Sympathy: The power full emotional factor that can change, create or destroy the fates of so many people!
Take for example the tale of Karn of Mahaabhaarath. He promised his mom that he would kill none of the Pandavas except Arjun. This is only due to the sympathy that the widow Kunti generated by revealing that she is Karn's mother and the sensitive heart that he had melted before her tactics. This has turned to be one of the most important moments in Mahaabhaarath. Fantastic.. isnt it??
Coming to today's world, the same logic applies, though now it is on a larger scale. Not one, two, three, but lakhs of people are being lured into this business of tears: Show them your tears, get their sympathy. And this sympathy often turns into votes that are invaluable to any political party!
One of the best depictions of this phenomenon has been shown in the Telugu movie "Rangam"('Ko' in tamil) where a newly formed youth party wins the elections due to the sympathy generated due to a bomb attack on them that killed so many of them.
In the real world, this effect is even more prominent whether it is at the state level or the national level. Of course at the national level, the effect is much more complex due to the innumerable local parties involved, but the effect is nonetheless very significant, even in non-political issues like women rights.
When a woman is shown as crying, people sympathize with her with no second thought. People fail to think about the other side of the story behind her tears and blindly consider her as a victim and the male as the culprit. Lets take the issue of women going to pubs. They surely have the right to go anywhere they want to go with whomever they want, but how can they be considered to be innocent just by some tears rolling down their cheeks? Don't we have the basic duty to treat the culprits as "accused" and not "guilty" till the judgement has arrived or till a proof has come out in public??
Freedom doesnt mean wearing whatever dress you want, do whatever you want to do or go wherever you want to go. If that is the definition of freedom, then birds and microorganisms have it more than any human.
Of course teens do have their right to education, style, financial freedom, etc, but when it comes to social responsibility that's always an important factor that comes with freedom, how many of them really realize that some of their actions can effect the society? If they have the freedom to wear a micro skirt or a short to a party, they also have the duty to self protect themselves from lusty eyes, no matter where they go.
Even if they go to a temple, there will be anti-social elements awaiting at the temple entrance to snatch away whatever they get: whether it is gold, money, or the girl herself. So if the modern girls really feel that they are more powerful and evolved into smart beings than previous generations, they should show it in their actions during crisis. Don't they know of the weaknesses of any attacker whether it is male or female?
The recent furore in the social world over some tweets of Kiran Bedi is the most unwanted stupidity ever seen where so many people started abusing and criticizing her by misunderstanding what she meant and purely going with some video on the internet that went viral due to the media regarding a girl being molested in public in Guwahati(Assam, India). Yes, the offenders need to be brought before the law, yes they need to be taken into custody and given punishment, but what happened to the senses of the so called celebrities? Dont they unserstand that pubs do have an atmosphere of hooliganism? Dont they know that pubs and high society people also commit crimes, whether it is inside pubs or outside them? Why are they supporting the pubs and trashing Kiran Bedi for saying that pubs are breeding grounds of hooliganism?("Pubs attract hooliganism and violence just as holy places attract peace and devotion! Its in the nature of environment!"; "Pubs breed lust, holy places reduce it (ofcourse exceptions exist!)")
Crucial points to be noted:
1. She never said "all the pubs" or "all the temples"
2. She has even mentioned that exceptions do exist.
3. She also has a valid point when she said: "Parents+Teachers+Employers?of Gauhati molestation case must be met with to find out what was wrong with these men/boys?"
There must be some reason why they attacked the girl in the first place. Of course taking law into their own hands is wrong, for which they deserve punishment, but without going to the root of the issue, how can we go ahead in the society?
For example, do we know the reason why Shah Rukh Khan behaved in an abusive manner during an IPL match recently? And what was the response when his team won the IPL and he just escaped with a much delayed apology? So many incidents of violence has been reported and even witnessed at rave parties, but still the people feel that pubs/alcoholic parties don't attract lust/hooliganism? Why? Because of the sympathy that they have towards "their stars", "their pubs" and the whole system that allows them to enjoy without any amount of guilt.
This is the extent to which humans can leave their senses and instead depend on the sympathy factor while judging things happening in the society.
.. Anil
Take for example the tale of Karn of Mahaabhaarath. He promised his mom that he would kill none of the Pandavas except Arjun. This is only due to the sympathy that the widow Kunti generated by revealing that she is Karn's mother and the sensitive heart that he had melted before her tactics. This has turned to be one of the most important moments in Mahaabhaarath. Fantastic.. isnt it??
Coming to today's world, the same logic applies, though now it is on a larger scale. Not one, two, three, but lakhs of people are being lured into this business of tears: Show them your tears, get their sympathy. And this sympathy often turns into votes that are invaluable to any political party!
One of the best depictions of this phenomenon has been shown in the Telugu movie "Rangam"('Ko' in tamil) where a newly formed youth party wins the elections due to the sympathy generated due to a bomb attack on them that killed so many of them.
In the real world, this effect is even more prominent whether it is at the state level or the national level. Of course at the national level, the effect is much more complex due to the innumerable local parties involved, but the effect is nonetheless very significant, even in non-political issues like women rights.
When a woman is shown as crying, people sympathize with her with no second thought. People fail to think about the other side of the story behind her tears and blindly consider her as a victim and the male as the culprit. Lets take the issue of women going to pubs. They surely have the right to go anywhere they want to go with whomever they want, but how can they be considered to be innocent just by some tears rolling down their cheeks? Don't we have the basic duty to treat the culprits as "accused" and not "guilty" till the judgement has arrived or till a proof has come out in public??
Freedom doesnt mean wearing whatever dress you want, do whatever you want to do or go wherever you want to go. If that is the definition of freedom, then birds and microorganisms have it more than any human.
Of course teens do have their right to education, style, financial freedom, etc, but when it comes to social responsibility that's always an important factor that comes with freedom, how many of them really realize that some of their actions can effect the society? If they have the freedom to wear a micro skirt or a short to a party, they also have the duty to self protect themselves from lusty eyes, no matter where they go.
Even if they go to a temple, there will be anti-social elements awaiting at the temple entrance to snatch away whatever they get: whether it is gold, money, or the girl herself. So if the modern girls really feel that they are more powerful and evolved into smart beings than previous generations, they should show it in their actions during crisis. Don't they know of the weaknesses of any attacker whether it is male or female?
The recent furore in the social world over some tweets of Kiran Bedi is the most unwanted stupidity ever seen where so many people started abusing and criticizing her by misunderstanding what she meant and purely going with some video on the internet that went viral due to the media regarding a girl being molested in public in Guwahati(Assam, India). Yes, the offenders need to be brought before the law, yes they need to be taken into custody and given punishment, but what happened to the senses of the so called celebrities? Dont they unserstand that pubs do have an atmosphere of hooliganism? Dont they know that pubs and high society people also commit crimes, whether it is inside pubs or outside them? Why are they supporting the pubs and trashing Kiran Bedi for saying that pubs are breeding grounds of hooliganism?("Pubs attract hooliganism and violence just as holy places attract peace and devotion! Its in the nature of environment!"; "Pubs breed lust, holy places reduce it (ofcourse exceptions exist!)")
Crucial points to be noted:
1. She never said "all the pubs" or "all the temples"
2. She has even mentioned that exceptions do exist.
3. She also has a valid point when she said: "Parents+Teachers+Employers?of Gauhati molestation case must be met with to find out what was wrong with these men/boys?"
There must be some reason why they attacked the girl in the first place. Of course taking law into their own hands is wrong, for which they deserve punishment, but without going to the root of the issue, how can we go ahead in the society?
For example, do we know the reason why Shah Rukh Khan behaved in an abusive manner during an IPL match recently? And what was the response when his team won the IPL and he just escaped with a much delayed apology? So many incidents of violence has been reported and even witnessed at rave parties, but still the people feel that pubs/alcoholic parties don't attract lust/hooliganism? Why? Because of the sympathy that they have towards "their stars", "their pubs" and the whole system that allows them to enjoy without any amount of guilt.
This is the extent to which humans can leave their senses and instead depend on the sympathy factor while judging things happening in the society.
.. Anil
