Brethren killing brethren

The British colonial empire is extinct. The colonies are free. They are being ruled by the indigenous rulers. Unfortunately, the masses in almost every independent colony are miserable. When the masses were British slaves, they were not so miserable. Under the British rule each colony had laws which were strictly implemented. The laws protected the masses. The British rulers used to recruit various sorts of administrators from amongst the colonial citizens. The administrators dared not misuse the laws. The masses enjoyed security. When the British freed a colony, they were succeeded by the indigenous rulers. The indigenous rulers set the British administrative systems ablaze. They re-enslaved their own compatriots. A lawlessness was the supreme law of the freed colony. In almost every freed colony political and economic robberies were the order of the day. The native rulers were free to transmute the masses into human beasts. And they achieved this objective par excellence. Probably, in human history political freedom has not been so barbaric, as it has been in some of the freed colonies. Political freedom in some of the freed colonies has been a hell for the masses and a paradise for the native rulers. Britain has been watching what the indigenous rulers of some freed colonies have been doing to the masses. Is it not a moral obligation of Britain to rescue her former slaves? One simply wonders Suppose that Britain warns some freed colony to stop brutalising the masses and the rulers get terrified and change their conduct for the better. Consequently, Britain would conquer the hearts of the masses and this conquest would be a reconquering of the colony. And it would be an everlasting conquest. A young tonga-driver was interviewed by a journalist. The journalist asked him: What do you think about the traffic system of the city? He replied: My father was a tonga-driver during the British rule. He used to tell me that during the 50 years of his driving not even once the traffic police threatened to chalan him if he did not pay a bribery. I assure you that I cannot do my driving without regularly paying briberies to..you know to whom. I daily see luxury vehicles wrecking the traffic laws with full impunity. I envy my fathers slavery of the British. Would that I could exchange my freedom for a British-like slavery Once Britain was a great colonial power. It had its colonies all over the globe. It proudly used to say that the sun did not set on its empire. Britain believed that the sun had an emotional relationship with the British colonies. But there is something strangely odd about the sun. It still shines round the clock on the ex-British colonies. It shines profusely on them. But it does not shine so profusely on Britain itself. It does shine on Britain during the summer season. But it is scared of shining profusely on Britain during the winter season. The British winter is so cruelly cold that the sun itself shivers and seeks shelter behind the thick black clouds. One wonders, if the sun has a heater to protect itself from the British cold Lets forget about the sun and return to the colonial problem. Before the British conquered a colony, the natives were living a miserable life. Under the British, their condition began to improve bit by bit. The improved conditions gave birth to the indigenous politicians. The politicians persuaded the masses to liberate themselves from the British slavery. The fiery speeches of the politicians boiled the masses blood. The masses flooded the streets trumpeting anti-British slogans. The British replied with force. Numerous protesters lost their lives. But ultimately, freedom was won. Now the indigenous politicians were the rulers. Unfortunately, from day one, the indigenous masters started exploiting the masses, who had won the freedom. The politicians, who were now the masters of the masses, firmly believed that it was their patriotic obligation to exploit their own brethren. They fervently held that only brethren had the right to exploit the brethren. The foreign masters had no such right. The writer retired as professor of the Department of English, Government College University, Lahore.