SHADOWS, DEMONS AND FATE OF 250 MILLION:
At the end of the day it is all about people...
What defines a people? Their geography, defined or undefined borders, language, ethics or mores, history, culture, ethnic affinity or faith? I do not want to establish how and why Afghanistan and Pakistan enjoy a distinction which makes them there own civilization because many here will be able to connect historical, cultural, linguistic, ethnic, culinary and religious ties. Context is however everything, hence Shadows, Pakistanis will have to break their idols so to speak... (the areas overlap with Persian and Indian influences, cultural and linguistic) casting your own identity... being yourself in the sea of many and yet be accepting or tolerant of others... like neighbors. There is an urgency and it is a struggle for the soul, identity and place of 250 plus million people.
Pakistan/Afghanistan is looking at a boom in demography and it needs to be cultivated ... as I said context is everything... the time has come... history has presented this one time opportunity for this region. Every nation with ambition carved out its piece of the pie in human history... some continue to this day others crashed out. Question is what people here seek to do... will they become vassals or cheap labor for the rest of the world... The time is with people here Now and it seems tide as well... an untapped power with potential weighed down by Shadows and Demons... shadows of history and demons of now ... identify these shadows and demons and set yourself free... stop glorifying your inhibitors the demons inside and outside.
Shadows
The debilitating cultural engagement with India where Pakistan is a net cultural importer.
Shadows of colonial past and it's lingering legacies. Of being part of a certain colonial construct. Of mental inability to see through... of making these legacies sacred... of language, inhibiting development of local and laying ground work for native knowledge and reconstruction.
Demons
The outside forces that want to inhibit change for the better... those who will show up at the gates causing trouble should they see any improvement or breaking of shackles. Demons of inside who are ransacking local wealth. Who are drag down and circumvent prosperity and otherwise ascendency of this region...
World is vying for the soul of these youth who will become engines for either their growth or people here will recognize that their time has come. Stop glorifying and sanctifying these borders ... they are inhibitors, stop sanctifying a colonial construct for the future of your own self. No one, no one will come and take you there... all it needs is awareness and leadership. People who have vision and direction. Pakistan has an increasing population which have all the signs of becoming all that many resources for people outside Pakistan. Pakistanis have no idea how even smaller independent nations protect their culture, language and ethos militantly. Afghanistan for now is mere 35 million people... around 10-15 percent of them have either lived in Pakistan, cycled through or continue to live there... it is a huge territory and choke/access point for not only South Asia but eastern Africa, M.E. and towards the north same for Central Asia and China. Pakistan doesn't need an extension of FATA for that huge territory nor have either of China or India come and sit as equalizer. Do not let the naysayers dictate the outcome. Anyone who ever did something was with believers and only a small amount of them but achieved big things.
This demographic dividend hasn't produced or in the short while will produce any results... all that is needed now is direction, composure and vision. Pakistan needs to stand tall as an equal not an underling. These borders are a trap ... ones with comity of nations will pick and choose their fate and contain its fallout inside those fake and phony lines in the sand... those who don't follow these lines dictate terms and set their goals... question is, do Pakistanis have gumption?
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