to wake up, before it is too late and we fall deeper in that abyss we find ourselves into.
Marvellous post as usual. I feel so nice that a lady like Maham Javed has joined us. Specially I am feeling that there is some one a solid writer who is doing the same job, which I am trying to do.
After reading this post, we really feel shame about ourself and on our mentality and on our approach. Every week we hears new News that such and such barbaric event has happened this week. Some time it is so shocking that we can not even imagine.
Ms. Maham, Please add few questions in addition to your though provoking quests,
Are we Muslims, who are burying women alive?
Are we Human Beings, who are eating meat of other human being?
Are we Men, who are doing violence on helpless women?
Will we ever learn that how to behave like a human being?
What is going on around us? Where are those soft hearts, who can cry on barbarism? Where are those minds, which can think for better future after so many painful events?
Please keep writing. I always feels really pain on our actions. I am sitting on good position and I don’t have any crisis as such but still my heart cries for these innocent people. Please keep writing and help others to learn. Specially I am learning a lot for these posts.
Dear TPS team,
Please consider my feedback…
1- The font size of Dr RazaHaider and Maham Javed posts are always difficult to read. Please do some thing on their behalf so we may read their posts easily.
2- Is this post comes under “Politics” category? These kind of posts should be Features, so people can easily access them easily for few days. I have seen that frequency of Posts in Politics is very high so these kind of thought provoking posts gets down in a day.
TPS, my purpose is not to point out or criticise your efforts, it is just a feedback. No offence please. You are doing great job already and we must appreciate it. Above all free of cost (FOC) for us.
Happy Blogging
Mr. Saleem Khan,
I thank you whole-heartedly for your nice comments about my articles. I am glad that i found what an esset this blog is and I am finally able to write in it. I have learned much since I have done and I have met wonderful people like you and Dr. Alshaer. It is good to know that atleast our youth is not that ignorant as we credit it with.
I will try my level best to write about the questions you asked. Very thought provoking indeed. I must say I was surprised when I saw this article of mine posted again. I have posted a new article and I hope it makes it’s way over here. I wrote this article a long time ago and it was posted on 1st of August. Still, there will be no complaints from me on this matter. I am honoured that it is liked soo much that it has been posted again. I will always cherish this day. After all, this article was my first article in this blog.
I dearly hope you will keep commenting kindly on my upcoming articles as well.
Happy Reading!
Regards.
Thanks for your kind words. It is amazing that your post is published second time but even then it is fine because we need to think these kind of issues again and again. Sure, we are waiting for new post from your side. Thanks and keep commenting in addition to writing.
Regards,
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