Life is all about surviving and only the fittest survive
......law of the jungle, but when i read about wars being fought in various
parts of the world and how in one instant so many die. Those news articles make
me wonder as to what law took these innocent lives. As a student i had read a
book 'Lord of Flies' and it brought home the fact that scratch the surface and
you have nothing but animal tedencies in humans however young. Years later i
saw a movie in malayalam 'Thaniavartanam' here too the story talks about an ordinary
school teacher with a family history or a curse of madness. It shows how people
of the small village he is from start seeing symptoms of apparent madness
in this young teacher even in his most normal and simple actions and speech.
It ends with the person crying on his mother’s shoulders and
telling her how he does not want to go on, he did not to want to live. He had lost his
job and normal life by then, it had the most tragic end as his mother kills him
to end his misery. A harsh story and I wondered as to how many such mocking
birds do get sacrificed for just being themselves. In recent times it would
have to the heart rending story of a young mother of 20 who got burnt alive as
people believed she was a witch.
When I watch movies and read news articles about the
underworld it is chilling to see how very cheap a person’s life is, so easy it
is to kill for frivolous reasons. Then there is the question of how valuable is
a person’s life or what is the value of person’s life? Some times we humans are
so barbaric in our dealings with each other and the love to gang up on each
other or a single person. Sometimes we lose track of how inhuman we have
become, when all it takes is a little compassion and empathy for each other.
What are the parameters that make a life valuable or cheap …..a
highly subjective issue because even the poorest of poor do have a very
important place in the lives of their kith and kin. Here in Bahrain as an
expatriate I see so many who commit suicide and I always wonder what is it that
makes them take their life. Are situations and people so bad that one should
give up hope totally and completely? What demons drove these people to such
extreme steps …. I see most of them are single or are living away from family
or have problems communicating with the people around.
I feel in such cases it is all about that ‘Moment’ of ‘loss
of faith’…if one can sit down and think things over or cry it out or talk to
another or connect to another ….that one moment passes and one can see the hope
and possibilities life has to offer. I am glad the Indian Embassy is doing its
bit to help reduce the number of suicides …. a good measure that will go a long
way in raising up the value of people’s lives.
The value of each and every life on earth however ordinary
the individual, is priceless because of the potential the individual holds …..and
the possibilities galore that are yet to be explored ……….
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