Losing control
Losing our minds
Losing respect for the life of a fellow human being
Losing our humanity
Thats what's happening to us... to the world in general...
I stopped reading the newspaper because I am an escapist.. and much too sensitive.. I can't just swallow the inhumanity, the (dirty) politics, the terrorism, the lies, the double standards and the loss of control on our minds.. I end up thinking too hard about it, getting agitated and ruining atleast my mood/day.. Its not an excuse, I don't need one... its a choice which I make many a times consciously... (in school we used to be asked to read the newspaper to increase our 'GK', but I have discovered since then that there are also other ways of doing that!)
What pains me the most is that we've stopped looking at the other person's perspective, stopped bothering about judging right from wrong.. we are driven now only by animal instinct, and have lost what primarily distinguishes us (so-called humans) from animals, and that is intellect, buddhi, the power of rational thinking!!
We go around cursing each other; trampling on each other's personal space (which btw, animals don't do.. their territories are clearly marked!); imposing ourselves on others; and these are just the 'harmless' things we do.. we don't stop here though.. we go ahead and beat to death professors as the police standby and watch the fun; we throw acid on children in school as a manner of punishment; we rape women, not just physically but mentally too; we make false promises, and cover it up with double standards; we blast innocent people through the roof to prove our point and expect others to see things in our perspective; we bomb countries over oil and pretend its about freedom; we are think colour matters; we mark unseen territories and then wage years of war to defend it (thats animal like!); we fight over religion, and make revenge the aim of our lives; we sensationalise useless matters and sweep under the carpet the real issues; we ignore the youth protesting on the streets and impose on the country what is deemed as 'the revenge of the oppressed'; we bribe our way through education, job, marriage (thats how I look at dowry); we disrespect our parents, we disrespect our elders/peers/younger ones, we disrespect anyone who dares to disagree with us; we think life is a competition to be won and God help anyone who comes in our way; and last but not the least, we disrespect ourselves by accepting all of the above and continuing as if nothing happened...
This isn't limited to India, of course.. and most of us right-thinking (not politically right, if u know what i mean) do bother to think just a little bit beyond the headlines.. but, how do we stop all this? How can we stop people from degrading so much? What do I do as a responsible citizen to make that student see sense and not get so carried away and be so animal-like that he should beat a professor to death?! I don't know what was the provocation (the real one, not the cancellation of elections) behind it, but does it matter?? Did it really need for you to let go of your anger so much that you killed the other person??
I think as a race, we humans are about to cross the limit...
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7 comments:
i completely agree with ur last line... and its somethign i have always thot of when i consider the human race...
but there is something i have to ask u... [i]is everything ok?[/i]
u dont seem to be in the best of moods..
U said it right ..its better to skip reading newspaper ….
I think a lot of us realize that things are going out of control and if nothing is done to correct the situation , we would have nothing good to pass on to our next generation .But when it comes to doing something to stop all this nonsense , very few of us are actually able to make a difference …sometimes its helplessness , sometimes indifference and sometimes the fear of messing up our own lives in trying to correct the world …but yes one thing that we can do is ensure that we do not in any way , consciously or unconsciously , indulge in any such immoral or inhuman acts.
`anon
hehehhee.. no nothing is wrong, personally.. but this 'outburst' in the post really has to do with my thoughts after watching the news this past couple of days.. believe it or not, but news DOES affect me that badly that I get agitated and emotional and thoughtful about it! :-) my mood is fine, great infact, today! :-) thanks for the concern anyways!
`shilpi
am glad you understand the essence of the post.. that at the end of the day, if each of us try to be better human beings, maybe, just maybe there is still hope for humanity! :-)
hi ruchika,
I asked for your email because it will be nice to be your friend as i always love what you write.
But it's your wish.
never mind!
Cheers, Rohit
I think it has to do with how you look at things. I'm an optimist to the core, I look beyond the news, be it the papers or the tv or internet, to find out the real state of affairs in the country. Talk to real people, find out their views. Chances are that you'll find the majority against what has happened in Ujjain and other places. You find out about these incidents of violence only because that is what is seen as being news nowadays. Where on the news do you hear of a good deed? it's extremely rare. But that doesn't mean it's not happening. The news sensationalises the bad elements in society and casts the good into anonymity. As another reader commented on this post, we have to better ourselves, each of us, to make a difference to society as a whole. But don't lose hope, we aren't as far gone as you think, there are still those who are decent. America is on the decline, the muslim fanatics are on the run, and the whole country is really, really pissed off with the ABVP for what they did. The times, well, they are a-changing.
No doubt about it, diagnosing the problem is only half the battle. we have to cure it, otherwise, like any other disease, it's going to eat away at us until we're nothing but a shadow of what we were. no humanity, no conscience whatsoever.
`betterman
For the most part, I totally agree with you that there are many people who are not as 'far gone' as the people I have described in my post.. but those are the people/events that are big news and come out in the papers.. how about the small things that we have to face day to day, where there is lying, meanness, cheating, corruption, betrayal etc etc? These don't make headlines, but still they indicate to how we are degenerating day by day... and these 'follies' are related to the 'common man', ok not maybe u and i and those of us who think through our actions.. but still, isn't this the same degradation? That is why, as you rightly said, we need to improve ourselves, each one of us, before we are jsut left with the bare remnants of the "great race" we used to be!
For a better tomorrow!
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