This ain't cricket…no it isn't soccer too. Hockey, are you
kidding me..?? Basketball, No ways! Wondering what I am talking about? It’s the
sport the whole nation is zapped into. It attracts the highest TRPs if aired on
television, the highest live audience if it happens to be in your vicinity, it
unites the group like nothing else does. For some its bread and butter, for
many it’s passion and for most it’s dirty entertainment (filthy lots..).No prize for guessing, but
if you guess then you really is in sync with what’s happening around you.
I am talking about phenomena called “Hate speech” which
looks the trendiest these days. You switch on television or peep into dailies
you will see numerous instances of politicians defaming the other sides. There
is no code of conduct for the speeches of our national leaders. They will go to
any extent, deep into each other’s personal lives to bring malice to the
opposite side. Are they our national heroes? Certainly not! No wonder, I do not
come across any youth citing any contemporary politicians as their ideals. If I
base my write-up only on the bad examples which our politicians are setting
then I would be blamed of throwing up a hypocritical view. We cannot just blame
our leaders/bureaucrats for this existing mud in our society. I feel at an
individual level, common man is also engrossed deeply in this sport called
“Hate speech”. Whereas for leaders, it fetch them bread and butter when they
put down the other side, for common man, it’s mostly a source of entertainment
or an invisible tool sorts which they
feel will help them defeat those whom they don’t go along well with.
I am not going to write on the ways the people are using
this tool to create disharmony, distrust and disrespect in the environment. I
am sure each individual at some point of time in life have used “hate speech”
against someone for x set of reasons, and I bet, we have our own reasons and
perspectives to support our bigoted action as a fair and just one! Let’s not
get into it. Let’s try understanding how we can combat against this destructive
gesture.
And the only way to bring this to halt is to understand that
each and every life is respect worthy. There is certain elegance in being
dignified and true dignity comes when we respect each and every life in our environment.
If we start believing in the dignity of each and every life and understand that
each life is worthy of and have equal rights to exist in this world, half the
battle would be won. On a lighter note, you can find out your own reasons to
stay away from this self-destructive sport. So when I am writing this piece, I
am not saying that I am a saint who has never indulged in hate speech, but at a
very early age, I could discover a very interesting mechanism working in my
body (thanks to my Mom!) where I found popping of pimples in my
face whenever I indulged in hate speech. And like any other teenager would have
taken it up, to have a flawless skin throughout my life, I determined not to
engage in this act ever (with few exceptions here and there…phew..;-)..)!!! So
without waiting a moment find out your reasons to be away from this spo(r)t….!!
Unconventional wisdom and the ink..!
