It is not funny

Charlie hebdo's insensitive cartoon of the dead Syrian boy and the refugee crisis reflects the hatred and the contempt of its publishers. Making fun of somebody's misery, laughing at an innocent child's death is not a thing of civilized people. It just reflects the lack of human values and the hatred for anyone who is different from them.
Freedom of speech is a great freedom but every right comes with an inherent responsibility. Speech should not be in mocking fun of the poor and the destitutes rather it should be with responsibility. Humor cannot be at the expense of somebody's emotions, it cannot be at somebody's misery. Humor should be a weapon of change, it should be used to curb social evils. It is not humor if it mocks at basic human rights.

It's a clock!

The arrest of the 14 year old Muslim boy, Ahmad, in Texas when he took his invention, a home made digital clock is shameful. A young boy is removed from school just because he likes to invent and his teachers are just not smart enough. His creativity, his wings are clipped because of islamophobia. In time when he was asking for appreciation, he was tortured. This is not the way to treat our children. Instead of guidance and encouragement he was barred from school. Instead of apology, the police wants to press charges of making a hoax bomb. And the boy had kept repeating that it's a clock. The incident clearly reflects the stupidity of the authorities and the spread of islamophobia. And nobody paid attention to the fact that he was saying that it's a clock.

Race to destruction

Everywhere I turn, I see misfortune. Every country is struggling either with internal disturbances or external threats. Everywhere there is pain and suffering. The poor, the hungry, the refugees, the minorities, the indigenous groups, men, women, children and old, peasants and workers, they are all suffering. Everywhere politics, the lust for power and wealth is driving nations to destruction. Racism, hatred for different religions and nations, is hardening the hearts. Natural calamities are the earth's way of saying that it cannot bear anymore. Mankind is devoid of humanity. It is racing towards destruction. Men have forgotten how to love, how to share. These are dark times. Really dark.

Syria- my heart bleeds for you

It has been over four years that I have been reading and writing about the human rights violations in Syria. Reading and sharing about the plight of children of Syria. Torture, rapes, destruction of homes, death, every single heinous crime is being committed on the soil of Syria by the most wicked of men. People fleeing their homes to escape oppression is enough heartbreaking. The tragedy is when they don't have anyone to take them. Struggling on small boats to escape oppression, many have lost their lives. Those who reached safely are refugees. The heart breaking picture of the body of little boy that was washed on the beach two days back has become the symbol of the oppression that these innocent lives are facing. He is one of the millions who were the future, the future that is now turned into dust. All they need is our prayers and our help. The help from the authorities to give them asylum. They need us, the children of Syria need us. They are not in war that they entered themselves, they are oppressed by a wicked regime. They need a better world, they need someone to fulfil the promise of love that their parents made when they were conceived. Peace is what they want. Justice is what they need.

Whose fault is it, anyways?

Every time I read some report about girls who left their families to join isis, I feel sorry about them and their families but I also wonder about why they did what they did. For young European girls to leave their aspirations, their homes, their dreams, their freedom, is something that is disturbing as well as it opens the floodgates of questioning minds. Why would a girl do that and who is to be blamed? The parents that failed to integrate, the school that failed to notice the change, the society that failed to accept, the social media that is ever effective in spreading mischief, or the authorities that failed to take action?
One thing is there that the parents failed to give the real picture of the world and left the us versus them feeling in the minds of their children. Further, a false picture of Islam is also painted, a picture that shows that the western world is evil. Yes, it is true that post 911, islamophobia has increased and the terrorist organization take advantage of it to lure gullible youth that has failed to mingle in their society towards itself. While men go to join the jihadist, the girls go to marry these mass murderers. For a girl to give up her dreams to marry a criminal, is something very sad.
Religion is something to be practiced within closed doors. Outside a person should try to be a good human being. Morality and humanity is above all the religions of the world. Universal brotherhood is a fact that needs to be preached everywhere. People tend to keep themselves secluded from different cultures and also societies feel reluctant in accepting new people. This feeling of us and them needs to change. Evil doers wait for these opportunities to brain wash young people by saying that only they can provide them with good life. It is all a lie. A rapist, a murderer, a terrorist will never provide a good life or a meaning to life. A misguided person cannot guide anyone.

Dark demon

There is a strange emptiness in my heart
It engulfs me from inside out
I feel like no day or night-
Can fill this void inside
No flower, no sound, no amusement
Can take me away from me
A dark demon whispers to me
Carrying me to my doom
Takes away all hopes from me
And leaves me in my gloom 

How feminists damaged the cause of women

The fight for equality between genders for allowing the freedom to work for women and to be treated as an equal. It involved giving women the right to vote, the right to work, the right to express her own self. It included the right of choice to marry a person of one's liking in some societies as well. The fight for gender justice is about the independence. Feminism was about equality, it was about being treated with respect.
In the twenty first century, the issues of feminists lie majorly with the right to sexual preference and the right to expose one's body. Today, the feminists stand for right to have sex as a major issue. It is undoubtedly a woman's right whether she wants to marry or not, whether she wants one night stand or a live in relationship, the problem is that in a society where men prefer a no strings attached sexual relationship as a way of their gratification, gullible women may actually end up at the receiving end. Many feminists have also attacked the traditional attires of certain societies that require women to cover their body as being regressive and oppressive. Unfortunately, their protests in the form of running naked on streets actually led to the objectification of their bodies.
A woman's sexual preference is not the be all and end all where majority of the women suffer from domestic abuse, low education rate, less pay, poor healthcare facility, poor nutrition and so on. Where women still suffer from malnutrition, where there is high maternal mortality rate, the concern of the feminists should be concentrated on nutrition and healthcare. Feminism should concentrate of preventing female feticide and female infanticide. It should aim at increasing education for girl child and creating job opportunities for women. Feminism should be about empowerment. It should aim at ending sexual abuse and not just the sexual choice. It should target the overall development and wellbeing of a woman and not just one aspect of her life. Feminism should be about making a woman an equal human and not just an equal bed partner.