Dear Dr. Sohail,
When reading Darveshon Ka Dera on your new
website, a floodgate of emotions broke open
within me. Your words “They wore the chains of
traditions and sacrificed their creations on the
altar of procreations” are simply applied, yet
so profound. Your phase or term as it were
“chains of traditions” is something many have
suffered including my self. Personally I have
meditated on this point in depth as to the pros
and cons, and yet I am no closer to
understanding this than when I embarked on the
task of trying to understand or rationalize why
we as humans voluntarily keep these prophetic
chains in place.
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On one side I can see a benefit of those so
called chains of traditions. In my thinking, I
see keeping some forms of traditions in place as
a magical thread that holds our society
together. It gives us a sense of familiarity
which in turn gives us a sense of security both
mentally and physically. Keeping with tradition
allows for ethnic and cultural individuality and
diversity to stay alive, and this is a good
thing in my opinion. How boring it would be if
we assimilated as it were into one coadunation.
This faction of the point is something I feel
could be intellectualized on in depth.
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In contrast to the benefits those
so called chains of traditions grant is the life
they suffocate. Allowing chains of traditions to
remain in place, stifles creative and/or
artistic thinking,
intellectuality, virtuosity,
chimera, and this side of the list could
be
intellectualized on as well. Meditating on this
faction of the point, I wonder how many creative
minds and spirits have been locked away in
darkness because of traditions. How many words
have not been written, or paintings have not
been painted, or great words of philosophy have
not been heard because of tradition? I also
wonder how our society as a human race has been
affected to have done without some unknown
gifted mind or spirit because tradition sai d
they could not assert a creative side for one
reason or another.
Please forgive me
for my rambling, but I felt I wanted to comment
in some way to what you wrote. This is one of
those subjects I personally find fascinating and
yet exasperating because I find the discussion
of traditions an endless barrage of pros and
cons. Yet I would rather be exasperated by the
discussion, than benighted for not making an
attempt to understand at all.
On a personal note
if I may? I have enjoyed reading your thoughts
for some time now. I was made acquainted to your
writings by an old friend of mine Pervaiz
Salahuddin. I wish you much success with this
new project, and look forward to reading more of
your work.
Sincerely,
Regina
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