Geography of Assassination and Politics of Death By Saberi Roy

Benazir Bhutto’s assassination has once again highlighted the spectre of death that accompanies every step of the political roadmap. A political leader stands on flimsy grounds of existence, his survival merely a matter of fate. From Julius Caesar to Gandhi, political leaders seem to be born with death following them like their own shadow. Although Gandhi lived up to 78, many others like Martin Luther King, John F Kennedy died too young and could have contributed a lot more to humanity. Politics remains as one of the most visible professions and politicians bask in the limelight of continued attention. Yet politics in most cases is a career truncated and politicians are forced to stop while there’s still some ‘work in progress’. The list of assassinated people in positions of power suggests that obviously they are the most vulnerable of human beings. Politics is almost like a game yet the stark reality of sudden unexpected death makes it the most dangerous game.

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