Heroes & Our Desperate Wait.

So i see and look back at the recent chain of events. Like, Political stand offs, Imran Khan episode etc. As i said , somethings just dont change in the history of this nation. One such thing i have come across is our quest to look for a 'savior'. This theme has been recurring ever so after since independence that i am getting a fair idea of how it is only a destructive force.

As much as i am disappointed at some people of this nation , on theirlow-price-selling during Imran episode , let me be more clear and blunt. Our anticipation of him being a savior only depicts how psychologically helpless we as a nation are. When i use the word , psychologically , i want to emphasize its a mental state where we are in. We have not reached here in few weeks, its something we have been in for some years now. So much so is the situation of our static attitude that we are looking for ways to vent. Otherday people were angry at man handling of Imran Khan's sisters by police. Lets be honest to ourselves. How many women are man-handled by the very institution already? Female lawyers? human rights activists? women who are not given proper and fair justice for the crimes committed against them. I must tell my Non-Pakistani friends here , its not a new phenomenon in the world and Pakistan is no exception to this. When you evaluate current situation , you must understand the whole history involved and donot fall prey to tits-bits of information.Coming back to my point , our quest of hero has so much left us bewildered that whenever we think of a 'potential hero' and some disaster strikes him/her, our reaction is only based on emotions. I see the same happening again.Our hopes come to life with an individual , die with the very individual. Take Musharraf , Chief Jutstice and now Imran Khan. For Nth time i am convinced that we are a nation looking and hoping for some miracle. A nation which has not found any thing beyond its desperate association with its 'love' for an unknown 'hero'.

Remember my friends , its the masses that move the world. Its that average man we have to help educate and think beyond certain ideas to make him an active citizen. Once we will create such awareness , the person of highest order will only rise because then the process will be setup before his arrival. Quaid-e-Azam, Gandhi were only successful in this land because there were many many people before who had done the ground work. Without them , i am convinced , they wouldve just been ordinary citizens.

I must quote Iqbal here , when he said about our wait for Imam Mehdi,

'Dont wait for Mehdi , the source of power. Go! create him'.

So shall i tell you the same my country men. Dont wait for someone to elevate your pains. Do it for yourselves , no matter how insignificant. Its the collective impact which is that really matters.