SOCIETY- BOON or BANE

So this is after a very long break of around 5 years probably that I’m posting a blog. I’ve lost touch and even confidence in writing, something that used to make me feel good about myself. It’s strange how a pen can actually be mightier than the sword. However, few people believe in this and few don’t who actually turn towards violence and a means to show off to prove their point.

A lot has happened since the last time I blogged. I won’t be boring everyone out with details of it. However, to sum it up, it wasn’t boring at all. Probably, if I continue writing, we might have more exciting details coming up in upcoming blogs. It has been a crazy adventure since I started out my career in Mysore, Karnataka. There have been ups and downs in life throughout the past 5 years. Hell, we have a pandemic going on for crying out loud. 

Amongst everything that has happened in these past 5 years, one thing has awestruck me so deeply; the fact that no matter what happens, whether you explain some people a fact with proper logic and data, they seem to be ignorant of that fact and keep believing in something which should’ve been obsolete considering this is the 21st century we’re living in. But, who am I to stand in between the mindset of some people in our society. 

Yes, SOCIETY. A very decent word, but sometimes, it brainwashes the f**k out of people. A society is expected to grow in all aspects (mentally, spiritually, technically, logically) as the world evolves which in turn will evolve and make your nation what we eagerly expect to become “ A developed nation”. However, from the time I remember reading in school books, I’m only hearing that we’re “a developing nation”. Truth be told, probably our grandchildren will also be learning and teaching their children the same thing if we continue to go forward in this way.

Did you guys know that there are castes in Islam? Forget about Shia and Sunni which probably everyone knows about are the two denominations of Islam . There’s caste in Sunni and probably in Shia too. I myself belong to the Sunni denomination and I wasn’t aware about it myself after living 26 years of my life until last year when someone pointed this out to me because I fell in love with a girl from my same religion, but little did I know that we belonged to different caste. It was then that I asked my parents about my caste and they had to search online and get back to me. LOL!

As Chetan Bhagat had rightly pointed out in his book “2 states” that in India if you love someone, that’s not enough for you to marry that person. He mentioned about both families loving each other’s families, families loving the boy and the girl being together, etc . But the situation I was in was really messed up. There are people who would be ready to let someone’s life go into ruins just for the sake of this decent word SOCIETY. Because “ log Kya Kahenge?”

In today’s world, where we’re fighting a pandemic and rovers are being sent to Mars for finding out proof of existence of water, do these problems leave a freckle on the existence of humanity. Why can’t people be just happy and let others be happy with their lives? More importantly, why can’t people be happy seeing other people’s happiness? There are people like Elon musk who have ushered us to an era with the immense advancement of technology in segments unimaginable in today’s world with booming success and at the same time there are people who are arguing over the fact that the logo of Myntra looks like a woman’s legs spread wide open. I’d actually seen this as a meme probably a year back and laughed a lot but I was surprised to see that it became news and people were actually discussing this seriously. Myntra has been running with same logo for 13 years and suddenly someone points this out and it’s news. I mean, who are these people!!!! Get a life, man!!!

Sometimes it’s just people’s ego that just gets hurt because of which they go to their extremes to prove a point to which you’ll feel like “What do I even say to this!”. But sometimes it is actually what they believe and no matter how much you try, you cannot change their perspective, let alone, God himself came down and probably told them otherwise. Who knows, maybe then they’d change their thoughts because after all, we’re God fearing people. 

Some of us might be feeling that probably the next generation will be different, have a different approach towards everything. But understand this, there are children who are learning from elders with mindsets like these and I’m scared of the fact that even the next generation will have such misfits. I’m not denying that our cultures and virtues are wrong. India is a land of diversity with its rich culture and we all should be proud of that. I’m just telling to think logically and analyse before making a decision about anything. Learn to ask WHY! If someone gives you a valid explanation and you see it fit, go ahead. But if you have a doubt in that, keep asking “why” unless you get the valid explanation that seems logical. 

I felt like writing this because I’d never felt so deeply about someone in my life till date for whom I’d written publicly like this. But I lost her even after every possible effort from my side because of this decent word which we all know as SOCIETY. Speak up if you want such mentality to change; to ensure that we actually grow as a society with reason to understand right from wrong and not take everything for granted without questioning. She still means a lot to me and probably always will but sad that I can’t tell her this.

With a heavy heart I bid farewell till next time. And remember “ Always ask why!” Because it’s your right to ask. 

Feel free to leave your thoughts in comments as this is my perspective and I’m always open to criticism unlike the rest of the society.