I am a Muslim, resident of Sayeedabad , Hyderabad, Currently abroad on a business trip.
My mobile silent , after a while I noticed 5 missed calls from India,2 from a close friend and 3 from my wife. Just read what happened:
Nara-E-Takbeer ....Allah u Akbar.....My 12 year son who was taking tuition with a Hindu Sir, went out to verandah, My 11 year old youngest daughter was curious to know why people are shouting, she tried to climb the railing ,she had a fall in to Basement (she escaped with minor injuries). Tuition Sir, in his 60's went running to first floor, he was shaken. My Son told ,Baba there is lot of disturbance, a Bike was burnt in front of the Gate & the rider was severely beaten, attackers were from neighboring Poosala Basti .
My daughter called up her friend who siad right in front of her house on Main Road , a boy was stabbed, her dad was trying to call police officers, but in vain., he wanted to help but the mob was wielding swords and lathis which forced him remain indoor.
Police constables were surrounding the mob, no one was sure whether they were preventing the mob or shielding them?
The air was full of slogans and occasional firing. My entire family was shaken.
We were all worried about my eldest daughter who was in a college in New city.
Tuition Sir was disturbed & afraid because he was in a Muslims house and we were afraid that we are surrounded by Hindus.
Frenzied mob started pelting stones, stabbing men, women, children alike & burning houses and vehicles as if they were trained elsewhere, they were striking targets with clinical precision.
I had the Herculean task of boosting the confidence of my family and arrange shifting of my daughter back home & tuition sir to his place.
My friend unsuccessfully tried for a police jeep to drop my daughter. He was ready to help but fear, confusion & apprehensions drove us to inconclusiveness.
Luckily auto driver, a Hindu called and consoled my family that, it is his duty to bring our daughter home safely, he was our most trusted auto driver serving us for more than a decade. We agreed to his assurance, He managed to drive through non-curfew areas, then we requested the auto driver to drop the tuition Sir at his home and we told him that we will pay you whatever you demand.
When I called India at night, I came to know that the situation is tense & all Male members are on vigil, There prevails stoic silence occasionally the police sirens are still heard. Though the children are in bed, the disturbed sleep is evident.
My father is a victim of massacre of 1948 during annexation of Hyderabad. I am witness to 1972 Telangana Movement & the disturbances of Babri Masjid, now 3rd gen. is suffering.
I am seriously asking:
"KITNI H I KHOON KI QISTEIN DE CHUKE AYE WATAN E AZEEZ-PHIR BHI TERA QARZ HAI KE ADA NAHI HOTA (WE HAVE BEEN OFFERING BLOOD IN INSTALLMENT MY BELOVED COUNTRY..........BUT WHY THE DEBT REMAINS UNPAID )
Engineer Shareef