War against Terrorism - who is betraying whom??

“9/11”,Can anyone ever forget this day? Of course not. The attack on WTC on Sept 11, 2001 and the aftermath every one had to face for this. That incident not only reverberated US but also its aftermath echoed through every nation in the world, specially the countries like India which are directly or indirectly depends on the economy of US. That was the first ever audacious attempt by Terrorist groups.

After that attack, US started to think of the power of the terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda and the need of strategic plans of prevention of such activities in future. This was the true beginning of Global war against terrorism. Pakistan also took part as a responsible country in that movement. The undeniable amiable relationship between President Pervez Musharraf and the Bush Administration led to a deal of $5 billion which was to help Pakistani army to counter against high skilled terrorist threats and activities. They named it as Coalition support fund which was to reimburse expenses incurred by Pakistani army in anti terrorist activities.

After six years have been passed after that US-Pak deal, I have encountered a news report today where US is now complaining about the improper use of that aid fund by Pakistan. It has come to the notice of Bush administration that the American Money is not properly routed to the frontline Pakistani units to build an effective counterinsurgency force. Instead during these 6 years the lump sum money had been diverted to finance the activities against India, not Al-Qaeda or Taliban.

This claim raised a strong question mark in my mind. How US, the country which has the largest intelligence network almost in all countries, unable to track this misuse during these six years? Is the friendly relationship between President Musharraf and Bush Administration is the cause of this negligence? This also puts on doubt the Islamabad’s repeated claims that it will take every measure to fight against Terrorism in Kashmir and the whole world. ISI is growing its network like mushroom in every part of our country India. Bombings in public places, in religious sites to ignite communal violence; helping India’s internal terrorist groups to meet their requirements- such activities have always been under the purview of Islamabad . This is how Islamabad is fighting war against terrorism!! If the 5 billion as US is claiming is misused against India, then India should be more cautious now and should find out some means to strengthen its anti terrorist squad ( May be by convincing US to get a financial Aid)

On the part of US, I think US should check the credibility of Islamabad once and find some means to track every penny that was routed to Pakistan as Aid against terrorism. It should rethink its policy of sectioning aids to countries in war against terrorism. It’s because if the money is misused somewhere, US (in return India) is not gaining anything. The only beneficiary in this whole process is Pakistan. If India and US march forward together in the war against terrorism with intelligent ways, then they can find out some effective measure to at least minimize the repercussions. In that case, US has to take the ownership of taking initiative as India is getting plagued by not only outside border threats but also internal security threats like Naxalite movements.

On the part of Islamabad, time has come to prove their repeated claims. Islamabad should now come up with a transparent plan to eradicate the roots of every terrorist group. The world community should also keep a vigilant eye on each other in the war against terrorism.

Then only we can step forward ahead to a world of peace…free of terrorism and violence!!!!

The Pursuit Of Happ'Y'ness

The life goes on and leaving behind all hopes and aspirations. The only thing valuable for you may not be the best thing for you. The person you care for the most might not care for you, and the person you care the least might care for you the most. That is the kind of irony we face in life.

The quest for happiness leads us to a state where though we are not happy at all, yet the same of our near and dear ones gives us the feeling of Utopian contentment. Though someone might question 'How ?', yet the fact remains that if everyone has to compromise in his/her life once, why not compromise for happiness??

Human traditions and values have bound us to some restrictions where we think that we are at the receiving end in certain situations that come across in the path of life. Then, we try to be Spiritual, which gives us a sense of divine feeling. But is spirituality all about worshiping God and asking HIM for help at the time of trouble??

If we Human beings think so, then it’s really disgusting on the part of us, the best species of God’s creation. I think spirituality means to strive for the best with the believe in God, the supreme power. We may not get everything. But, God is never responsible for it. We aren't capable enough to get that. May be something very good is awaiting for us somewhere. We are the ones who are responsible for everything that happen to us. If we somehow get in to the habit of learning from every situation, then we can get the best out of life!!

At some point of discussion, one of my best friends told me “ there is nothing as such as Right or Wrong, its all about perception”. Though at that time I thought it isn't true, but after some point of time, I started respecting that thought. If we start thinking like that, we will never have any expectation from anyone, and we can be the happiest of all.

Once one question came to my mind “Who is the most unsuccessful person in this world? “. After taking in to account all the incidents that happened in my life, I have got the answer as “the person who is too much EMOTIONAL.“ I giggled at my own craziness, about my own musings. But the truth is always a truth, may be bitter in taste. May be someone won't agree to this answer of mine, but it's the experience I have got in my life which has made me to think like that.

People always say in our time of trouble,” Be practical...be practical! Why r u behaving like a stupid?" I think Practicality and Stupidity are the two sides of the same coin. They always go hand in hand. At a point of life what seems stupid to everyone might seem to us the most Practical solution. You know why is this so? Because Human beings’ strive for happiness make them to behave like that. The practicality is that we are always selfish and we never want to get hurt. Keeping in mind all these, I think the best way to live life is to live being in present, past we can never change and the future is in our hand. We can either make it beautiful or ruin it. It's at our discretion.

Love yourself and be happy. That's the mantra of successful and happy life.