Eli Eli Lama Sabatchhani

Ok fine, I don’t believe in the concept of God, and I’m tired of explaining to people why I don’t... You may have a complete faith in the existence of God, for you there’s someone special up there sitting on Clouds and looking down at us with a cynical smile on his lips, that’s fine!  But, for me the case is slightly different. Perhaps just because I’m so dumb, your God is willingly hiding his existence from an imprudent atheist who only sees clouds… minus any supernatural creature sitting on a big white throne!

Ahh, there you are… assembling people to wage a war against me! To you, I’m the representative of Satan! To you, anyone who doesn’t believe in the existence of God loves Satan! To you, anyone who hates Shahrukh Khan… is an obvious supporter of Amir Khan or someone who loves Sachin Tendulkar will essentially spit with hatred whenever he hears the name of Brian Lara!

How quick you assume things so perfectly! How fast you spread terrorism in the name of religion!

Yes, I’m an Atheist, but have I ever forced you to be the same? Then why there’s such an enormous tumult whenever I refuse to see things from your point of view? Why do you guys want to prove that your opinions are right? Why do you need to fight over Ajodhya and Babri Masjid for superiority?

Ahh, there I am… now you came to know why the hell I am suddenly posting so many futile words on my blog… either I am from the sides of Hindus or Muslims… that is what you think, eh?

How good you divide people so fast! How fast you kill people in the name of an invisible creature!

“Damn this boy, we don’t care about the crap he writes. We have a strong community of people those who are religious. If we unite, voices of these idiotic atheists are going to be drowned in the ocean of blood!” But in the name of God we won’t kill him, let him live… his own fate will punish him some day for committing such wrong acts. He will die like a dog; God will take care of him.

There you are once again! Incredibly fast of forming “your own community,” against the one you find intolerable! Astoundingly generous of leaving him to his sufferings without using AK-47 for once!

The Dark Side Remains the Same

“Are you nuts? Wearing black t-shirt on such a holy day? You must be kidding…”

I turned back; it was my Aunty once again. Every time I wear a black t-shirt or Punjabi, she screams like a mad elephant! – “You know black is inauspicious! You shouldn’t wear black at home… you young kids take everything for granted, everything is easy in life like those fast foods you eat instead of homemade meals…!”

I couldn’t protest, because I knew nothing can change human dogmatism so easily. Arguments can only evoke new arguments! But, when I was a real kid I used to fight back with adolescent energies…

“Why can’t I wear black? It’s just a color, no one have the right mark a color as ill-fated… and how the hell on earth it’s inauspicious?”

“Look at this boy; no respects for the elders… look at the way he is arguing… the side effect of disproportionate westernization!!!”

That was ME… always ready to fight back for the things that irritate me the most. However, lot of water has passed under the bridge and that “side effect of disproportionate westernization” has finally realized the significance of “silence.”

I still wear black t-shirts almost 3-4 times a week (I have a great collection of quoted and graphic t-shirts man!). I still don’t believe that a color can bring adversities in a home! But, I have stopped going in conflict over irrelevant things! That is the legitimacy of life, you cannot fight against superstitious people… it is hard to alter dogmatism… people who can do such astonishing things are known as Saints in the pages of history! Clearly, I’m not a saint and I have no intentions to be one… so the best way to deal with these superstitions is, maintain a silence and keep doing what you think is right!

This is just a small example of superstition and dogmatism mingled together from a not-so-important corner of this planet. I am sure there are more such imprudent instances in almost every corners of earth. If we can’t protest verbally, we can do it in our own way… but never, never, never lay down your arms and become a hindrance to the progress of humanity! Lucky, that I have realized it…