The first azadi I got after stepping in varsity life was the azadi to take my own political stands. Accompanied by a few like minded friends it was easy to not only generate opinions but now we also felt empowered and aware enough to stage 'protests'.
The first ever protest of my life was the most dangerous one, it was against the existence of APMSO and Islami Jamiat e Talaba and all student political groups in KU, we risked our lives. We couldn’t achieve exactly what we wanted , all what we were able to do was get recognition from the VC for taking such a bold initiative, neutral students whom we represent usually absolve their selves from issues at campus!
After which we realized that we have what it takes to form a political party, though we didn’t form one, but lived four years of our life like Lenin or Mao Zedong. The experience so far has been good; I have no regrets for staging a protest on almost all big issues that occurred during my 4 year university tenure.
The 2 big lessons learnt are,
1) Just protests matter nothing unless the amount of people agthered is large and is regularly followed up. ( extracted from chapter on news values in Dynamics:)
2) The sluggish attitude of fellow students!
Out of the 25,000 intellectuals who visit KU five days a week on an average, there are hardly 5 to 20 students who are even aware of the powers and rights of a student, the majority believes in living life to its fullest, they are always there for singing & dancing and never for work .here work must be redefined, ‘work is any thing that results in capital’, as per this law, staging a protest or showing concern on issues that matter us does not fall into the category of work !
If being lazy was the limit that would have been still considerable but unfortunately this lethargic majority is a believer in the notion “sleep and let sleep” ,they deliberately confuse and demotivate all those who they can ,and I am damn sure that they do not do it because they value time more than us , its just that they fear that if the active minority turns into an effective majority it might force them to come out of their deep slumber !
The decision of taking up a position on any issue is the personal right of every individual, but discouraging others and particularly confusing them is a criminal act according to me !
What category do you fall in?
Can you ever bring unity in the actions of every so called intellectual?
ReplyDeleteAhsan, even if we find people who share the same thoughts as us, it's quite difficult to carry the cause forward unless everyone plays their part honestly.
dear zain : I cannot 'alone' bring unity among every one... & i agree honesty and dedication are essential for any cause . the only problem i have is with these lethargic people who neither do any thing nor let others do !
ReplyDeletei dont want every one to do the same thing but people should atleast take up their own stand on general issues which effect us all !
I totally agree to it especially the part where u mentioned: ‘work is any thing that results in capital. Here in UK voluntary work is much more appreciated than working while paid and most jobs are based on how much voluntary work one has done but wen I see my friends from Pakistan which I know is a shame to mention; they either don't work at all and live a luxurious life on their parents money or work for money. In my university a person can be student ambassador which is a paid job or a student representative which is voluntary most of the people choose being an ambassador no one wants to work as a student rep. even my own cousin replies proudly 'we don't work for free'and many criticized me for working voluntarily as my C.V is mostly full of that. There is no dedication at all and people have stopped using their mind to make their surrounding better and help support others who wants to do something
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