Allahabadi Worldview

                                         Ritwik, a 5 year old kid who lives next to my house, is selected to take part in the PT Team on the occasion of Independence Day. As a 5 year old kid he hardly knows meaning of Independence but his excitement rests with wearing bright white dress and lure of getting customary Laddoos. Probably this is the first occasion for him to see a Tri-colour unfurling with chant of Bharat Mata Ki Jai and Jai Hind . As per PT dress code, he is given an Orange and a Green ribbon to be tied on the hands. Hardly has he known anything about the symbolism behind this but yes as a kid he is happy to have coloured bands in hand. I was watching him practising his PT drill from my balcony and his beaming face made me to think about what exactly he is going to learn tomorrow, when he grows up. After few years, when he will read about the theoretical representation of colours 1 , which were taught to us as well, whether he will understand the true meaning o

"Mr. A to Mr. B, "you know, my neighbors house is on fire". Mr. B asked with curiosity, "ohh sad, then what you did"? Mr.A winked, calmly replied," i brought the same fire to my house and set it on fire as well and one thing more, this fire is all set to burn your house also Mr.A ". What happened in Mumbai this evening is brazen example of such fanatic behavior where a so called Peaceful protest was planned and project against killings of Muslims in Burma and Assam. The protest was led by Raza Academy, an organisation working to promote Islamic culture but is this part of their promotion of culture? Do their culture includes acts to burn, to ransack, to vandalize....??? Now in the entire world, there is one community, people don't trust, people are afraid of, people are suspicious of.......... undoubtedly this is ISLAM. I wonder why Islam is cornered in the world? Why is this great faith is termed the most violent and n