Digging out roots...

Common knowledge to hear someone complain about the situation, education, systems, life, etc everyday; what's uncommon is to see how easily we have forgotten our roots. Buried deep beneath thick layers of fake decorum, make-up and highly accented English lies rich history of OUR land. We cherish the borrowed cultures and traditions too much to forget our own. Learning is as vital to life as breathing however learning to forget makes us one diverse bunch of people. How many of us still remember why we get a holiday on March, 23rd... but we celebrate Valentine's Day... How many of us know our lovely national songs but we know all Bollywood songs by heart. Here is our basic problem. We "Pakistanis" have not the slightest idea of the essence of Pakistan. We are lost in the double standards, disparities and hypocrisy of our society. If our country doesn't matter to us any more I don't think any of us have the right to criticize it either.

What we need to change is ourselves before we can change our nation. We make the nation, and as of now we are falling short of our own expectations. To expect for our nation to be great and organized we need to be that ourselves too. We are a part of those people who strived for an independent state, of those who fought against Indians and Afghans on the border, of those who won the world cup in 1992, of those who scored highest marks through out the world, of those who are still striving to make this country a better place. Our efforts are all that we would see in our country good or bad. Let's make our efforts worthwhile.

Proud to be Pakistani! :D