The "Society" That I Live In ...!!!

Since my childhood I have been told that Man is a social animal and he needs a society to live and grow in.The human civilization also began with people forming groups and developing a living with the collective effort of everybody.All these instances are self evident in proving that society is a must for an individual to grow.So I have always had this belief instilled in me that Society is a good and essential place for the growth and development of an individual.These axiomatic beliefs are widely accepted and to a great extent truely so.

But when I grew up and started observing the society around me and the impact it has had on the lives of my generation and several others preceding mine.The answer I got really shook the basic foundation of all my belief system.Society earlier being the most essential component of growth of its people,has lost its vitality and is declining rapidly.And the most alarming thing is that ,it has now been reduced to mere a hindrance in the growth of an individual.It has now just become a tool to prevent people from becoming,saying and doing what they actually want.What a contradiction?The thing that came into existence for the growth of people ,has become people's worst enemy.

Let me trace back to the fateful time when I was brought out in this world.I do not remember but I heard that they were all so happy.Especially because I was a boy and hence a fixed deposit in other words ,I guess.Gradually I started growing and getting myself attached to the fabrics of society.I was taught ,in school and at home,the difference between right and wrong,rich and poor,and moral and amoral.I imbibed all such teachings very diligently and started forming the foundation of my own morality.I understood that greed ,jealousy,hate and anger are all sin and life lived with honesty ,in the service of others is only worth living.These were the things I learnt from various books and their interpretation and implementation by Great people.So I grew up in my fairy story with the firm conviction that I would live my whole life on such principles and ethics.

But when I entered into the school of life ,I found myself confused and betrayed.Because everything learnt and followed till date ,started looking vague and useless.Everything seemed to be laid upon some strange principles and I was all lost in this completely different world.Hence my so called 'mentors' started conditioning me so that I could become a better 'product' in this market.They made me believe that 'honesty is the best policy' kind of things look better on answer sheets of exams and strictly need to be forgotten for a better life.Truthfulness and sacrifice should be left for Gandhi jee. And manipulating the results is better than working hard for it.Money should be the top priority,and anything required to achieve it ,is fair.

I tried to sustain my ideas but the blow was too strong.I saw my peers getting succumbed to such blows and leading a so called luxurious life.I was tempted too.But something inside me was still alive that never stopped questioning them and they never liked it. They started deciding subjects I should study,field I should make a career in,people I should be in contact with,and ideals I should have in my life.Initially I thought they really cared for me ,but I was again wrong.They wanted to mould me into a 'better product' so that market could appreciate them and me too.And I realized it when I saw so called educated people forcing their children into studying something else,while they were very passionate and interested in other fields.What made them do so?Their concern for their child or their own greed or false pride?I fail to understand.

I realize their callousness when I see my society abusing and discarding honest people only because of their honesty.According to my society they lack "pragmatic attitude".They can't take bribes, can't do forgery and can't manipulate people, and hence they are not fit to live in this society.I feel disgusted when I see people tempting their children and family members to take bribe because it is accepted by everyone.We see honest people being maimed,tortured and killed,and nobody even sheds a tear for them.May be because they don't belong to this society where honesty and truthfulness is strictly prohibited.Look at the status of women in our society.Women to the least are a rape victim and at the best a puppet in the hand of their men.I live in a society that considers their sons a fixed deposits and their daughters a burden.

The purpose of education is not only to get a nice job,nice salary,nice life and a nice wife.If the knowledge can not liberate one's mind ,then its futile.And to a great extent we have failed to impart that kind of knowledge.But our society is very happy and content with this kind of education system because it helps in producing higher breed of 'products'and helps them play this sinful game in their 'market'.Why does an IAS officer,a minister or a learned person become corrupt?Because our society makes them so,by inculcating in them false values and ethics.A system has been built where its almost impossible to be honest and true.That system is followed and worshiped by our society. And that is why I hate my society.

They boast about the superiority of our civilization .But are we really civilized?We are a society that has the highest rate of female foeticide cases,where women still are a prisoner,where a rape victim is treated worse than the rapists themselves ,where the chasm between rich and poor is the widest, where corruption is at its peak and where thousands of people are still killed in the name of God.Just think.Are we really civilized?I hate the society that divides people on the basis of caste ,creed,religion,sex and adopts biased approach towards the less privileged ones.

At last when the dark clouds are hovering in the sky ,I want to love my society.I want it to change itself fundamentally.I want to inculcate in my society the ideals that I learned in books.I want to believe and make others believe that 'life lived in the service of others' is only worth living.I want to live in a society that is formed, by people and for people,not against it.I want to live in a society where they let their children follow their hearts, where women are not mere an object of lust ,where girls are not a burden but a parallel force of development,where they don't bring up their children only to later sell them in "market",where they learn to respect and love everything.And I want to live in a society where honesty and truthfulness drives its growth,not selfishness and greed.I want to live in a society where we would find god in every soul and not in some random stones.And then eventually I want to cry out loud that 'I love my society'. BUT.....

To everyone who could not cry , It's all right .

To everyone who could not cry , It's all right .
The broken dreams amidst myriad fights ,
If you couldn't stand tight , It's all right .

You dreamt of it , but couldn't achieve,
You tried so hard but din't succeed,
The days and the nights , in those lonely fights ,
If the dark clouds took over the light,
I tell you My friend , It's all right.

If the pain was deep and the heartbreak tough,
If you gave it all and still Life was rough ,
If you wanted to stand but couldn't get up ,
If after all the fall , you didn't give up ,

I just want to say , on this bright sunny day,
If you still Smile, with all your Might,
Remember My friend , It's all right .