What do you do when you hit a wall ?!
Suppose, well just suppose, you are the person who is to fix all the problems of Pakistan – or as a matter of fact, take any developing Asian country – the whole nation looks up to you and actually you are sincere enough to want to get to solutions.
But what happens when you go in to the convolution of problems? You start hitting walls, if you try to fix education, social disparity creeps in, if you go on to fix that, the political and economical injustice starts acting up, if you shot on to solve that, the corrupt bureaucracy shines up. You keep trying that, and you come back to education or any one of the major problems above.
You simply hit a wall.
How do you solve problems when they are convoluted and complex and intricately inter-woven?
My ex-boss used to say: “Piece-by-Piece, Part-by-Part”.
How would you want to fix it, or would you want to fix it at all?
a well written post for new PM ( I hope he sees it :) )
We need a sincere leadership , the one , who can feel the hardships our countrymen are facing in terms of shortage of food, clothing and education. Unless our rulers comprehend the gravity of problem there is little chance of any betterment.
They have to curtail lavish spendings of public money , which unfortunately regarded as private property.
Let the God show them right path
Hey Aamir, Welcome to my Blog.
Are you Muhammad Aamir, 2308?
BTW, you didn’t answer my question, what if you are the PM? What’d be your strategy then?
Well, Rakesh.
Nothing can be changed until the whole system is changed.
With the existing system, its really difficult to improve(or even change) things easily and what u stated is really true that if one tries solving one problem he will end up struggling with another obstacle and in the end getting nowhere.
The point is that INQILAAB ( a revolution is required ) at this point in time on emergency basis.
The corruption can not be eradicated by gradual improvement.
So you think we need a revolution… But what would bring that revolution? Do you forsee a social/cultural revolution or the one with bloodhshed and all that?
Do you find any difference in the social situation of our country in recent past? Do you think anything has changed since, let’s say 1999?
The revolution I am talking about is the kind of revolution that came in IRAN,
well yes with a lot of blood shed n stuff.
difference in the social situation is that things are getting worse.
Media is not educating ppl, instead its confusing ppl.
So back to the question, how do we fix it? :)
I dont know how you take it but for me(i developed this thinking in last 2-3 years) the “right approach(may look a bit harsh)” is:
“A system which doesn’t have the concept of justice should be thrown back on the face of the people responsible for it or at least it should be made so uncomfortable for them and also the direct beneficiaries of the system ( because I think they are equally responsible but most of them don’t realize this) that they will be bound to change it. ”
In recent months or so i am seeing at least a change in the thinking of the people towards collective issues and i am real optimist(may not show my optimism often) so i think things are changing and this change is crucial it may take us any where and it depends how we handle it.
even if you don’t understand what i am saying i have written a poem for people who want change :)
http://syedfaisal.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/aik-kashti-thi-qazzaqon-kiaik-kashti-mein-maot-kai-sipahi/
I understand your point Faisal and I share a part of your optimism.
But let’s come down to apply your theory in Pakistan. Like how can we make people “uncomfortable” with current system?
by exposing responsibles and prime benaficiaries by what ever means we have (blogs,tv channels,newspapers etc),by spreading the sense of defiance against the ugly system ,sense of individual and collective justice and the love of freedom among the people, by making people to think (in every direction such as science,religion,law etc because only free minds can bring a solid change),follow the same principle in our individual lives(for that we need constatnly rethink our approach after some time) , need to bring change in our educational system(to bring a long term change, using media will also help in this) and when our social mindset is ready enough then go for a revolution(if required :) ) BUT in doing all this must not forget even a bad person(according to our view point) can do a good deed and so is the case with the good people so need to consider this before taking any decision about a person or a group.
Well,
Rakesh ( n now faisal too ) ,
like i was talking about the revolution (with the blood shed and all that),
by that i meant the kind of blood shed which is in resistive movements.
I didnt mean Killing others, but willing to give our own lives for the REVOLUTION.
Creating a “Class Of Revolutionists” by educating them, gathering them in a large number, organizing them and then by revolting against the present system.
The class should consist of a large number of people, large enough to make the revolution a reality.
Revolting will be in Resistive terms and I Do not Mean attacking the people of the present system with Suicide BOMBers.
Our Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H.) started a similar movement.
Rakesh Our prophet’s life had two main phases.
His life in Makkah and His life in Madina.
People joined Him while they were in Makkah.
But they never waged war while they were in Makkah.
The people were Persecuted and beaten, but they resisted for the right cause.
Until they went to Madina, until they were in a state to conquer.
Then they came back to Makkah and Pardoned whoever was in peace.
The new system then brought with it Rule of Law and Over all betterment (Revival) of the Society.
So coming back to my point. Creating a Class Of Revolutionists and then revolting.
The revolutionists should have an alternate to the existing system.
Should have a system where no one will be above Law.
The supreme authority will only be GOD.
which will eradicate class differences.
For this the people under the umbrella of the revolutionists should have their hearts free from the love of this world…..from the love of money and power.
People who have Social Welfare closer to their heart and personal interest is secondary to them.
SO the FIRST TASK is to create that Class Of Revolutionists.
But Faisal like u said, educating people through media.
It really will be effective only when our MEDIA is Free.
Free not in terms of being free from PEMRA Ordinances, but free in the real sense.
The current situation, where the Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman talks about MEDIA-ki-Aazadi, I see no ray of hope.
because the MEDIA is truly not free.
Its a “battle field” in the Clash of civilizations, where the variety of choice ranges from
Bad to worse and worst.
where people have very little to choose from.
An average person does not know what to see and what not to see.
where “every where” there’s a scheme of brain washing.
Children too are being spoilt.
media doesnt mean only tv channels or newspapers it can be websites ,blogs etc and u can always spam ur point of view through emails(100 out of 1 times people will read ur email)…
also in preparing other people one must make preparations on their own as well (by establishing financially so that u can fund such activities )
for that we need strong commitment by people (coz dai r da ones who can bring change no zardaris , sharifs etc)
Now Madiha has raised several notions here:
> like i was talking about the revolution (with the blood shed and all that),
> by that i meant the kind of blood shed which is in resistive movements.
Well they say that the bloodshed is unavoidable in some circumstances but I choose to disagree, if we drop this option, only then we can be independent enough to think of better ways. There is always a way.
>…The new system then brought with it Rule of Law and Over all betterment (Revival) > of the Society.
Do you think that the originality and theological /spiritual context associated with this example is reflected in the situations of today’s world?
>The current situation, where the Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman talks >about MEDIA-ki-Aazadi, I see no ray of hope.
On the contrary, despite all that is happening with Media-Ki-Azaadi, I am hopeful that the media will be more independent in the times to come.
> where “every where” there’s a scheme of brain washing.
Agreed, let’s fix it. :)
Well,
Faisal,
what ever I pointed out about MEDIA was in particular to TV and Newspapers.
I agree that websites, blogs, e-mails and social gatherings are a way to spread your word effectively. Even TV n newspapers are effective but only when they really are free.
Yes, financial stability n funding is very important for such movements.
and we also need dedicated people for this.
now coming to the points raised by rakesh,
(1) Blood Shed might be avoidable. and it should be avoided until there’s no way out
but people in such movements should atleast be ready to give their lives for the right cause.
then only their dedication reaches to the required level.
and in case their sacrifices are required then they should not back out on the last moment. instead they should be ready to give their lives always, in the way of truth, which we call “In the way of ALLAH”.
(2) Even in todays world, we are encouraged to compete for achieveing that level of originality and spirituality, after all that is what religion and fight for truth is.
(3) What makes you hope ful that the media will be more independent in the times to come?
(4) where “every where” there’s a scheme of brain washing………….Lets Fix it
But how?
(3) I don’t know what it is, I have been foolishly optimist so far.
(4) Start assuming that it is indeed fixable, do your effort to voice the problem, that’s least we can do.
Hmmm.. Comments longer than blog :)
I think, we can discuss this in-person rather than on blog :)
Madiha,
if you were the PM, how would you tackle this problem?