STANDING IN THE TRUTH

STANDING IN THE TRUTH ” ‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing’--- (Burke) Amidst promises and pledges, we lost another season. The Truth Is, the Truth Hurts. Most People Don’t want to listen.‘ Can telling the truth be wrong if it hurts someone? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why People are not Ready To Hear/Speak The Truth? Often I have thought of this during my conversation with friends and family –etc. But the most common reaction. is;”Does The Truth Always Win ?” This 'whatever works is right' attitude has even crept into the traditionally God fearing community of ours. These are, no doubt, " perilous" times standing in 'your truth' can sometimes be very difficult for if you seem to be standing alone on any moral issue. From politicians to business partners, secretaries to salesclerks, land grabbers to food and medicine adulterators everyone seems to play loose with the truth. As consumers or commuters we frequently complain of increasing frequent power interruptions, pointing finger on transmission system and Traffic Jams but on issues of power theft or illegal encroachments /construction’s or reckless driving we adopt criminal silence. To know about bread will not stay my hunger; to know that there are riches at the bank will not fill my pocket. Buy the truth, as well as know it; that is, make it your own.. Of course, for politicians the flip side of telling the truth is hearing the truth. How can you make the right decision if you can't get truth? -? Should people stop Telling The Truth as it is no more a workable “currency?especially in our land.” Do not misread it. It does not say hear about the truth. Every newborn comes with new hopes and dreams and with renewed determination to live in unpolluted, unadulterated, humanistic society which values honest and honesty... would like to join them in wishing you a happy and prosperous birthdays! . Hope the oncoming years are declared as , PPP-peace ,progress, prosperity . In fact it is possibly the commonest political quote you will find anywhere on the World Wide Web. But It appeals to both people and Administrator’s alike, and is equally useful in either camp as everyone has his/her own definitions and/or tools to gauge. And certainly we saw some progress towards long standing issue of drainage in civil colonies traffic lights, railway, approval on long awaited drug policy, flyover works etc. .But history tells us snow is as old as Kashmir history, that we saw during natural disaster like floods etc.where our disaster management proved disasterous.Definitely restoration of communication lines take time, but under present electronic times , predicting and preparedness of natural disasters with alternatives for such climatic disasters puts our institutions and policy planners under scanner. Do we need always NGOs to involve and interfere personally to speed up things. I am trying to put preparedness in a disaster planning system on line and. back to “truth to be told”. Definitely working in conflict zone has some compulsions in the way of taking "bold decisions" and announcing new policies, or getting everybody together on contentious issues -- That is a challenge but initiatives on public issue like dog menace and their deadly bites , frequent power cuts ,traffic jams, corruption and favoritism in offices, cleaning of water bodies remain fading with election promotions and postings; adulteration in food ,medicine , state of art cancer center ,cleaning of Dal lake etc need urgent implementation and strict follow up …?.. All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing, the slow paced progress should not eclipse the firm determination of our hard dedicated officers who had distinguished themselves with a widely acclaimed in other fields. Can I Stop playing with truth for all the time? “Never think that you have reached the final stage of knowledge and nobody knows more than yourself. Remember! Above everyone endowed with knowledge is another endowed with more knowledge(Quran comm12:76). We are excellent at wearing masks in our society. Pretending I am not.-Sometimes I get depressed when I see people – myself included – just “going along to get along” with corruption or corrupt bosses or evil of society.. Instead of voicing our honest concerns and constructive criticisms we ignore righteous behavior, mince words love to beat around the bush or zip our lips, this is what most our media plays with. To learn that we disagree on some very important issues can be hard sometimes because we want to appear successful and pleasing (flattering) to other people especially to our superiors, business or passion friends, or to the audience . Ignoring that there is a real peace and serenity that comes from this raw honesty with you we have the whole ideal of ‘keeping up with the Jones’ still kicking around. Perhaps we have an unholy fear that if we speak out about how we really feel , the boss or community will not agree, maybe we will not get the promotion, contracts, proximity to powerful or benefits of we were promised, maybe we might put ourselves in unfavorable position of,”undesired.”.We think we can make it work, but all that negativity has to go somewhere – doesn’t it? It builds up and we take it out on our homes ; our work place and ultimately creeps into our society .Instead of providing honest feedback we prefer to- stick with the devil we know (that is paying the bills), vs. the devil we don’t know.– Is it really worth it?? Have You No fear of God?! Now this question is very well addressed to us as well; especially those of us who follow some faith . You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel.' or indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are devoid of light the most valuable possession of a human being: emaan (faith).Unfortunately preachers preach to be popular, instead of preaching to change individual attitude on corruption ,societies norms being brazenly violated around us. Too often, we focus on methods instead of missions, prayer instead of humanistic Samarian program. In these difficult times ,at least on issues of"aam aadmi "or public interest can't we work together as teams. Are we all really that open minded these days, or do we just say we are to. Promising are Things We Hope For, Things We Hope In-The things we hope for are often future events. If only we could look beyond the horizon of mortality into what awaits us beyond this life. Fair enough, why can't we tell the truth without making a ,“turn round ”attitude''. It is your heart -Let’s get started and find out about the amazing position of the Truth in our lives. Now it’s time to test ourselves on the signs of a pure and devoted heart. Traffic Jams-DONE 2. Frequent Power interruptions...increasing day by day... Transmission sys in a shambles 3. Sale of spurious drugs--done 4. Drug addiction/ cigarette smoking 5. Sale of adulterated foods, beverages/drinks-done 6. Erratic exam schedules of KU. It has brought frustration to students. KU takes too much of time. Outside students have prescheduled time-frame --pending 7. Encroachments on water bodies and forest lands. Roshni Act leaves govt without any land available for dev projects so encroachment on village lands meant for livestock grazing and forest lands--pending -inshallah will include ,these ... Dr Fiaz Fazili- is a Surgeon ,Healthcare Policy advisor on Quality improvement and disaster management