Serfudin Ali
Immanuel College, Dimapur
Humans have their own mantras in life to deal with their own problems and agony since ages. Our existence have come a long, long way and we have found solutions to almost everything today, yet there is one thing where humans fail at and that is to ‘value human’ because of superiority, narcissism, jealousy and insecurity.
Today as humans, most of us have become so righteous in our actions that we always put the blame on our counterparts fearing the blame and also we always want all the praises even for our lesser actions performed. In the present time attention has become a key component for validation and most people seek for it forgetting our moral and ethical values. The sad reality is that we are all very good in preaching but not following it out in a pragmatic manner. We are also very good at passing judgements becoming the judge, jury and the executioner.
Looking down on people is a not a new thing in our society, categorizing people based on profession, religion, community is an old chapter we have already read. Are we religious? Yes, by showing people that we worship God for few hours wearing properly ironed clothes. Are we compassionate? Yes, by only helping people with a motive in return. Will you stab your colleague in their back to get that promotion? Verbally No but practically yes. Will you complain that someone in your wedding came empty handed? No but yes. Man has become too materialistic, self-centered and over ambitious that the value of being human is lost in the air.
We have actually created a totally new world where truth and integrity rarely matters, where human existence is stereotyped based on our self-satisfying criteria. Now if I don’t give or do something you asked for then automatically I become a bad person. In this world, faking is the new trend of keeping ourselves in the limelight. Speaking the truth is considered an act of rebellion which can create a dire situation for the person holding the truth. Our lives in current times is like the three monkeys of Gandhiji the only difference is that “Don’t speak the truth, Don’t see the truth and Don’t hear the truth” and if you follow these principles then you are the best suited human of today’s world.
My only question for everyone is how much compromise have we made so far?
