Freedom Lies In Having Space To Feel Free & Feel Happy!

 

Mornings bring the delight of new beginning and mornings do bring the news of new happenings in and around us. Every morning when we ensconce ourselves with our favourite cup of tea and glance through the pages of newspaper or scroll over the screen of our smartphones we often come across news of accidents, deaths, rapes. . .and how do we respond? We just breathe a sigh of sorrow and proceed to turn over the new leaf. . .

While walking or driving on road – when we come across any accident. . .majority of us. . .either turn into a crowd of mute spectators or just turn a blind eye and move forward. . .leaving the grieving in pool of blood. . .

While taking stroll. . .often we come across little children in rags. . .and majority of us either brazenly shoo them away or just tend to ignore. . .

These instances are merely illustrations of some of our extreme apathy and callousness towards our fellow human beings in our day to day lives. . .   

We have just celebrated our Independence Day on 15^th August. The day which marks commemoration of our freedom from more than 200 years of British Colonial rule. This year we have stepped in 74^th year of our Independence and we get all the more exulted and jubilant when we sketch out illustrations of our progress and achievements in different sectors in the past 73 years. No doubt we have made a good progress in different walks of lives…But have we really made progress as a human being? Have we really got independence from our indifference and numbness towards our fellow human beings?

Case 1 : Labour ward of a  hospital

A woman was in deep pain during the labour. . .she was crying. . .wailing. . .doctors were shouting at her and after some time. . .there was complete lull . . .complete silence. . .and suddenly a shrilled voice ripped off the freezing stillness. . .” ask her family to take away the body” . . .

Later on, it was learnt that the Doctor was forcefully trying for normal labour but her case was of c-section. The case is a sheer example of apathy and indifference and negligent attitude of doctors towards patients and even more when the patient doesn’t belong to so-called high-class section of society.

That’s not the only case of Doctors’ indifference towards the patient, every now and then we come across such cases of sheer apathy of doctors especially in government run hospitals. If these doctors are sensitive, keep empathy and feeling of humanity too along with their degree, there won’t be any case of this sort of death or we can say murder, due to doctor’s sheer negligence.

Case 2:  A Lady In A Bus

It was around 8 pm in the evening. A Bus was running on the road of Noida to Delhi…But the bus was not exactly running, as it was not in working condition. . .It was just dragging its wheels on the road. A lady passenger who was perhaps getting late, asked the driver to stop so that she could take another transport. She was the only lady passenger in the bus. But the bus driver refused to stop. She pleaded she was getting late but the bus conductor started misbehaving to that lady passenger in front of all the passengers. And none of the passengers in the bus spoke anything or stood up in support of that lady. They all continued to remain seated like lifeless zombies…Suddenly the lady jumped off the running bus. . .waived her hand to another bus which was crossing by- that bus stopped and she hurriedly boarded the same. . . and following that lady all the other passengers also boarded the same bus. . .but none of them came to her rescue or support when she needed, which was really shameful. . .

Majorly this kind of indifferent attitude only lead to soaring rate of crime in the society as well. The criminal knows that he is safe since public’s sensitivity is dead.

Case 3: Man Set Himself Ablaze In Front Of Crowd

Once a man in front of huge crowd and lens men, set himself on fire. . .he was burning profusely and none amidst the crowed came forward to stop him or rescue him. . . rather some of them kept filming him to run breaking news . . .And the man was kept wailing in pain. . . Can we really call ourselves human?

In social media we come across nth number of photographs or videos in which people in distress are filmed and snapped. . .instead of helping them and saving them. . .majority of us prefer to film them or click them to get more likes. . .completely forgetting that every human being has right to privacy and right to safeguard ones dignity

During this ongoing pandemic when most of the lesser blessed souls were striving to make both ends meet. . . few among us came to help them with bags of grocery or food items but major concern of most of them were to just get clicked while donating to get likes on social media. Isn’t it an infringement of dignity of those deprived men, women and children who were being donated? What’s the point of showing their face while receiving the donation. . .?

We have to accept that we are not sensitive enough. We lack the empathy and other humane feelings to call ourselves human beings.

If we are sensitive enough in our day to day lives or at workplace. . . no one will remain destitute or deprived of basic human needs.

If we shun our insensitivity and keep sympathetic attitude towards fellow human beings then there will not be any disparity in the society at all.

If police are sensitised towards common people, and discharge their duty honestly, there will not be any sort of hesitance or fear among common people towards police, and they can come to police for any help or assistance and evidently soaring rate of crime can be arrested to a greater extent.

If officials and authorities are sensitive towards their duties and towards people, they will discharge their duties honestly and the public will also be able to get benefits of government policies for the common people.

If common people are sensitive towards their fellow people and their country, they will avoid littering the road, spitting on the roads and keep their surroundings clean.

If common people are sensitive enough, they will come forward to raise voice against any wrong doings or come forward to support and protect those who are in pain or sufferings.

If Employers are sensitive towards their staff, they will take better care of their basic necessities, will provide them the required conducive environment to work and stay as a human being. Had employers were sensitive enough towards their manpower irrespective of their work level, recent mass destructions or killings of labours could be avoided.

Indeed, majority of us lack empathy or sympathy towards other human beings and even towards children.

We have got freedom. But we still need to get freedom from our numbness, our apathy, our inhuman behaviour towards others.

Another Word For Freedom Is Happiness!

We Are Happy! But Do We Make Efforts To Make Others Happy? Do We Respect Others? Are We Sensitised Enough Towards Others?    

The Day We Start Caring For The Curve of Smile of Others, The Day We Start Feeling For Others, Only Then We Can Celebrate Freedom In True Sense!

Let’s Be Human First! Let’s Spread Smile!

Let’s Spread Humanity! Let’s Be Sensitised!

We Are Alive! Let’s Feel & Exude Our Liveliness To Its Fullest On This Earth!

Let’s Sing And Let Others Sing Along With Pride– 

Happy Independence Day!