Caught Unawares!

DO you remember Asifa? DO you remember the horrible description of the way that her life was brought to an end being flashed on the television day in and day out for about a fortnight? Do you remember the people involved? Do you remember the last name of the young boy who committed suicide a few weeks ago just because he was apparently a percent short of attendance? Do you remember Kangana Ranaut and a bunch of other celebrities shouting their lungs out the last year trying to fix a very first-hand problem prevalent in any industry-nepotism? No, you don't. Because, that is the religion of the general public-self induced amnesia. We tend to follow everything blindly, do everything just because a bunch of no-brainers just like us are doing that thing. Logic has gone on a long vacation to NowhereLand and all that our minds are left with is a sheer prejudice that clouds out judgement and makes us fooler than ever. Everything has become a trend and every major problem has been reduced to the contents of some utterly useless memes. People misuse technology like anything to fulfill their selfish mean-minded motives and everything, one can think of is oneself.


There has been no punishment whatsoever in the case of Asifa as of now and its almost been a year. Even with such a powerful movement going on and bringing along with it a new wave of severe change, nothing promising enough meets the eye yet. An eight year old girl raped and murdered and an entire row of religion over it yielded no result at all. That is where we are heading to. Absolute loss of humanity and selfishness. We don't have an idea or opinion of our own. We have become diplomatic instead of being rational. We are sheep jumping down the same cliff and getting our minds paralyzed. I know a lot of people wont read this and even if they do, the effect this will have on their minds would be extremely short-lived.  But, in the light of the direction things in this country are going, i thought that it has to be somebody's responsibility to point out that there is something terribly wrong with our decisions. We westernize everything but when the Govt tries to set a new record before the eye of the world, all we can think of is wastage of money. When we go to New York City to see the Statue Of Liberty, we see its intricate design, phenomenal ambiance and appreciate its beauty and we discuss how the Americans have set a benchmark before us and when, the Statue of Unity IN India breaks that record, all that Indians can think of is how much of money has gone down the drains to build the structure! No appreciation of architecture, no pride for setting a new record, just cribbing. It feels like the people who think this way want to eat their cake and have it at the same time but guess what, that is not possible.
There was a time when criticism used to a difficult art but today, every single thing that is done with any kind of intention is heavily mocked, busted and thoroughly introspected on the basis of silly criteria. So many versions of the same incident is reported by the gazillion media channels and the kabillion newspapers that by the end of the day, the general public is normally confused as to what the truth actually was, which is a sane thing to happen, if you ask me. Today, I just want to request people to be bold and figure out ways to impact the general public in ways that will long lasting effects. Sharing on social media is definitely a beginning jut its barely a scratch on the surface and we have a long way to go to set things right.