The workers Gallery

khurshidalam44@hotmail.com. 29th Feb.2012. London

Listen to me?o I know you, all want to tell me something. You are impatient to speak out.

I am listening to you tell me all turn by turn. This is your right. No one can deny your right of expression. Now you can start.

Look I listened to you all with patience. I expect you to listen to me with patience and stop me when you feel that I am wrong or have failed to convince you. I am not a leader but one of you. We are all followers of Bacha Khan. His policy is our guide. He is with us in his words and meanings, though he has physically left us. But has left behind what he had.

Look, you all have some personal and some general grievances about the party and the government. I am not a government spokesman but a party worker and preacher of his teachings.

You have idealised him and want to see idealism in his party and government. You have been disappointed by all of us . I don't intend to wash some one's head. Nor I am here to offer excuses. Yes, you are right. Many have been ignored. Many sacrifices have kept aside. Most of you have been victim of corruption and nepotism.

Our elders gave sacrifices but did we? They did not sacrificed that they should be awarded and respect for us. If you want respect you have to learn by your deeds to be loved. Love and respect are twin brothers.

Some of you mentioned that you have been denied your merit. Some of us brought nothing but shame to the teaching of our great leader. They used his teaching as a cash crop. Some used his name for personal gains without going through pains. I agree with you. Believe me I mean it. But let us ponder over it. Why it happened? Who did it? How did they get chance to do it?

Please think over it, cool down, chill out, pause for a while and ask yourself,

," Do we have any role in this filthy game? Are there any lapses on our part then I am sure you will understand me better? Did we work for the philosophy of Bach Khan? Did we understood the political teachings of Wali Baba? Did we convey his teachings to the masses? Did we train and educated few people in our constituencies to represent us? Didn't we follow the personality cults and throw back his teachings? Did we personally preached and practiced his teachings? Did we take this national responsibility or followed traditional seasonal politics? Did we understand what he meant by that, " faith is a continuous battle"? Did we negate our interests and promoted national cause? Did we followed the discipline and urged others to do so? Didn't he tell us that it is a brotherhood not a party? Did he not tell us that a brother has to serve a brother not rule him? Did he not teach us the fear of God and fear from those who were not afraid of God?"

These are the few questions. There are in thousands more to be asked from ourselves and our conscience. His teachings are stretching over a century. It is not possible for me to tell you all and request you to ponder over it.

Now tell me how many of us have answers to these questions? How much have we been honest to his teachings? How much we have worked to create an honest and educated cadre? How many of us can claim that we do not worship persons and personalities but only God?

Those who claim to understand his philosophy but fail to convey his message to all, are they not the biggest sinners.? Is it not a crime? Those who know and keep mum, do you think they are less criminals than those,"who know not, but think they know?"

There was a philosophy, there were people, there was a moving society. Was it not the duty of us, to give the moving society a direction. If we have failed in our duty, will it not loose the direction? Will there be no vacuum that will be filled by those "who know not"? The vacuum will suck in all shades of people. The vacuum cannot differentiate between goodies and baddies. It is the philosophy who can make this differentiation.

We must accept we have failed in our mission. We must accept that we and only we are responsible for what has been done to us. We have failed to see our own failures. We have been obvious to the fact that pointing a finger to some one, four are pointing to us.

Every one of us has the right to criticise the party but criticism must match our sacrifices and inputs. We must stop asking others to give us bath and shroud and a letter to be forgiven. History makers are different in actions and manners. Either you have to accept honour and dignity or money with no dignity?

If we accept our failures our souls will be at peace we will be at peace with ourselves. Bitterness breed brooding. Brooding bites your body and soul.

What should we do now? Should we abandoned our faith? Should we cut this tree because it has been damaged by maggots or we should look after it? We should treat it?

We should water it? We should put anti maggot fertiliser in its root? Let it grow to the size it was, once upon a time. Look at all the other trees, none of them is in our courtyard. Their stems are in different places their small branches are reaching us. Should we go sit under the shadow of a tree that is not ours?

It is not the way a proud nation should do unless he surrenders his pride.. I hope I have answered your grievances. Expectations give birth to bitterness and grievances. Don't expect. Don't ask for. Let people offer you. Here lies the dignity.