Yesterday, I watched, again, the documentary film "Control Room". Despite it documentary value, the film raised in me different questions... some of them painful! As I am living here for now, the question about truth is starting to add up to these painful questions. What is truth? Amidst all this fast-speeding world, the way the world is going... where can we find truth? Is it good to know the truth? Or sometimes, do we have to stop seeking truth, because it is scary and hurtful?
Is truth the complexity of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict? the suicide bombers and occupation? the wall? Or is it the obscure reality of women, children and men suffering on both side?
What is the truth about what Darfur? Is it the ugly politics? or the the daily killings of people there?
What is the truth about Iraq? Is it what we see in the news? Is it the decision to show bodies of the dead? Or is it the daily stories that are disregarded by the media? Is it the story of Sabreen (Iraqi woman), who finally spoke about the act of rapping her by Iraqi forces, not once, nor twice, nor thrice, more than that? Is this the truth?
Do politicians act upon truth? Or do they construct a bubble of truth that serves their individual and/or partisan endeavours? Do journalists cover the truth? Which truth are they covering? Are we to surrender to this argument that truth has a face, a color, and a flavor? Can we still know and make knowable those hidden truths about the state of the world today?
Wish you all can contribute :D
Saleem
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