Learn from Nature

After the morning prayer, as I walk back home, I see the sun slowly rising. It's rays seem to be filled with energy and cheerfulness in the cold wintry mornings.

That directs my attention towards the sun. a star 150 million kilometers away, giving out solar energy without which, the earth would be a cold lifeless planet.

What drives the sun? Recollecting from school, nuclear fusion drives the sun.

A few more school concepts:-

Fission involves splitting the nucleus of a heavy atom. This yields two or more lighter nuclei and a large amount of energy.

Fusion, on the other hand, is the combination of two nuclei into one nucleus, under conditions of extreme heat and pressure. 

In comparison to fission, fusion releases much more energy per mass that you input.

Moreover, fusion is a much cleaner process compared to fission. The downsides to fission power include both radioactive byproducts and its association with nuclear weapons.

Now, fusion is a process which occurs naturally (as in stars), whereas fission has to be triggered by artificial means.

You might wonder why I am talking about all this nonsense.

The present situation in the country made me mention the above. No, not the 123 deal.

Fusion, the process of uniting has many more advantages than fission, the process of splitting.

The year 1857 marked a historical and critical point in India’s history. Hindus and Muslims joined together to fight against the British. After suppressing this ‘mutiny,’ the British rulers decided that the only way to control and rule India was by applying the policy of divide-and-rule. All the communal riots began after 1857. There is abundant proof that these were, engineered by the British administrators.

In order to stem the Indian revolution, the British tried to divide India, and were successful in creating problems which remain unsolved till today.

Divide and Rule has always been a policy with disastrous consequences, for the victim state.

Afghanistan was split into the Northern Alliance and the Taliban resulting in endless wars between the two. 

In India, one Maharaja was made to fight against the other. The British supported one ruler, promised to share the spoils with him, if they together defeated the other. Often, resulting in the destruction of both kingdoms.

After the World War, the Ottoman Empire was split into dozens of smaller states, resulting in the littered Middle East.

In Palestine too, parties were split into the Fatah and the Hamas. Even after Hamas won the elections, the US invalidated the win, causing chaos. The US supplied aid to Fatah, and made sure the two struggle for leadership. Without a proper leadership, the Palestinians would never be able to regain their lost land.

  In the 1980's when Iran and Iraq had the largest armies in the region, the US supported Iraq against Iran, resulting in destruction of both countries. No, more might in the middle east.

There are dozens of other examples...

It is in the vested interests of few people to keep the world and especially neighbours divided, thwarting every effort of theirs to unite.

Sometimes, we can learn from movies too.

 In the film Main Hoon Na, a group in order to curb the rising friendly relations b/w India and Pakistan takes a school hostage.

Interestingly, in 1954  in order to curb the rising friendly relations between the US and Egypt,  Israeli military intelligence planted bombs in Egyptian, American and British-owned targets in Egypt in the summer of 1954 in the hopes that "the Muslim Brotherhood, would be blamed and would trigger hostilities between the US and Egypt.

The hostage situation in Mumbai last week was no different. By, squarely blaming Pakistan, we are only honoring the terrorists, this is what they wanted. They wanted instability in South Asia, wanted to bring down India, curb it's relationship with Pakistan. To complicate matters, a group known as Deccan Mujahideen surfaces from nowhere. This was done by the terrorists so as to divide India further, by making it look as if the culprits were from India's heart itself.

Our media now hypes it as India's 9/11. Now, they show footage of Indians asking for war. It's strange, since I distinctly recall, 7 years ago the US media showed Americans asking for war.

Haven't we learned from the past. America the superpower went to war against, Afghanistan a country in stone age and is facing the consequences. If we are to go to war against Pakistan, a country almost equal in military might to us, what will the result be? When the Americans are regretting their going to war, why is the media showing Indians saying we want to go to war? Would going for a war, subside the terrorist attacks in our country or would it increase hatred against us? The west is only reaping the seeds of hatred it had sown.

Perhaps it was in a state of anger and frustration which is understandable. But, we better not do anything foolhardy, the media needs to play a mature role, instead of going to the victim's families and asking

" Your son is dead, How do you feel? "

How would he feel, he will say "Go to War." And the media portrays this.

The extremists wanted us to go for war. By doing so, we would be honoring the deaths of the terrorists, instead of honoring our martyrs.

We should follow the Russian line, which had it's own 9/11 a few months ago. It prevented any escalating tensions with the US and followed a mature line, which was praised by many neutral observers.

 When one prays to God for courage, does God give him courage or the opportunity to be courageous. When one prays to God for patience, does God give him patience or the opportunity to be patient. When one prays to God for peace, does God give him peace or the opportunity to have peace. 

This is our opportunity.

As the Muslim World, next week remembers Prophet Ibrahim(PBUH), who was ready to offer his son as a sacrifice for God, Let us also remember the brave soldiers and martyrs who sacrificed themselves for our country.

If 10 youth can unite and shake the county, can not we, the 1 billion unite and show the world.

  "Yes, we can."

So, everyday when a morning dawns upon you, be reminded by the sun, that all of it's useful energy and might comes from the process of unity occurring within it under extreme conditions of pressure.

In these conditions of pressure and darkness, let us all stand united.

Truly, in Nature, God has kept signs for us to learn from.

(well, I am sorry tht it's as long as an editorial. if u got this far do put in your comments)