Death of an empire
Dr Nasir Hashim writes about how empires, as they crumble, tend to wage war against their own people – but the people will stand up to defy the waves of oppression unleashed on them. Death of an empire Did I not tell you about this senile Empire? With its pompous guardians constipating at its door steps Festered by collusions, greed, profits, demi-gods and lost horizons But did I also not tell you how they fervently dig graves for others? Too sedated and too dumb to realise that’s their very own Did I not tell you how their bastion of power is crumbling like nine pins? Yet they think that’s progress So they pride Over slogans and promises Destroying the very dreams that they ever fostered So the Empire continues to wallow in jaundiced gusto Shackling the innocents at every twist and turn of time Claiming victory for placid democracy and justice Now you are witnessing the Empire’s bleeding ‘broken chain of command’ Of misdirected priorities and competing opportunists Flip-flop decision...