Mandir ya Masjid? – How about Neither?!

Tomorrow is a big day for a lot of ardent believers and just another intimidating day for the rest of the country, as what ever the verdict of the respectable court, the outcome for the common man will still remain to be a creepy day. I am an ardent non believer who believes in a free nation, that we supposedly live in. My family would tell me not to get out of home as it concerns my security in case of any unforeseen violent outburst as a result of a pro hindu or pro muslim or even a tareek pe tareek kind of verdict. To add to the already sad driving experience on the dug up express ways we have across the city, (makes one wonder why the word ‘express way’ was ever used in context of Indian roads) there’s going to be slow moving traffic, high level checking and so on, to slow the pace of our lives and to make us even more furious.

It all started on a not so fine day in the history of India, when a lot of fervent heartless (I don’t know if I can call them sense less, it might demean the word sense) people (I don’t want to tag them as hindus or what ever, they don’t deserve to be tagged or known as hindu’s as well, cos I believe Hinduism didn’t teach them to do what they did and moreover it might increase the stigma among the hindu’s which they are already feeling for years I guess) demolished a Mosque which was built decades ago by some ruler. No matter it would have been the birth place of lord Ram, does that mean there cannot be a mosque or a church in the same place? Did they know for sure about lord ram’s thoughts and attitude towards Islam or about the existence or inexistence of a mosque in lord ram’s life time at Ayodhya? What these crooks did that day to this mosque was not just demolition of a building, but in fact was a grave act of breaking the law of the land, in terms of going against the constitution of the country which clearly talks about democracy and other such noble things to keep the people of the country as a single unit rather than warriors of various armies.

The mistake has been done, at some point by these so called pro ram’s birth place warriors and ‘may be’ at some point by the other sect if I can call them ‘pro revenge warriors’ wanting to have their mosque back at the disputed site. Where were these pro ram’s birth place warriors when this mosque stood tall for more than 300 years, were they busy researching the dna of lord ram to find out if he was born on that land? Even if a mosque was built on that land by a mughal in ram’s land, who says that it was wrong? Will it be a sin if I go to Vatican and build a temple in the same city? Or is it not possible for us to have a mosque at/ around the famous vaishnao devi mountain? Will having a mosque back at the disputed site relieve the muslims or will having a ram temple at the site peace the hindus? Is there no other piece of land in the country that could serve as a place of worship? Have our religions, no matter which one we believe in taught us that, god lives in our heart?

If one of these ardent groups had given up their ego, the country would have got out of this state of fear and done a lot of better things to the land of Ayodhya which has been deprived of a lot of other basic amenities due to the never ending dispute and fear of violence over the years. Can they both not come to a compromise by deciding to neither have a mosque nor a temple at the disputed site as it affects their livelihood and raises questions mark at their lives itself at times, as an eye for an eye always leads to at least one blind man. The respectable court should give a verdict that is neither pro hindu nor pro muslim, as that would make neither of them sad, cos this fight is not much to do with the existence of a mosque or a temple as I see it, it is more of an ego fight, an ego that would establish one superior over the other. A pro temple verdict would mean a defeat for the muslim’s and a pro mosque verdict would seem like a defeat for the hindu’s, which in reality is not (a defeat or a victory) to the larger section of both of these religions, except for a few thousand crooks.

To my opinion a right verdict for the disputed land would be the construction of a world class government school that provides education to the children of Ayodhya, who otherwise have been deprived of a lot of other things in life, right from their childhood and have lived around a lot of wrong influences and talks all through their lives so far. Only a school can put back their lives into right perspective, as the school can teach them the teachings of the religion of humanity, the foundation of our country, its constitution and concepts such as democracy, unity in diversity, and their fundamental rights (a lot of which they have been deprived off for quite some time now). This school could also have evening classes for the old and withered people, who have spent a large chunk of their lives fighting for their so called rights to have a temple or a mosque depending on which religion they belonged to. It could also work as a meeting point for these people to get back in touch with each others and shrug off their differences (if they as a group had any, cos of external pressure obviously). I think if things work out as I assume them to, things will not only fall back into place in Ayodhya, but also on a national level where the equation of love – hate had changed over a period of time as a consequence of the happenings at Ayodhya.

And to finally close my opinion box, I humbly plead and request all the political, religious and concerned parties, to save some ego for other issues and let the country get back into peace mode as we are already surrounded by larger than a temple-mosque ghost at a national level, in terms of naxals, terrorists and just to mention the CWG ghosts to be taken care of at the moment (I know I haven’t mentioned Kashmir, but that’s a different thing all together, again politically motivated, just like the Ayodhyan war).

Today’s Favorite Line(s) – Ram naam japna, paraya maal apna?!

                                     - I could never make it in politics... I spend too much of my own money.

Today’s Favorite Song – Allah ke bande (Kailash Kher)

P.S - This post hasn't been reviewed even once after writing, in a hurry to post it well before tomorrow's verdict, in case something is offending or not right as a fact, please ignore/forgive, I shall take a corrective action as soon as I can/ I am prompted!