All these hoax calls and bomb threats have forced me to think about things that I had stopped thinking long back. Because i was having too many nightmares. and i did nt want to lose sleep over some people that i didnt even know. but they have all come back now. i am thinking of them again. how do people in iraq live? in israel or palestine live? how do they live fearlessly in pakistan or for that matter afghanistan? what was the psychology of Americans after 9/11 is now understandable.
u know, fear is the biggest weapon with which you can demoralise a society. u can bring them down on their knees. thats what terrorists do. they are the best pshycologists.
today i met a film maker from israel. he has taken bombs and wars in his stride, it seemed to me. his name is dan wolman, a doyen of israeli cinema. he told me, ``i take life as it is. i could be creative in between all this. which is more important,.''
i wondered how?? i asked him of the younger generation there and he told me they have seen more peace than him. true!
but israel is fast changing he said. his home town is jerusalem. what a place. to be born in the land of jesus and to be living in fear. pity. but they dont pity themselves. atleast dan dont. he is full of energy and vigour. war has not taken anything from him.
what happens if finally a bomb explodes here? maybe keralites would be more humble then. they would think about other people living in distant globes who see this on a daily basis and be more thankful. maybe they will shed their arrogance and maybe they will start living....
dan told me he is hopeful for a younger generation of Israelis. somethings are happening which is bad and wrong...but i am hopeful..peace may come..is what he said.
and i was suddenly thinking about people who lament that bombs destroy everything. sometimes they build much more..............
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