Seema Haider And Sachin's Love Saga
By
Sumit Paul, New Age Islam
15 July
2023
Eternally
indolent and jovially jobless people of two juvenile countries, India and
Pakistan, are deeply immersed in the Vameq-Azra kind (ostensibly, of course) of
theatrical love between a 30-yr-old Seema Haider from Pakistan and one
25-yr-old Sachin from India. The woman, with four kids, is now a Sanatani.
Since the woman left Islam, she's now a Murtad Arabic for an apostate)
who deserves to be killed (Waajib-ul-Qatl) according to the clerics in
Pakistan. Sanatanis are happy that one Muslim has come into their fold along
with her four kids. The whole saga seems to be a hugely predictable Gulshan
Nanda-type of a Hindi love story popular among the 'sub-elite' readers of
small, sleepy and unambitious towns in the 60s and 70s.
Seema Haider and Sachin with Seema’s children
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This
30-yr-old semi-urban woman with four children is so smitten by an extremely
ordinary young man working in a grocery shop that she risked her life and also
of her children to come to India for the culmination of their love story. Does
this sound feasible? One who cannot even recite Kalma and Surah-Al-Fatihah
raises many questions and doubts. Even if she's a genuine person madly in love
with a guy from a neighbouring country, it remains to be seen whether this love
lasts or fizzles out.
She has
risked her life and jeopardized her children's existence. If she's a petty spy
and on a mission, Pakistan will disown her just like India disowned Sarabjeet
Singh who died in a jail in Pakistan. A spy is always an orphan. When he or she
is caught by the enemy country, parental country immediately distances itself
from them. That's par for the course and often perfectly legitimate. And if
she's a genuine person with no mala-fide intentions, no need to deport her
because once she's sent back to Pakistan, she'll be killed along with her
innocent kids. It's a veritable Catch-22 situation for her.
That apart,
a question remains: Is love so irresponsible? Seema is not an adolescent who's
head over heels in love. Yet, her love affair has all the ingredients of puppy
love or calf love. Can PUBG-induced love be so blindingly intense that it
causes one to leave the country and cross over surreptitiously, that too, with
children? She's 30-yr-old and have four children. Has she thought of the
ramifications of her love? Munshi Premchand wrote, "Muhabbat Ki
Sargarmiyaan Nateeje Ki Taraf Se Bilkul Bekhabar Hoti Hain" (The
passion of love is often oblivious of its outcome). Love and logic are indeed
poles asunder.
Our
boisterous TV channels and publications should also refrain from covering this
episode of cross-border love, day in and day out. We all seem to be perversely
interested in the lives of other people. Petty issues appeal to the masses as
they get a kinky kick out of them. It's time to divert our attention to more
serious issues.
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A regular columnist for New Age Islam, Sumit Paul
is a researcher in comparative religions, with special reference to Islam. He
has contributed articles to the world's premier publications in several
languages including Persian.
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