childhood

The greatest poem ever known
Is one all poets have outgrown
The poetry, innate, untold,
Of being only four years old

~Christopher Morley

FROSTED HEARTS

sometyms the restless soul feels that nobody realizes the value of life. or if they do ,they choose to ignore it.

sometyms we ignore evn the most glaring n obvious things -about us..about oders..

i saw a documentary about the way people in afghanistan were treated by taliban.I searched for more info related to this n i realized its not a one-off case or the problem of the afghanese but people are oppressed in a similar manner whenever and wherever a few "people" blinded by their hatred,thirst for power and lack of tolerance and respect for people different from them choose to act as despots.

it pains me to think of the kids growing up in such conditions..with their childhood lost forever and a sense of shame,fear and helplessness instilled into their little hearts.

after the removal of tyrannical government and settling up of democracy hopefully things will improve.but how long it'l take to set up the education system and set the hearts and minds of the people free from all they had to face no one knows...

the question of those autocrats still remains ..why does it happens that people start to think of themselves as being highly superior to others?and even if they do is torturing or denying others their basic rights as humans the only way to proove their point ?

how frosted are their hearts,.... their's who dont even blink an eyelid before torturing someone to death just to prove a point ..

mumbai killings ...

what happened in mumbai is a slap on all our faces. well its not just about mumbai or delhi or kashmir ,its about india, its about us.its about how with all the intelligence services and security systems we are still unable to curb these attacks. its about how cheap a persons life has become.
its wasnt the fault of the people who died that they had decided to venture out of their home that day ...they didnt know they would be seeing their loved ones for the last time. many dont even know when their life finishes or why their life is being snatched from them - it is so sudden n cruel.
what we get to see in the news is only half of the sad story the reality is much more painful. a life lost equals to destruction of an entire family,of their hopes,dreams and plans. its very easy for us to say dont panic -be strong ...but why should they be strong.they are the ones who suffered the full impact of the incident ..to us its just an incident a sad one but nevertheless an incident..but they are living every moment of it.every cruel moment of it.i remember the time during the serial blasts in delhi at the time of diwali, my father and brother were in chandni chowk market and until we didnt knew they were safe i spent some of the worst moments of my life.the pain faced by the family members of those killed in these attacks is something i cannot even imagine- i know it'll be too much for me to ever bear.

and these things have become so frequent that it no longer horrifies me only makes me feel angry and helpless ...and fearful that it might affect me directly the next time.