The verdict and a new India !

The much awaited Ayodha verdict(amidst the much more anticipated Enthiran) was delivered yesterday. Though it will not be spoken as much as the release of Enthiran, with some kind of curfew, 12 hour media coverage, last minute delays, and a pragmatic verdict, it provided as much thrill like any mediocre suspense thrillers would do. But the thing that made it much more historic that it may be, is the rational response from the otherwise insane Indian population(to be honest with you, I also belonged here once).

A 2.5 acre arid land, Thousands of years of history and myth, and 60 years on enmity. Was Ram born there ? I really like to know when ! Was a temple built for him there ? By whom, I like to ask ? Did Babar destroy it in 1528 to build his mosque ? Why there, he must be mad ?? In 1949, these Hindus place the idol in the sanctum sanatorium, Funny. The Hindus destroyed the mosque in 1992. Kill the bastards, forgive my language(I am a born Hindu, If you don't know).

And now within a day of judgement, BJP is already ready to build a "GRAND" temple in the one third area that has been allotted to them. But they wont let the Muslims build their mosque in their area. And the waqf board is ready to invoke their Islamic laws which forbids them to give any mosque. And in a channel a couple of fundamentalists, one a judge and another an MP, were shouting their disagreements with the verdict and the host interrupted to say, if India can be matured and decent, so can we.

First the judgement : Ram was supposedly born here. A temple stood there once. Babar could have destroyed it or may have build his masjid on an old ruin. Before the British decided to divide and rule, both Muslims and Hindus worshipped in the same piece of land. In 1949, a Hindu placed the idol below the centre dome. None of the idols will not be removed out from the site. And the judgement seems to be more of an reconciliatory approach, a positive one more than a legal one. And the credit to the judges, for coming up with the only solution which could keep the masses silent and after all it was the Hindu-Muslim divide.

Any bookie would be happy to bet on a violent clash between these two communities. And what more to bet on than a verdict in a emotional case to both of them. Schools and colleges closed, employees sent home an hour before the verdict came, shutters down, increase in security. lakhs ans lakhs of forces deployed and a sentimental verdict about to be out. By all means, many expected India to be up in flames, people expected blood bath, people expected the worse and that explains why, many locked themselves in their houses, even before the verdict was out. People were scared for themselves and their loved ones. Because this was the biggest problem of all. It led to slavery under British. It led to the splitting of this country. It gave us Ayodya. It gave us Bombay and It gave us Gujarat. The Hindu-Muslim divide.

And then the reaction from India. Not a single violent incident across the country. Not even a small procession. People wanted peace and they did not want to be divided by religion. They were more matured, understanding and sane. They have moved on from 1528, 1949 and 1992. They are more development-oriented, and focused in the right area. And they have taken it with right attitudes instead of pulling each other down. The general mass now knows what they want and what they don't. They knew what is important and what are useless. They know ecstatic provocations of bullshitting politicians are nothing more than a way to keep divided. They knew the fiery speeches of cock-sucking religious fundamentalists is to keep them blind.

To all those dick heads, from a believer,

We believe, in ourselves and our fellow humans !

we have faith, in hard work and love !

we pray, the kind hearts !

And we follow, our brains !

From the atheist,

I believe in the GOD, who created me to live in peace !

I love the GOD, who gave me his Earth, and the moon !

I cherish the GOD, who gave me friends and family !

I worship the GOD, who gave me a faith and a hope !

We don't have to dwell in the past, We can look forward to a better future. We need not lick our wounds, We can hope for a smaller scar. The new India has started to march. Let us join with it. And be not stopped by stupid politicians and fundamentalists.

Finally, I will leave you with a photo of a mom taking her son to a fancy dress competition. We have to learn from this family.

We see the image of GOD in the color of the heart(Courtesy-Sekhar Gupta)