"Dear people of the world,
This, is not a rant. Neither is it some kind of an attempt at a sermon. And it is definitely not a condescending open letter trying to force a set of foreign beliefs down your throat. What it is, though, is a plea to be heard patiently, without interruptions, or distractions, or judgement.
It doesn’t have to be a plea though. I possess the right to be heard and I shouldn’t have to plead to exercise it. But I need to. Why, you may ask. Because, in a world of over seven billion people, most norms and rules and regulations are simply reduced to enforcements nobody follows, and sadly, human rights are a part of the list.
We, as a society, are becoming increasingly averse to the idea of others’ sovereignty, for we have developed this absurd notion that having them avail their sovereignty somehow affects ours.
You’re probably arching your eyebrows right now, thinking that if anything is absurd, it is the above statement. But why else would we have an issue with what someone else is filling their stomach with? Why else would someone else’s choice of apparel cause a conflict in our minds? What else could be a possible reason for someone’s choice of profession to affect the way we behave with them? How else can we explain the fact that while some people choose to express their opinion by speaking it out, we choose to express ours by murdering them? Do we even have a satisfactory reason about why someone’s happiness and their choice of who they want to be with is an eyesore to us?
You’re probably arching your eyebrows right now, thinking that if anything is absurd, it is the above statement. But why else would we have an issue with what someone else is filling their stomach with? Why else would someone else’s choice of apparel cause a conflict in our minds? What else could be a possible reason for someone’s choice of profession to affect the way we behave with them? How else can we explain the fact that while some people choose to express their opinion by speaking it out, we choose to express ours by murdering them? Do we even have a satisfactory reason about why someone’s happiness and their choice of who they want to be with is an eyesore to us?
It has been 67 years since the need to establish basic human rights was first recognized, but most of these basic rights still remain neglected. Putting them on paper wouldn’t do much until we put them in our minds, once and for all.
And let’s start with understanding that we’re all more or less equally deprived of rights, and hence, we should focus on achieving ours first, rather than bothering with others’. Let’s enlighten ourselves with the fact that we can only truly exercise all our rights upon the realization that the fulfilment of others’ rights does not affect ours.
Sincerely
Someone who needed to say this"
Someone who needed to say this"
We all have a voice, some of us just need a mouthpiece. Enactus HR College has repeatedly been that mouthpiece for me and so many others. Here's to our fight for to make human rights available to all.
Snigdha Bansal
Student Member, Enactus HRC.
