Famida Basheer

'A Christian's life begins at Death'.

Death of faith in Humanity,

Death of all we thought of as just and true,

Death of the codes of international conduct,

Death of fairplay,

Death of the system that survived so many centuries,

Death of the presumption that it would survive a few more

Death of the old world order,

Death of the confidence that tomorrow will be a happy day,

Death of the surety that ignorance and barbarianism

will go only thus far and no further,

Death of the maxim that turning the other cheek

will bring shame upon the smiter,

Death of the spirit of our children's children looking back

with happiness on their days of childhood......

Death,death and death again...

And a Christian is born..

with Faith and Hope

and Love towards the ones that hurt him......

....Its tough to be a Christian today.

Famida Basheer..11th September 2001.