Unanswered Questions: The Enigma of Ceasefires !!!
Biswanath Bhattacharya
May 12, 2025
A ceasefire, that fragile and tentative bridge between hostility and peace, is often heralded as a triumph of diplomacy. Yet, in the shadowy corridors of history, it remains a misstep cloaked in the guise of resolution. The recent overtures toward ceasefires—be it the bloody landscapes of Israel and Palestine or the simmering tension between India and Pakistan—raise questions that pierce through the veil of rhetoric to reveal the naked truths beneath. Not all ceasefires are driven by the thirst for peace; some are tools wielded in the hands of global powers whose motivations remain inscrutable, their promises as fleeting as whispers in the wind.
The USA, with its omnipresent desire to police the world, finds itself at odds with the complex realities of the ceasefire in Israel and Palestine. Could it enforce such a unilateral gesture in a region where grievances are as ancient as the stones themselves? The answer echoes clear and resolute—never! The tangled web of power, history, and identity renders any attempt at enforcement an exercise in futility. When wounds run this deep, when lives are shaped by decades of loss and longing, a ceasefire cannot be sewn with threads of political expediency. It is the people who must weave their own tapestry of hope, untouched by the heavy-handedness of external forces.
And then there is the ceasefire trumpeted between India and Pakistan, a melody played with discordant notes. Here, too, the USA’s meddling hands cannot sculpt an enduring peace. How could a nation removed from the intimacy of the subcontinent’s struggles ever grasp the nuance needed to resolve such a divide? Its role as interloper in these affairs is not a balm but a burden, a reminder that peace, enforced from without, often collapses under the weight of its own imperial arrogance. The ceasefire, abrupt and ill-considered, has left more wounds than it has healed, empowering Pakistan to deflect blame while allowing the fires of aggression to smolder just beneath the surface.
In the grand theatre of geopolitics, ceasefires should signify the coming together of minds and hearts to heal the scars of conflict. Instead, they are too often reduced to hollow gestures, rushed and incomplete, leaving unanswered questions and broken dreams in their wake. The unilateral ceasefire in Israel and Palestine, and the fragile agreements between India and Pakistan, are testimonies to this harsh truth. They beg us to reconsider who holds the pen when these treaties are inked—and whose voices are silenced in the process.
As the dust settles and history continues its relentless march, we are left with the lingering enigma of these ceasefires. The trumpet sounds, yet the melody falters. The USA’s audacious attempts to impose its will in realms it scarcely understands must be resisted, for peace is not a gift bestowed by the powerful—it is a labor of love, forged in the hearts of those who have suffered, and those who dare to dream. Let history remember that some questions were meant to remain unanswered, because the answers lie not in the hands of nations but in the spirit of humanity itself.
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