Bhutto,Benazir and the bewildering legacy of Pakistan

Well, this certainly is a very heavy and a much discussed topic to choose, for my first post, but nevertheless…..I am glad that after 400 plus days of pure preaching about blogging , I finally am sitting upright in my chair, penning my thoughts down…

The Benazir assassination left quite an impact on me, and I was glued to the print and television media days after the incident lapping up all that they had to offer about her life, family, and the Bhutto legacy. The shallowness in our lives was quite disturbing against what and how much she had done to carry on a legacy…And I am not sure why, but the moment I hear Kenny G’s “Songbird” (does it ring a bell?),I am reminded of this Lady.

27^th of December 2007, witnessed the bloody murder of Benazir Bhutto, the ex prime minister of Pakistan. It jolted the entire world. The Frankenstein monster she had nurtured during her political regime had finally struck..and hard..

What was more intriguing was the mysterious circumstance in which she died, the actual reason unknown to this day. Oh and of course not to forget the numerous theories about the way she died, which the various news channels poured out. I distinctly remember that evening when my dad was surfing news channels just to get different perspectives of the story, the CNN IBN reporter claimed that the bomb blast had been a decoy to distract the attention of the security guards and to allow more room for the assassin to finish his target, whilst almost parallely the NDTV correspondent claimed that the bomb had gone off just a moment after the bullets were shot.

This was not all, the Pakistan Govt which was accused of a serious security lapse, retorted the fact that she was killed by bullets and instead argued that she had succumbed to the forceful hit against the lever of the sunroof in the Toyota SUV. ( Incidentally Toyota claims that the lever is far away and that there was no chance of that hitting her head)!!

Well what actually happened we may may never learn, as all evidences were washed off soon after and no autopsy done (something which surprised the world)

She was indeed an awe-inspiring woman of indomitable spirit. Yes, it was she who fostered the growth of Osama, it was she who encouraged militancy in Kashmir, she who discouraged Sonia Gandhi from entering politics citing that she (Sonia) was a mother of 2 kids and therefore should not get into the murky waters of politics!

Yet, her tenure at Oxford as the union president, her audacity to come back to her country to oust military rule and establish democracy, when she could easily have stayed back in London or Dubai make me salute her spirit….The Bhutto’s have lost most of their near and dear ones in the complex political feuds, some of them perhaps orchestrated by their own kith and kin….but lets hope they have brighter times ahead and are able to establish peaceful progress in Pakistan here after…

Tags: latest, politics, world