Shoania

Sania is getting married to Shoaib Malik. The media persons went into a tizzy to find out how the relationship started. But they have little time to dig the story, especially with short notice for marriage. They are busy covering the plethora of issues surrounding the wedding, cricket, tennis, Indo-Pak, visa, Dubai, who will become what, dance, song, mehndi. Everybody is joining, Pakistan Govt., tennis authorities from two nations, moral issues, societal issues, Bal Thackeray. For the first time in Sania’s career, tennis, mini-skirts and her pranky Tee quotes have taken a backseat. Just perception theories whether it’s a clean bowled or an ace, nobody can get a clue.

I believe they have taken a huge step for mankind. India and Pakistan talking politically in the garb of Afghanistan and United States of America, cannot achieve anything. It’s the people from two nations who can bring the change. India should continue to revisit its formalities for the so-called PEACE talks with Pakistan till the next generation arrives. The current generation carries the images of Partition, 1971 War, burnt houses of Hindus in Kashmir, against which it’s difficult to talk peace with anguish in the eyes. Either Pakistan will reach the fate of Afghanistan esp. with the complete access given to United States of America. The moment you give access to Americans, the story is over. In Pakistan, HOPE is despair.

Pakistani tennis authority stated, looking at the moral and societal values of Asians, Sania should play for Pakistan since her husband is from Pakistan. Perhaps for the first time, Pakistan is backing an Indian, fighting for and encouraging an Indian to be called a Pakistani. They would have responded the same had it been the case of Shoaib Malik marrying a Hindu. No …… No….. No……. I will not tread on the religious issues, right now its only about Indo-Pak, superstars and the sports.

Sania did hit the Ace when asked whom she would support India or Pakistan. Would always be cheering for India and supporting my husband for the hard work that he puts in. answered definitely in context to cricket, no political statements from sportpersons. Ayesha angle perhaps has been brought in to deviate the media, consulates and diplomats away from the main point of contention. It’s like American rugby player marrying a Russian gymnast in the Cold War period, read one of my friend’s status messages on Facebook.

The masterstroke is settling in Dubai. After all neutral venue has always been chosen for hosting matches between India and Pakistan. I wish the two LUCK and future ahead. Hope India and Pakistan can take a lesson from the love of two sportsperson. Or perhaps neutral venue will be the solution for India and Pakistan. Till then, we wish to explore the possibility of deriving something like Shoania for India and Pakistan.

Is it a regional or a religion issue?

Shahrukh Khan was detained in a US airport. So whats the big deal when hundreds and thousands of Muslims get detained travelling from any part of the globe in US. Everybody is talking about it. We have so many media modes (television, radio, newspapers, internet) and channels (hundreds of them) these days that everybody comes up with their own story and the whole essence of the story is lost. Every star, politician, citizen is commenting on the fact.

Some say, its nothing new, others its bad or its ugly. Shah Rukh Khan is upset. Upset has several reasons by different sources. “I am global celebrity”, a newspaper quoted. Well he may not be a global celebrity. Every Muslim star in India has been through a situation in an airport in USA, be it Zayed, Irfan, Kabir or any other Khan/ Malik or whosever it is. But has done enough in his life single handedly to be called KING. Definitely such people are global citizens. I had earlier reiterated the fact in my New York article. Salman Khan quoted because of this tight security check, they have avoided the threat of another 9/11. But I am sure next time any attack happens in USA, it will not be implemented by Muslims. They may be planners but will find somebody else to execute the plan. But the most disheartening fact is the way, we are marginalizing a community.

I am a huge fan of SRK personally. Not for his performance, which is at times is quite bogus. But for his thoughts and witty remarks. There are very few in this world who can or have been able to make such a name for themselves. He made a very wonderful point.

I will go to the US when work demands but I will limit my travels. I have no
complaints against the system but I wish it could be more streamlined and less
cumbersome.

Moreover USA has one of the most stringent process for obtaining a visa. If they have done all the checks at the time of visa with your background check and fingerprints and photograph on the visa. Plus it is updated on all their records at the embassy and the parent database in USA, when is the person scheduled to travel, the purpose of his travel and still they cordon off the Muslims with a cumbersome and a tortuous process of knowing about them. If America is so paranoid of Muslims travelling in USA. They can close down their embassies from the countries from which they have potential threat including India. An absurd idea, but never underestimate Americans.

But we live in a small world. Even superpowers cannot live in isolation. Globalization is shrinking the world.

It’s a very tricky situation we are living in. America is a very enterprising nation. One can think and do the thing. It is the Land of Possibilities. The country gives space to any person in the World. But their deeds to protect themselves is marginalizing the World from the USA. Neither USA can sustain nor does the World have the propensity for the same.

I wish SRK using his image can bring some change in the precarious situation/condition that the World is slumping into. Although it is something which is too ambitious that we are trying to put on him.

Make friends not enemy but Just Keep One Enemy – America

These thoughts are wavering in my mind looking at the condition of our neighboring nation - PAKISTAN

I just feel and believe that no country should be friend with USA. Or rather I wish I should be alive the day, USA will no longer be USA and is split into various states as separate nations. It is indeed a big lesson for the nations of the world to think how USA will look like and how much it will have then, what the identity of USA will be like. Americans may not realize this but they need to think in hindsight how much they have taken for world, for selling their arms, for ensuring fuel is in abundance in their nation, to make dollar a global currency and to make itself the only self-confessed super power nation of the world.

This is one of the reasons, I love Congress, come what may, 60 years past independence, they have not allowed anybody to divide India and kept India intact, despite so much of communal hatred and riots spilling against the minorities in some part of the country or the other. A nation loses its belief, identity, culture, history if it is broken into parts. Some of my Muslim friends across the border in Pakistan, hail Quaid-e-Azam for giving them a separate land. But I would rebuke him, he allowed a glorious land called India to be broken into pieces. In a way, Gandhi or Bapu as people lovingly call him is also responsible.

In Pakistan’s case, their high headed military guerillas who have always been treated like son-in-law and their archaic policies have ruined the nation. They have brought the nation on the brinks of the disaster, rather Pakistan will be termed as a disaster. They never realized while chasing the Westerners that it is going to meet the same fate as Afghanistan or may be worse. They are fighting their own people in their own land, what worse can happen to a person, when he starts fighting with his children or his children backfire him. He can never find peace, come what may. Same is the case with Pakistan, when you teach your child all the notorious and ill-willed activities. Your son is going to come and experiment the same, when he becomes intolerable.

Who knows whether Taliban exists or not in Swat Valley? And even if they exist, it is unfortunately affecting the people of Pakistan. Thousands and thousands of them have to flee from their own land and become refugee on their own land. What more unfortunate can happen to a person?

All the disasters done by Gen. Pervez Musharraf and his predecessors are going to backfire Pakistan. Pakistan knows what USA does to its allies, a live case in front of them are neighbours, Afghanistan. Use somebody when the occasion and destroy him when the motive is absolved. Same will happen with the Pakistan. Pakistan is begging in front of America for every billion dollars.

The great American dream lives and survives. What that dream is? Please figure it out.

But I'd say one thing, make love not peace.