Humanity-0 Extremism - "won?"

26th November, 2008 - Mumbai blasts.

7th January, 2015 - The Charlie Hebdo attack.

15th March, 2015 - Lahore bombings.

2nd April, 2015 - Kenya attack, Garissa University assault.

12th November, 2015 - Beirut bombings.

13th November, 2015 -  Paris attack.

Well, how many more?

The facade of religion strikes every where, the common victim being, humanity.

The news reads 132 dead in Paris. The internet reads 44 deaths in

Beirut, it further reads 147 innocent students died in Garissa

University but the questions that lie ahead are, how far? Is it goint

to conclude at all?

For the past couple of days, we are being informed of these gruesome

assaults and as we dig into the matter deep, we find that the day is

not far when this world would be arrested by terrorism and

discombobulation.

No. I shall not decorate this post further, with facts and numbers. I
shall not sympathize the innocent and write a grave message. I shall
not try to inculcate rich values amongst the irrationals instead, I
shall, feel for the people, the hundreds who have lost their lives,
lost their dearest. I shall feel for the ones who faced the terrible
clutches of the ugly terrorists, the ones who have been thrust upon death bed. The people of this oblate spheroid.

We know humanity lives no longer in the hearts of majority. We know

the Earth has started changing it's initial colours. We know people's

sufferance would be immense, eventually, but then, what would be the

extent? The hostilities are increasing relentlessly. The terrorists

are increasing ceaselessly. This is what we know humanity is? This is

what we know tranquility is? This condition will remain because

humanity has already headed towards the worst of times. Faith,

reliance, are long lost terms now, are they not?

Death is inevitable. Death is the ultimate truth, yet no one deserves

to face it in the worst form possible. Wonder what the people of those

places were thinking when death crept in and slaughtered their very

existence? Probably one was cherishing his memories with his beloved.

Meanwhile, the other was sorting plans for the week end with her

family. You may even hover the pointer over the fact that many of them

were, to be precise, contented. Contented with themselves, satisfied

with their survival and some little ones, were maybe, thanking their

God for creating them, fit and fine with ears and eyes and all that

they need to live in good kilter. However, within some mere seconds,

the fight between life and death emerged shattering their perceptions,

their desires and downrightly, their permanence.

Religion? Well, what is religion? Which religion preaches conflict? Which religion tries to traumatize the eudaemonia of mankind? How can we say that the ones who were associated with the attacks did not kill the people of their own religion that very day? How can someone assureme of the fact that none of the people of their faith has succumbed to death due to the heinous crime? The people who have been a part of this attrocity have nothing to do with their beliefs for they are,first and foremost, homo sapiens to be exact and let them not be termed as any religious man, or any man who follows a certain faith.

Of course, Lebanon, Baghdad, Kenya, France have suffered this time but humanity suffers every damn time! I wonder when a mother would be able lull her child to sleep with peace. I wonder when a family affected by this bloodshed would find a protected shelter to rely on and rest for a while. I wonder when a father would enter his workplace with an air of satisfaction knowing that his ménage is safe at home. I wonder when

a sister would not have to worry about his brother returning late from a concert. I wonder when a group of friends would actually party with no fear of being attacked or killed. I wonder when a couple would walk hand-in-hand, talking about their deepest affections without the fear of separation the very next moment. I wonder.

-Srijani roychowdhury

 Lady Brabourne college

 English Honours

1st year