She is a fourteen year old, but her courage is no less than
bulk of a mountain. She hasn't yet seen much of life, but her brain knows
exactly what the significance of education is. Her determination is much
stronger than any politician who has much more authority than her. It’s
ironical to know that when the news of the assault broke out first, many of
Pakistanis were finding themselves attuned to her name for the first time. We,
Pakistanis, who can make a whole fuss out of a rubbish video, don’t want to
know what cruelty is inflicted on an innocent fellow country child. Malala
Yousufzai, who kept a diary of the events which she experienced during the
Taliban’s notorious rule in Swat Valley aimed to help the children get their
basic education. She raised her voice against infidelity, when the very name of
school is enough to freak out a child. She is a peace activist at an age when
most of the children perhaps don’t even know what a peace activist is.
She was on the hit list of the heartless villains for a long
time, but she chose to have it the hard way. And the Taliban, unmanly as they
have proved themselves many times before, lived up to their very repute. They
tried to pierce her skull, but they had to encounter a never ending courage
which retaliated them. Malala, singlehandedly decided to fight the Taliban,
while the very name of Taliban puts a restraint in our actions. Some of us are
still having a soft corner for them while they are busy brutally murdering innocent
humans. Our government has nothing to offer except few words of condemnation
like a whole puppet show is being played.
If a fourteen year old can sacrifice her childhoods
fantasies and devote her life for something fruitful, why others can’t? If an innocent
brain can understand the urgency and criticality of time, why others can’t? If
a fragile body can’t take a bullet, why our swollen arrogant bodies can’t?
Malala is fighting
for her life in Peshawar Hospital
This is a turning point in Pakistan’s fight against
terrorism. If our careless forgetful nation can use their rage in the right
direction, the tsunami of its determination can drive the Taliban away
rewarding the struggles of the peace activists like Malala.
