WE MISS YOU
It is the anniversary of the passing away of Imam Khomeine. It has been 21 years since he left this world. I was 20 years old in 1979 when the Iranian Islamic Revolution broke on the world scene. I still remember those days with nostalgia. The whole atmosphere was electrifying. We were amidst of an event which was unprecedented "A REVOLUTION BASED ON RELIGON". World simply was not able to comprehend this event. How could something which Karl Marx believed to be "Opium of the masses" serve as basis of something which would spurn them into action. How could people revolt againt "development", "freedom", "prosperity", "modernisation" which the Shah of Iran had brought to the people of Iran. How could women who had been recently liberated from the "tyranny of chador" want to go back to hijab. This was in fact the greatness of this man, he was an iconoclast in real sense of word and he defied all prevailing mindsets. And