WHAT IF

India and Pakistan on the verge of a war. Thousands of Palestinians killed in Gaza. Kashmir. Somalia. Zimbabwe. People are dying everywhere, it is the same story. Will there every be an end to it? What will bring peace to the world or is peace an unattainable illusion? Who is to be blamed and if so why blame them? These questions haunt me all the time.

Last night, I was wondering what if India, Pakistan and Bangladesh were still one? It would have been a different place. Maybe in 100 years, it will become one again. What a notion! India, Pakistan and Bangladesh as one big nation. Hard to imagine, isn't it? We have been fighting for more than 50 years. Can you image how many lives has been lost over 50 years and still counting? The same story is reflected in the Middle East in Palestine. Imagine Palestinians and Israelis living together in peace. Why do we have so much hate for each other? Pick a place on the world map and there is something gruesome going on.

Will we ever see peace in the world? We talk about peace, we march for peace but why is there so much hate toward one another. In my opinion, peace is not attainable until we all reach a higher level of consciousness. Individually and collectively. Only if we rise above Religion, Cast, Social Status, Skin Color, Borders; let go of our identities; and see ourselves as human beings first. Only if we see ourselves as one big global family, one with the human race, and part of this planet and not separated from it. Only if we see the world's problem as our own. Only if, but can we?

I wonder what a place this world would be if we could.

Eliyas Qureshi is a Actor & Filmmaker based New York, NY.
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