Nation at war with itself

During war, sanity and peace become the greatest casualty. In times of civil war, self-confidence suffers the most. Racial and tribal hatred takes toll of humanity and family feuds lead to self destruction. What a pity the country after forty-two years of its independence is yet to get its poise -it is still at war with itself. Democracy rings hollow in the ear of people who are at the receiving end of the daily doses of violence. Two warring factions are fighting for power unashamed of their blatant vulgarism and deception. The tragic reality is that these two camps are the only ones from which people have to choose one at a time. People are witness to hollow promises, naked exhibition of duplicity and high flying rhetoric and yet there is no alternative to those two.
The relationship between the governed and the governing is not simple and straight. They repose hope in one only to punish the incumbent because fault lines are much too evident, forgetting the other was no less a culprit when it was given the people's mandate. It is thus the country is being run and the common people are losing out to politics. There is no reason why politics has to be so nasty, especially when the contending parties agree that the need of the hour is to consolidate democracy in the country. Political instability marked by mistrust, violence and lack of ideals and principles is eating into the very vital of society.
The country shows all the signs of turning into a death valley if the on-going violence cannot be arrested right now. In a society where murder of innocent people can go on without any guarantee for the punishment of murderers, the rule of law suffers the most. And when this happens, people feel prompted to take law into their own hands. This is a dangerous development in any society. Daily head counts are becoming staggering and there is no sign that it will come to an end soon. Such lawlessness reigns supreme in countries like Afghanistan and surely the political leaderships on both sides of the divide cannot follow the bloody legacy of that newest member of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
What the lesson are the children, student in particular who cannot appear on schedule for their year-end examinations, public examinations or admission tests for lower classes or universities getting from all this? They will always curse those who have made their life so difficult. They cannot be blamed if they develop hatred towards politics and politicians. Today's students have a hectic life because of the extra pressure of making it to the select band. So they want to complete their examinations in time in order to have a month's or so holiday for relaxation and vacation. Now they have been forced to postpone all their academic plans and schedule. The message thus given is a psychological pressure they are ill at ease or hardly prepared to handle.
Mentally restive young generations can indulge in practices they hardly ever made a conscious choice for or society recommends. Do the elders have the right to surmonise the youths when they commit crimes because of the instability in society? The politicians must ask themselves first, if they reserve the right to do such a harm to society. Young people follow their elders and leaders. Look at Nelson Mandela. How he transformed the South African society once for all. If leadership means to lead a nation, it entails great responsibility well beyond holding power.