Tuesday 30 June 2015

Why does humanity finds only few people to care about it?

Dear, let me tell you an incident that took place when the British attacked Lucknow.
The city of Lucknow, the ruler there, Wajid Ali Shah, was busy playing chess. His generals stood in front of him and said, ‘Give us the orders to march. Give us the orders to face the British.’ The fellow said, ‘Wait. I cannot afford to lose this game.’ How can you fight the bigger battles of life when you are engrossed in the imaginary battles? How can you fight the bigger battles? The real problem, how can you look at it when imaginary ones are so heavy upon you? So what did the British do? When they captured the Nawab, they carried a procession of him through the streets of Lucknow, like a caged animal. So there was a vehicle on which his cage was kept, and that cage was provided with all the amenities, a very nice and soft mattress, pillows of the best kind and a huge chess square was kept for the Nawab. That’s our situation.

We are captured, we are in a jail but our chess piece is entertaining us. That’s the purpose of entertainment in life. So that we do not look at the jail we are in.
For most of the people, the greatest issue is, ‘Mr. Verma’s son got two marks more than my son.’ If this is the situation, then how can we be bothered that the glaciers are melting? How can we be bothered that the humanity is probably going to be eliminated in next few decades? How can you be bothered? ‘How are my hair looking?’ That’s the biggest issue for you. ‘What comment did he post on my Facebook status?’ That’s the greatest issue in your life. How does it matter to you that there is so much nuclear pile with man today that he can destroy the earth a thousand times? For you the greatest issue is, ‘Is this shade nice?’.

You know you visit one of these popular news sites. ‘What are the greatest issues that they are telling you? Ten wardrobe malfunctions that you did not see.’ Then you go and click there. That’s the heading; that’s the link. Ten wardrobe malfunctions that you did not see. Ten actresses without makeup. These are the biggest issues you must know. About what? Something.Not only these news sites, see what is happening on this very site? As you open it, there will be an advertisement  asking you to get girlfriends, will ask you to browse some photos of some models. So what all this is about?

They are telling you ten things that you must know. Who are they to educate you? But you allow yourselves to be educated by them. And then they become the real issues in your life. ‘Oh! Ten things that I must know, Oh! here too as well I can find girlfriend.’ Ten new fashion trends this summer. And girls quickly click. ‘So what is happening? Last time the in color was purple green, this time it is jasmine green. If you are wearing purple green, then you are so outdated, old. Go and buy jasmine green.’ Now she is comparing purple green and jasmine green. I don’t know how their eyes differentiate between these wavelengths. And there is the teacher who is trying to educate you about what are the real issues in life. ‘Ten fancy bikes worth having. So M.S. Dhoni is riding one, John Abraham is riding another, Robert Vadra is riding the third one, and you are looking at them. Your eyes are now glued to the screen.

Tell me. Does it matter to you that the ground water has been so damn polluted specially in states like Punjab that there is one train which goes to that state which is called ‘Cancer Express’. Does it matter to you? Do you ever talk about that? And that is not too far from here. What do you talk about? That’s what your mind is full of. The hills are being denuded. Does that matter to you?

But you will pay all your attention to all the rubbish that is there on the T.V.. You will know everything about new movie releases. You will know every bit of damn gossip that is going around. Do you know what is going on in the Middle East? Do you know that Africa is burning?
‘Have you got your hair straightened? How much did you pay?’ Real issues. ‘Are are you going around with Varun these days?’ Such an important issue.

So, It is a good idea. But that’s what, just an idea. One cannot look at this and that when there is so much happening in my own house. There is a civil war going on right where I am standing. How can I be bothered about this and that? How can I be bothered about how many animals are dying in the forests, how many species are being eliminated every day, how the global temperatures are rising due to climate change, how can I be concerned about them when I am locked in my petty issues?


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