Today, I happened to get my hands on the latest 'Time' magazine and was enormously saddened at the gruesome photograph of a young Afghan lady 'Aisha' who'd been brutalised by the Taliban. The photograph has been put on the cover with a note of apology, by the magazine, on its editorial for having resorted to such an act. She has been punished for having run away from a bad marriage, by the hooligans by chopping off her nose and ears! A sense of revulsion coupled with rage has been the underlying reaction deep within me, ever since.
The extreme measures resorted to by the Taliban on the general public in Afghanistan has been documented earlier too, but the scale of inhumanity that they practice is to be seen to be believed. What sort of savage people are these and how do they metamorphose into such hideous personalities when, I'd like to believe, each one of them came from families who lead honourable lives?
Do they plan to rule their people on the basis of a perpetual fear psychosis? If, on the affirmative, aren't they being totally dumb and ignorant of the nuances of human behaviour and psychology? No control of another human being is sustainable through fear or hatred.
For once, I'd say that the Americans are being the saviours of the common man of Afghanistan and it's a fond hope that they'd be able to beat the Taliban convincingly. And may God be with the people of Afghanistan in their eternal quest for peace and a life of hope sans fear of any kind!
Tailpiece.
An NGO has taken up the responsibilty of providing Aisha the corrective surgery through the best medical facilties available in the United States. A silver lining in an otherwise dark cloud scenario!!
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