Saturday 30 August 2014

And he chose half glass of water...A Struggle

Let me start with a typical story style. The style which I was taught in my 2nd grade. Once upon a time, a man was thirsty. He was searching desperately for water and in a constant struggle to find even a few drops of water, but couldn't find any.  Day by day his need was increasing and his struggle was getting harder and harder. One day the miracle happened and he was given two options. One was half glass of water and one was quarter filled. Just imagine you are at the place of that man. What would you choose? Obviously half glass of water, though his need was not fulfilled completely, but that was the better option for him. So he chose that option and started struggle again.



I hit upon by this idea when the Azadi March and Inqalaab March was resisted by shelling and firing of rubber bullets in Islamabad outside parliament house. However, it was an undemocratic move that shows barbarism on peaceful and innocent protesters. At this critical moment, I don't want to say that I am supporting PTI or PMLN. I would say just choose what is better. I believe anyone like the thirsty man will choose half glass of water despite of the fact that both are not full. The demand of PMLN resignation could be omitted, but it was not. Similarly, it was almost 17 days, but the government was paying no heed to the demands. 

No clear mandate was given to protesters by government. Media reported deadlock among PTI and government negotiations. There was hype on social media. Twitter was trending with #GoNawazGo, #GoImranGo and many other similar trends. Some people were making baseless arguments and some were talking sense. 

You know what, in the beginning I had some reservations over Azadi March, but in these last few days I get confused again. May be because of the following questions that were roaming in my mind.
  • Why containers were placed in Lahore and Islamabad?
  • Why there was a delay by government to file an FIR against the model town incident?
  • Why PTI march was blamed as unethical?
  • Why Nawaz Sharif  lied in the parliament?
  • Why Nawaz Sharif went to Raiwand, Lahore?
Now these all why's are making me thirsty as well. I am in a dire need of water. I was not offered full glass of water though, but I will choose a better option. Yes, I will choose the half glass of water, I will chose PTI. Don't forget that quarter glass of water need to be filled half first. You have to struggle after all. The choice is all yours!

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