Thursday, October 1, 2009

Arrive, we will

Yesterday, there was an article in New York Times, describing how the terrorist network in Pakistan is alive and thriving. Hundreds of people, Indians, Pakistanis and Americans, left their comments on the article. One particular comment, from an overseas Indian named Zainab Ali living in NY, caught my attention, and so I am reproducing it here:

"Even though Indians and Pakistanis are essentially similar, yet their respective states couldn't be headed on more differing trajectories - Last week, India sent a rocket into space, which circled the moon and discovered water on the lunar surface; Last year, Pakistan sent ten misguided, brain washed young men to Mumbai, who murdered 173 innocent men, women and children.
How did we end up here?
P.S. By no means am i implying that india, my motherland, is perfect, far from it. As an Indian muslim, i am all too aware of the very, very long road india has to traverse before we arrive. But I am confident that arrive, we will."

Arrive, we will.