Silence - When Gets Louder

The Late Nelson Mandela

It is okay to shout and be heard if no one listens to the silence in your voice. But, I have seen the world change by a silence so loud that even the largest screams and shrieks of people died, when the one silent but determined voice spoke up!

Today, the 6th of December, 2013, witnessed the death of a world leader, Mr. Nelson Mandela. Yes, he was a world leader. He changed the way people perceived humanity, in more than just one way! Yes, I live in a country which was freed by Mahatma Gandhi, but I was indifferent to this fact till date that one man can bring about a reformation changing and recharging lives around the world - the lives of black people by eradicating racism! So, yes, Mr. Nelson Mandela, after Jesus Christ, has made me realize that it is possible and that if one man wants a revolution, really wants a revolution, then the entire universe conspires for him to have it!

The people who knew Mr. Nelson Mandela  have been recorded saying that "Madiba" (as they called him) was a soft spoken person, who preferred speaking in a soft and calming voice instead of ranting and chanting that we witness  lot these days by our youth. Well, there goes the difference! He was a person who knew that the country was as important to him as his family. However, just because he was a politician by profession, he did not bring his work home to intrude his private time with his family! He knew when he needed a break from his profession as a 'politician' and when he had to switch to the profession of a 'father'.

Now, compare against this the present scenario of politicians, especially Mr. Narendra Modi and Mr. Rahul Gandhi, who are these days busy with the "promotion" of their political parties. They shout in sabhas on top of their voices to prove a point. The effect of this act - neither the point gets proven nor do the mindsets of the people change! At the risk of getting arrested, probably in the near future, I have posted this today. I am confident that, if only all the leaders around the world learned a little from these trend-setters like Mr. Nelson Mandela or Jesus Christ then we would have been living in a better world - the Earth would have been a better place to live!

But, alas!

Bother Persists

It is always nice to share a little something of your life with the people around you. It makes you get the overload off of you and, in some cases is also beneficial for the people around you. Gives a little perspective.

Equality - it is an abstract term. It is as intangible as air or a thought, but just because of that, it does not mean that it doesn't exist. It most definitely exists - but some have to snatch it away from the hands of the wealthy while some receive it as a gift of their existence, as a pity offering.

Equality indicates a state wherein no human being is different from the other or can remain indifferent about the other. The entire human history is a witness of the level of struggle and perseverance that mankind had to adhere to in order to maintain the EQUALITY among the regular people. There were revolts against the superior powers and the monarchs in order to re-establish the ideas of equality in the kingdoms. When people decided to bring about the equality to the commoners, no building, no empire, no government could restrain them. It was some inevitable occurrence that no one could contain and no one could orchestrate. That is the power that a determined human stand could ever hold.

People died fighting for equality. However, initially this fight was for bringing the lower strata of the society into level with the higher strata and today - it is the other way around. Look, no one can deny the fact that the so-called poor and backward people of the Indian society have taken ill-advantage of the reservations given to them by the government. On my part, I won't even say 'ill-advantage', because that would be wrong. They have taken an advantage similar to that.

I am studying to be an engineer. The fees that I, as an open candidate pay, is Rs. 1,08,000. And the SC/ST/OBC people in my college pay Rs. 14,000 only for the same course. I would like to point this fact out, particularly. Why this inequality? Why?
Now, I am pursuing a prestigious course, so I don't mind the fees. But if I am paying such a huge amount, shouldn't someone pursuing the same course, with the same merits as mine, pay roughly the same amount? Or, shouldn't there be some kind of scholarship exam for the reserved category, on the merits of which the handful reserved ones can reduce their fee amount?

These are some of the things that have always bothered me. And I thought of sharing them with you. Isn't it a bit maddening? Where is the equality then? Are we still supposed to fight for it while the poor people get away with it?