Dictatorship

Dictatorship - a feeling that makes a man rule over his nation by hook or by crook; a disastrous rule for the nation that experiences it whether it is that of Adolf Hitler or Saddam Hussain.

These rulers ruled their nations for many long years. They promoted whomsoever they wanted to and killed who ever spoke against them. These things made the common man get burdened with the feeling of becoming free from the clutches of these rulers and revolt against them. As a consequence, either these rulers killed their own selves or they were killed by the people whom they ruled.

Muammar Ghaddafi, one such dictator ruled the country of Libya for four decades. His dictatorship came to an end when revolt broke against him in his country and the people of his country swore to fight against his rule and free themselves from his clutches. In his lifetime, Ghaddafi killed all those who spoke anything against him or tried to defy him. What he said was rule and was constitution and what he did not consent to, despite being correct in the eyes of the people and a humane attitude invited criminal penalty in the form of brutal murder or grave punishments that were exemplary to avoid any such voices to be raised in the future.

Crimes increased and the dictator's hands were red with blood scattering all around him. It all happened a few days ago, when Ghaddafi hid in his own village in Sirte in Libya. He asked his men to forgive him and not to kill him, but they would not listen to him. They shot him and ended their days of slavery under a dictator, from whom they had to seek permission to live or to die...

In my opinion, when the Creator has given life to us, we are supposed to understand that the other men in this universe are our brethren who have been created by the same Overlord. We need to value their lives as much as we value our own lives. Glorious death for the sake of the nation is much more respectful than luxurious life led by absorbing the wealth of the nation.

By

Shivangi Raman

RS72

IIIT, Allahabad