Finally got the chance to watch Black Friday(For those interested a good version with subtitles is available at http://www.hulu.com/watch/102523/black-friday).
Black Friday is a movie which is a look at the investigation following the 1993 Mumbai blasts. It explores various aspects of the blasts and its aftermath. What particularly interested and scared me was the fact that its been 16 years since those blasts and yet the possibility that they may occur tomorrow is just as bright as it was all those years ago. The 1993 Mumbai blasts were a direct result or backlash from the 1992/93 riots that ensued in Mumbai following the Babri masjid demolition. The blasts at Mumbai post 2000 were again a direct result of the Gujarat riots which were a backlash from the godhra carnage. The cycle is an endless and bloody one.
It all boils down to the fact that we as humans are a divided lot and there will always be people smart enough to use these divisions to create hatred for their own private gains. It doesn't take much effort for one to instigate us on some grounds against another person, religion or community. All it needs are a few personal references, a few instances showing how we have been oppressed and lo we have your terrorist.
Religion is to blame for most of these follies. It has taught us to be in a herd and stand up for what we believe in without reasoning.Religion doesn't preach violence- Manipulators do. Break the cycle. Do not give them the chance to use us against one another.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. Mahatma Gandhi
this is perhaps the problem that has, is and will haunt humanity for ever. We might end up being the species that causes its own extinction! hmm, I really dont know if there is a solution to it. It is the prize we pay for the so called 6th sense we have (or the lack of it) :)
ReplyDeleteEducation could be a way forward. U dont see ppl like u nd me being influenced this easily.. Its mostly the illiterate masses.
ReplyDeleteAnd well.. come to think of it we do see educated crazy ppl as well.. But somehow that notion seems less frequent than the other.
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