This weekend i happened to watch the movie Parzania a movie by Rahul Dholakia. The central theme of the movie was about a Parsi family who lost their seven year old son in the Gujarat riots.The movie depicts the human emotions at the best. The actors Nasseurdin Shah and Sarika are simply brilliant, one can say a lifetime performance.
This movie is a direct attack on the exisiting system which is decaying like a rotten tomato. This movie made me cry, make me think about the society in which we are living in. Is this the India our freedom fighters had dreamt of? Is this the India for whose independence millions of people had fought and laid down their lives?
What kind of nation is this where people place religion above their country? What kind of religion is this where humanity and peace do'nt find a place? Who gave us the authority to kill people in the name of God? Have we ever thought of the sufferings that the victims of communalism have underwent? How can someone in the name of religion kill someone, rape someone? Even God will be terrified at that thought.
What kind of system is this where common man is devoid of a protection over his head? What is this goverment and police which instead of protecting the innocent citizens like to watch the riots as if some tamasha is going on?
What kind of people are we who are willing to act as puppets in the hands of the communal forces? What kind of nation is this which refuses to learn the lesson from its past that is "United We Stand, Divided We Fall"?
These questions continue to revolve in my mind. But the answer to it lies in our soul, in our consciousness. Finally the onus is on us whether we want to be the child of Love or the child of Hatred.