Global India In 21st Century…

By SHAHNAWAZ AHMAD ANSARI

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Visualising India of 21st Century Globe

Turn of the 21st century brought mass awareness for life’
Canny colonialism blossomed with a sharpened knife;
Subtle imperialism tunnelled NEO, nothing to surmise.
People’s progressive plans pivoted pejoratively ripe;
But Uncle Sam kicked all uprisings tended to subside.

Palestine-Israel-Liberation broke with the stroke of hegemonic idiom,
9/11 jolted a jinx of jihad killing innocent humans with religious opium;
Weakening of South Asian powers through a strategic proxy medium.
Sponsoring clandestine armament to disrupt India is a sort of odium;
Islamic terrorism got neo-imperialistic promotion with jilted premium.

Sloganeering India Shinning entered the new century in disguise,
Unemployment galore everywhere with gunning glory to hide;
Rising inflation, hawkish neighbouring nation – the shows to ride.
Hitler of the twentieth century virtually looked nowhere to survive;
But subliminal unrest for suiciding farmers surged a sustained life.

Indo-Pak peace treaty landed mawkish with a bitter bite,
Cross-border terrorism reached an unprecedented height;
Parliament attack poured poison bringing the disharmonious plight.
26/11 left an indelible bold blot on the horizon of national pride;
Naxal Movement spread beyond the bout with political insight.

A ray of hope skimmed the youth to combat the furore on the floor of recession,
The economic downturn around the globe supposed the Indian masses to submission;
Nothing, but agro-based economy rescued Indian with not much jolt of acquisition.
Mayhem veiled everywhere; politicians retorted each other ignoring the real condition;
Private sector’s job gradually downsized combating cleavage of the new dimension.

Two consecutive terms CENTRIST governance led corruption to rise,
No one happened to cut the voluminous dimension of corruption to size;
The degree of scams continued to grow, fixings the flavour without enzyme.
Controlling the pogroms ensured a decade of the rule in the east to incline;
Gujarat sowed the seed of hatred and turned a role-model of development to enjoin.

Eastern India saw a gigantic setback of three decades old LEFT on time,
Centrist took over the reign as communist no longer LEFT, left to shine;
The eastern wind impacted the neighbouring states changing the regime.
Mass consciousness of political rights in the North Indian States turned genuine;
Local and tribal movement in the BIMARU States gradually got utterly sublime.

India against corruption – a near to mass movement gathered the momentum of the fine line,
Soon it took a political trajectory with massive support of people’s active align;
Against-the-corruption stalwarts led the campaign of people’s problems with a design.
Steady with intensity, the campaign gained marginalised support with silent consign;
Activist turn politician weaved the inroads of the political movement with AAP sign.

Global order went mad in the rat race of technological tussle,
Political order dipped a debilitating death, spinning on muscle; 
Democracies across the world happened to face only hustle-bustle.
Capitalism has gone higher than communism, letting down poor to muddle;
Religious terrorism worst still with no political intervention to rumble.

A decade long serial scams and conceiving corruption paved the RIGHTIST a way of hope,
The strategic campaign, harangued hustings propagated the masses to believe in a long rope;
Sky-high promises, tampered ethics and virtual prosperity seemed like the voice of the pope.
The goody-goody of poor masses smelt the velocity of change lurking with a positive note;
Good day cometh’ won their hearts; they voted for change, but later became the scapegoat. 

SHAHNAWAZ AHMAD ANSARI

Remembering Abdul Qaiyum Ansari and Abdul Hameed: The Messiahs of Social Justice & Patriotism…

By SHAHNAWAZ AHMAD ANSARI

The Heroes of Patriotism & Social Justice – Abdul Qaiyum Ansari & Martyr Abdul Hameed.

Extending warm homage on the Birthdays i.e., 1st July of the duo nationalists: Freedom fighter late – Abdul Qaiyum Ansari and War-fighter (warrior) Shaheed Abdul Hameed gives immense pride and joy, which the masses in general usually don’t feel. It might be a coincidence or due to a few similarities between them, they were born on the same day. Notably, both hailing from the Pasmanda communities were die-hard nationalists. The former fought for the freedom of the country opposing the two-nation theory of the Muslim League, and for the rights of the underprivileged (Pasmanda & Bahujan), while the latter, fought the war against Pakistan to protect his country, voluntarily embracing martyrdom. Nevertheless, Muslims are traitors!  

Arguably, both were the real heroes of the ‘Bharat Mata’ who bore the narrow confines of sorrow for the sake of building ‘New-India’, entirely different than that of Modi’s! They envisioned an inclusive and progressive India, where Equality (Masawat) could be the driving-force irrespective of the caste & creed. Although their heroic deeds and statesmanship haven’t been portrayed the way it should be, yet, they were undoubtedly the worthy and real sapoots of Bharat Mata!

Ironically and woefully, the souls of both these illustrious sons of India must be in extreme torment in heaven due to the emergence of majoritarian pseudo-nationalism and extreme form of communalism, where innocents are being killed for trivial reasons. They may have never ever speculated such victimisation of their succeeding generations!

Ansari Sb – An Ambassador of Nationalism & Communal Harmony

In the pre-independence era, he opposed vehemently the communal policies of the Muslim League, and the creation of Pakistan. Analytically, Momin Movement was the off-shoot of the Muslim League’s agenda for a separate Muslim nation, which opposed the two-nation theory. Later, Momin Movement turned out instrumental in uplifting socio-economic, political and ideological emancipation of the Momin community – counting almost half of India’s Muslim population.

In the post-independence era, during the aggression of Pakistan on Kashmir in October 1947, he was the first Muslim Leader of India, who came forward and condemned the same. Stepping forward, he strenuously worked towards inculcating awareness in the Muslim masses to counter such aggressions as true citizens of India. He urged the Indian Muslims to support the Government of India in the anti-Indian uprising of the Razakars in Hyderabad during September 1948. He worked throughout his life to enliven nationalism, secularism, equality and social justice in the democratic envelope. But, dejectedly, the current state of affairs is the adverse stream of his ideals, thoughts and deeds.

Ansari Sb – The need of the hour

Statesmen like Ansari Sb are rare. Had he been alive, the condition of Muslims in general and Pasmanda Muslims, in particular, wouldn’t have been as deplorable as it is today. The vacuum of such leadership, who stood for the genuine causes of social justice, political and citizenry rights, has not been fulfilled even after 46 years of his demise. The emergence of pseudo-nationalism and its unplugged upsurge has been setting a new normal and a stage for orchestrated communalism. The neo-culture of mob-lynching is the subset of pseudo-nationalism.

The series of mob-lynching started 5 years back, is incessant and the recent one of Tabrez Ansari in Jharkhand seems to be accelerating the new pace and setting a new paradigm, inspiring the Hindu-hardliners to participate in these activities with renewed vigour. Ironically, it won’t be over-speculation that till 2024, mob-lynching/pogroms might be legalised in Indian democratic structure as it has started taking cultural proportion. Alas! Ansari Sb should have been alive to rescue the debilitated lot of the depressed, and to fight for the equality (Masawat) – his functional philosophy, which is also one of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Indian constitution under the banner of fundamental rights and the soul of the humanity!