The national struggle for independence is a long and
difficult process and has its uphill and downhill struggle. The national
liberation is the Baluch inspiration regardless of the cost in bloods and
treasures. The Iranian state is a very suppressive state. Iran is governed by a theocratic regime that
holds a self torture carnival once a years called Ashorra, where young and
elder, women and children are encourage to torture themselves, it is their
religion and cultural values. But self-torture is not an acceptable behaviour
in Baluch society.
The Baluch are also Muslim. The Baluch culture and Islam had
integrated centuries ago. The Baluch are tolerance and secular minded people.
The ethnic Hazara and Arab and Afghan have always come to Baluchistan as
refuge. The Hindu praying places and heritages and businesses have been protected
by the Baluch society for millenniums. Therefore the Baluch culture and
tolerance need to be celebrated and promoted in the region that is infested by
religion intolerance.
The Baluch culture has become the victim of politic, many
political parties’ individuals organise workshops and seminars, but
unconsciously or consciously they connect the Baluch culture to bygone
days. I believe the culture lives within
individual, people in a society cultivate culture from tradition according to
the society needs there is no such thing as backward culture. People live the
life for themselves with their own cultural values. Usually cultural values are
fixed only evolves according to time.
The Punjabi has not got a good record with woman issue.
There were many reports have been published where women have been gang raped by
the orders of local judges. Many influential Pakistani elites have depraved
their members from inheriting property.
Pakistan and Iranian media
with help from self-hating Baluch have been broadcasting lies about the Baluch
culture and obviously Pakistan and Iranian lies about the Baluch and demonising
the Baluch culture, their systematic campaign against the Baluch has left negative
impact on the Baluch image among the world community opinions.
There is no individual in the world who has not get a
language and culture, we always compare values, our values and the others behaviour to our own
cultural test. For the Baluch to enhance their cause for the national
liberation from yoke of Persian and Punjabi occupation they need to counter the
Persian and Punjabi propaganda and present their true cultural identity. The
Baluch nation with the natural secular minded culture surrounded by religious
fanatic is the only hope to build on a hope for the better future for the
region.
M. Sarjov a political activist based in London,
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