Wasatullah Khan's column: And now he is facing Imran Khan
Of course, no one is happy with anyone. Even the puppet in which the creator puts his life, after a while that puppet also becomes a challenge for the creator and then the two come face to face with each other.
But the Creator is the Creator. He never puts it in the minds of all his fallen puppets. So thin meat is eaten. The Creator then makes a new puppet with a fresh ummah and then the same conflict begins.
Perhaps the only way to avoid this dilemma is to give the puppet only an empty skull. But then it will be difficult for the thin man to remain silent or to walk aimlessly wherever he faces. Some will understand or will not be able to understand. What good is a website if it simply "blends in" with everything else out there? Then one is enough.
Or it may be that the brain is made up of fully submissive wiring. Or the programming should be such that it only performs thin mountainous duties and does not become a problem for the creator. But just as lack of intellect has its own problems, so does complete obedience have its own complications.
Now look no. How hard the Establishment produces all kinds of puppets. Grooms (programming) them. He brings them to the fore with drum beats. Teaches them to think and understand in a certain way. Craftsmen also provide for their minor material and mental repairs. It also gives them limited decision-making freedom so that viewers don't see them as thin.
Bonzai is a Japanese invention in botany. With this art, banyan can also be grown in pots. It looks like a sack that encloses with a drawstring.
The problem with us is that while the art of bonsai is appreciated, expensive bonsai mercury can be seen even in affluent homes. Even locally, there are some enthusiasts who want to learn this art, but to know why the hand does not produce the cleanliness that is characteristic of the Japanese.
The Japanese have limited this art to plants with some thought. Since we are the Fakhri type of people, we thought why only plants, politics, ideology and mind cannot be bonsai. And whenever the plant of effort took root, it tore the flowerpot in an attempt to spread further. Our experts did not think for a moment that if the principle of bonsai had been applied, the Japanese would have experimented with it in other fields besides plants.
The institution of slavery has not been able to produce a single bonsai in thousands of years. Eventually, physical slavery had to change its form. The same thing happened with ideas and beliefs. They were born, flourished, time either changed shape or disappeared, but mental slaves could not be made permanent bonsai.
We made Dole Shah's rats which are known from afar and cannot move a single step without a caretaker. We also made thin but could not make a standard regulator, so they became more or less necessary.
However, all attempts to bonsai politics failed. However, despite the best efforts of Bhutto, Junejo, Benazir, Nawaz Sharif, etc., our experts did not give up. And now they are facing Imran Khan.
I vividly remember Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello's 100-year-old play, In Search of a Six-Character Author. The six characters that the author created but left the story unfinished. Now these characters are looking for an author who can complete the story and start living this character.
The game has been staged hundreds of times in many languages. It has been showing in our country for 74 years. Many writers have fought for its fulfillment. Tried to change the scene and the dialogue.
But so far the characters of this game have not been able to get rid of the imperfection.