Is religion so important?? Really?

"Mom, i am off to meet tasneem", shouted divya.

"ok,take care & dont be late beta", replied her mother from the kitchen.

Divya reached the cafe to fine tasneem waiting for her.

"I've been waiting since last 15 mins", tasneem complained.

"sorry sorry sorry,traffic yaar",apologised divya.
"toh kuch hua?", she added.

"nahi re,pata nai kya kare...let him come,phir baat karte hai" said tasneem.

They ordered coffee & sat in silence waiting for vishal,tasneem's boyfriend.
Tasneem belonged to a typical conservative muslim family.Vishal and tasneem were together since school and during college their friendship had blossomed into love.Divya was their classmate and knew them since then.
Tasneem was close to divya. She shared all her problems with her but there was something which divya really had no solution to.

"I know my parents won't allow", cried tasneem.

"try talking to them"

"they 'll kill me"

"what about vishal? Do his parents know?"

"Yes they do,but the problem is from my side", sobbed tasneem uncontrollably.

"dont cry tasneem,everything will be fine. Bhawanji sab thik kar denge.", said divya.
Vishal hugged tasneem and wiped away her tears.

Vishal belonged to the hindu community and they knew they had to go against the society to be together.
But even society didnt matter if their parents were by their side.

Divya could say that the love between tasneem and vishal was not some attraction or lust or infatuation. They werent children after all. It was just love..true love..every time she saw them she saw love. She could see that vishal adored tasneem from the very beginning and she felt the same for him. They were just so adorable. Tasneem loved him a lot...you could see it...vishal troubled her but then again made her smile...the numbness in his eyes when tasneem cried..anyone could feel it.
They chatted for an hour but couldnt find any solution.
Divya wanted to help them but didnt know how. They decided to meet again the next day.

This made her doubt herself if she was really proud to belong to a country which showed off its diversity and fake unity.

Every religion says "love one another". Then why is that when the love is for a person of another religion it turns into hatred? Why?

Tasneem and vishal were together but they didnt know till when. And everytime divya met them she couldnt help but admire the mature understanding between them.

Divya returned home. She was troubled.

"what happened divya? U look worried!",asked her mother.

"mamma,is religion the most imp. thing in the world?",she asked keeping her head on her mother's lap.

"no beta,their are many things above that also. But what made you ask this?"

"you know tasneem's boyfriend is hindu.they really love each other,but they are afraid their parents wont accept it", said divya.

"you have grown up divya. You should understand,we live in a society and we have to go with it"

"but arent we the ones who make the society mamma?"

"yes beta..but.."

"but what? Why do people keep searching reasons to fight? Its just love. Thats not a bad thing na?",asked divya.
"they even thought of getting separated so as not to hurt their parents. If they can take so mature decisions,why cant their parents do the same?"

"shut up Divya! Their parents have brought them up! They go to work everyday so that their children can live comfortably",scolded her mother.

"sorry ma,but if they didnt have children wouldnt they have done it for themselves too? What are they afraid of? Dont they want to see their children to be with someone who loves them the same way they do?"

"i dont know divya. You just stay away from it"

"no ma! I 'll help them.
You also fell in love with dad and then got married. What if this would 've happened to you? Would you have said the same?",divya revolted in anger and turned away to the other side of her bed.

"divya...!"

"goodnight ma,please go".

"What problem does everyone have if there's a little more love in this world? I hate the people who do this,even the parents,how can they do this to their children.everyone has a right to live their life,with the people they love. Its really unfair.
Has religion attained a more important position than love & humanity?
It wasnt their fault they fell in love.
It wasnt their fault they were born in families which followed different religions.
It wasnt!"

"If there is really a God above,its just because he wanted it to happen!
Why cant they just accept it that way?"

Divya was left thinking...

Why has life changed all of a sudden ??

........leave it yaar !!
Sid: cummon tell me what happned...

Tia: nothing !

Sid: I dont know what excatly happened between U guys, but I just think U need to talk.

Tia: there is nothing left to talk Sid. He is too busy in his life.

Sid: r U not ??

Tia: he had become too busy, he dsnt call me, so we dont talk.

Sid: r U not busy ??....did U ever call him ??

Tia: its useless talking about all this yaar.

Sid: just Hell !! ......coz of your useless ego U ended Ua 14 yrs' friendship !!....I cant believe it !!

Tia: lemme correct it a bit its not my ego, but my self respect.

Sid: 'self respect' !!... where did this come between frndship now !!
Gwad !! Tia how can U guys just do it !!

Tia: (almost in tears now) what do U think, I haven't tried....!! Sid I have tried many times, n every time it was the same...
'nothing happend', 'i dont feel like talking to anyone', 'just leave me alone'.
This continued for 3 months, what do I do after that ??....tell me.

Sid: Tia, U both are childhood friends, U have spent 14 yrs together and now just coz of some misunderstanding U dont talk. Does it make any sence ??

Tia: fine I accept my mistake but what has he done !!....am not new to him, I am like this, he knew this, ''my ego''....he knows this from childhood, couldn't he talk to me once ??...
aaahh !!.....leave it yaar. He is happy with his life, n so am I.

Sid: are you really happy ??....