Long live the Queen!
The Queen is dead, long live the Queen!
As the country limps back to normalcy, or whatever is considered normal in these parts, I sit back and ponder. I read and hear what the world has to say and can't believe my eyes and ears. The queen of democracy has named her heir, who has no other qualification save the fact that he is her son, and this somehow is supposed to confirm her position as the flag bearer of democracy. Does anyone else see the irony here?
Loss of human life is always tragic, and an end like this, which lesser mortals like me will never find out the truth about, have an impact which goes beyond the usual sorrow associated with end of a human life. The part where anyone's life can be taken, Gulgee and his wife were murdered in their home last week, and we will probably never find out why. So be it.
When BB came into power in 1988, I was positively biased in her favour. Because she was an educated woman, who had struggled against dictatorship, who was not standing from a platform based on a dogma, she seemed like someone who would at least point us in the right direction. But that was not to be. During her two stints of power, she was either not competent or did not have the right motives, and we gained nothing. She did not do anything for the people of this country. The only thing that she left us with was a bad taste in the mouth, with unconfirmed accusations of plunder and corruption.
Her only motive, or so it seems, was to get power. With no scruples, she would make any deal, with anyone, to get that. Her only legacy is a continuation of the feudal mindset where her last name is more important than anything else. But if we go by that, there is someone more qualified, her niece. Even there, she does not follow her own rules. And her son, will now change his surname, to continue.
I am surprised by the rest of the world, either they know something that we don't, or they are really ignorant of the realities. Suddenly she is now the epitome of everything they stand for. I have not been impressed by anything she had to say, or anything she did. It was all a show, her only qualification was that she was the daughter of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, and we the serfs should prostrate before all our feudal lords.
People draw parallels between her and the Nehru family, they have all come to violent ends. And then there are the Bushes in the holy land, who would like to follow a similar path. I say the pox on them all.
I am sorry that her life ended the way it did, it should not have. I hope that her son does not follow the same path that she did, but that depends on the rest of us. I pray that we choose our leaders on things other than their last names.
As the country limps back to normalcy, or whatever is considered normal in these parts, I sit back and ponder. I read and hear what the world has to say and can't believe my eyes and ears. The queen of democracy has named her heir, who has no other qualification save the fact that he is her son, and this somehow is supposed to confirm her position as the flag bearer of democracy. Does anyone else see the irony here?
Loss of human life is always tragic, and an end like this, which lesser mortals like me will never find out the truth about, have an impact which goes beyond the usual sorrow associated with end of a human life. The part where anyone's life can be taken, Gulgee and his wife were murdered in their home last week, and we will probably never find out why. So be it.
When BB came into power in 1988, I was positively biased in her favour. Because she was an educated woman, who had struggled against dictatorship, who was not standing from a platform based on a dogma, she seemed like someone who would at least point us in the right direction. But that was not to be. During her two stints of power, she was either not competent or did not have the right motives, and we gained nothing. She did not do anything for the people of this country. The only thing that she left us with was a bad taste in the mouth, with unconfirmed accusations of plunder and corruption.
Her only motive, or so it seems, was to get power. With no scruples, she would make any deal, with anyone, to get that. Her only legacy is a continuation of the feudal mindset where her last name is more important than anything else. But if we go by that, there is someone more qualified, her niece. Even there, she does not follow her own rules. And her son, will now change his surname, to continue.
I am surprised by the rest of the world, either they know something that we don't, or they are really ignorant of the realities. Suddenly she is now the epitome of everything they stand for. I have not been impressed by anything she had to say, or anything she did. It was all a show, her only qualification was that she was the daughter of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, and we the serfs should prostrate before all our feudal lords.
People draw parallels between her and the Nehru family, they have all come to violent ends. And then there are the Bushes in the holy land, who would like to follow a similar path. I say the pox on them all.
I am sorry that her life ended the way it did, it should not have. I hope that her son does not follow the same path that she did, but that depends on the rest of us. I pray that we choose our leaders on things other than their last names.
posted by Xoff at 12/31/2007 06:02:00 AM
4 Comments:
was waiting for your comment on this latest atrocity...the manner in which BB died is unconscienable.
what remains to be seen, is wether pakistan can rise above,selfish,greedy party politics,if this death could be the turn around to "real" democracy,...i don't believe that it rests with a 19 year old young man. he could prove me wrong.
The short answer is, no! We are not capable of rising above petty politics.
lol:)...none of us can.how are things in pakistan presently?
Its difficult to answer that objectively. On one hand, things have never been too good, but on the other the violence somehow seems closer, maybe because of quick coverage and access. There is an air of despondency, which one can feel just below the veneer.
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