Relative Peace. Is it worth fighting for?

After many months and some humorous posts, I thought about writing a post on another serious topic. And there it was! It was “Independence Day” on August-14th in Pakistan and the next day August-15th in India. This led me to wonder- Are we really Independent? I vote to say NO. Why? Even though we are supposed to be a democratic nation, we are in fact a bureaucratic democracy. Now politics is not the reason I am writing this post. It is for an entirely different reason: WAR!. After World War 2, there have not been any displays of violence by any nation that equals WW2 or exceeds it. That is however, a good thing. But the war on Iraq and other “Small Scale” wars according to the UNO are necessary steps to maintain Relative Peace.

This leads us to wonder. What is this relative peace that I keep stating about so often? It is the co-existence of many nations in a condition where they are apparently not fighting with each other. The diplomatic relations between any 2 nations might be that they are not at war. But under all the dust and soot, a war of superiority could be raging.

After ages during which the earth produced harmless trilobites and butterflies, evolution progressed to the point at which it has generated Neros, Genghis Khans, and Hitlers. This, however, I believe is a passing nightmare; in time the earth will become again incapable of supporting life, and peace will return.
-Bertrand Russell

On the other hand, I always thought; “There can be no peace without war”. This, according to me is true to an extent. Sometimes, tyranny and conspiracies are not expected and openly done. This leads us to another point. What is the cause for all this HATE and VIOLENCE that is developed in the hearts of people? I answer RACISM! This is the reason for almost all the wars that have been fought in the world. While we think of preserving all the culture and traditions of OUR ancestors, we are more intent on destroying the same of other cultures. This is seen even today in the smallest walks of life. The solution? Acceptance of other religions as good enough as our own. There is no religion which is better than the other. Religion is the grouping together of people who believe in particular ways of worshiping the supreme being. Some may build statues of their conceptions of god. Others may paint them. Some others may attribute them to nature.

Different ways to look at god does not mean that there are different gods. It is like this. When we think of water, there are ponds, lakes, rivers, seas and oceans. These reflect the statement: One being, different forms. There are also groups of people who say there is no god. That there is no supreme being which controls the workings of the universe. Referring to the above example, these people think of god as vapor. They do not want to believe in it. But that doesn’t mean it is not there. No offense to any Atheists. These are MY views on religion. Please excuse me if ANY religion or way of life has been offended by this post.

Concluding my relentless ranting, I wish to say: Equality is not a concept for a fiction novel. It is a fact/truth; embrace it!