The last ten days have been very tough for the country as a whole. The heinous attack on those poor soldiers who had dedicated their lives to protect the country, the consequences of the attack, the rage and hatred of people towards their fellow humans has been heart-wrenching to witness. It seems once again humanity fell prey to the poisonous claws of ideological clashes, ego clashes and vested interests of the politics. More than the attack, it is the after effects that are quite disheartening. The calls for war, mutual challenges to ruin one another, arousing hatred among people in the name of patriotism, circulation of hate messages, imposing ban on innocent people by tagging them as subjects of the enemy country, etc., all seem to be hopeless and in noway heading towards a solution. In this whole scenario, the ordinary citizen of our country is swaying between his humanity (which is his very basic nature) and identity (national, religious, regional, caste, etc), not knowing which side to take.
However it isn't that hard for us to take sides in this matter, isn't it? After all, we are humans before we know that we are a member of so and so country, caste, religion, etc. So it forms our basic responsibility to protect humanity first. We can convert this hopeless situation into a hope if at all we have the will to do so. Here we got to realize a few things.
Firstly, we must be conscious enough and try to get a good clarity of what is happening around us and why is it happening , and try to see a situation in all the possible angles, instead of being carried away by momentary emotions.
Secondly, we should know that revenge is not an answer to revenge and war is not the solution. Lots of lives should be put into risk if we had to wage a war and India has never been a supporter of war since history. When lots of people are dying each day to get a meal on their plate, we can't waste all the limited resources we have for waging a war. Moreover, the panic that a war causes will never leave the country for ages. By seeking war we don't really do justice to the departed souls as well, because if at all war has to take place, then why would hundreds of people make their way towards the border for protecting our lives? How long does it take for the world to get bombarded if all the countries make up their minds to throw bombs at each other?
Thirdly, as human beings sympathy and empathy are a part of our very basic nature. But, how far we extend them really makes the difference. Instead of limiting our empathy to our house and families, let's empathize with the whole world irrespective of their caste, religion, region and nationality. Only when we rise our consciousness, that is when we can put an end to any crime that's happening.
Thus anything is possible for human beings. If we were able to reach the moon, we can easily bombard this earth or turn this earth into a heaven. What shall we choose?
© Written by Manaswini Pasumarthi
However it isn't that hard for us to take sides in this matter, isn't it? After all, we are humans before we know that we are a member of so and so country, caste, religion, etc. So it forms our basic responsibility to protect humanity first. We can convert this hopeless situation into a hope if at all we have the will to do so. Here we got to realize a few things.
Firstly, we must be conscious enough and try to get a good clarity of what is happening around us and why is it happening , and try to see a situation in all the possible angles, instead of being carried away by momentary emotions.
Secondly, we should know that revenge is not an answer to revenge and war is not the solution. Lots of lives should be put into risk if we had to wage a war and India has never been a supporter of war since history. When lots of people are dying each day to get a meal on their plate, we can't waste all the limited resources we have for waging a war. Moreover, the panic that a war causes will never leave the country for ages. By seeking war we don't really do justice to the departed souls as well, because if at all war has to take place, then why would hundreds of people make their way towards the border for protecting our lives? How long does it take for the world to get bombarded if all the countries make up their minds to throw bombs at each other?
Thirdly, as human beings sympathy and empathy are a part of our very basic nature. But, how far we extend them really makes the difference. Instead of limiting our empathy to our house and families, let's empathize with the whole world irrespective of their caste, religion, region and nationality. Only when we rise our consciousness, that is when we can put an end to any crime that's happening.
Thus anything is possible for human beings. If we were able to reach the moon, we can easily bombard this earth or turn this earth into a heaven. What shall we choose?
© Written by Manaswini Pasumarthi
A bare truth is exposed. Good and thought provoking write-up.
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