Jaago Bharat Jaago
With this pandemic, whereas most countries because of their due
diligence had been able either to get rid of it or have the control on the
pandemic and thus indicated their care for their people by saving millions life,
there are the countries suffering badly. The problem is so severe that the one
who were standing with us yesterday, are heard to be no more today. With the
missing good morning messages when out of curiosity we give a call, its
pity to have the message, he is no more. Today, India is no less in this
suffering which provokes the people to question if the country is suffering
because of this virus? Is the corona virus only the root cause of the existing
problems? If not, what is the cause?
We are well aware and there is no suspicion that flood, famine,
earthquakes, epidemics etc. are the calamities beyond our control. We can’t
stop them but at least we can prepare ourself better to face its consequences.
Life and death are also not in our control. During the life time there are
several instances whereby life and death play with each other. Sometimes life
swallow death and in a final instance death swallow life. It is the eternal
truth that the one who is born is sure to die. The harsh fact of death is also
not a problem but what hurts is the cause of death. No doubt the people
suffered of corona but it was unfortunate that the people died more because of
lack of beds, oxygen, and ventilators. What more whereas there was crisis of
oxygen for most, the same turned to be fatal for the people where there was suffice
supply. As if these were less, the fire incidents in hospitals took lives of
many. Again, when there is crisis of these oxygen and ventilators, it is
observed that number of such equipment remain unnoticed in the store room.
Whereas we are shattered merely listening to the incidents, its difficult to
express these harsh fatal incidents in words. And what for? Was it corona that
killed these people?
Some people may call it mismanagement but then if we see deep
inside this so-called mismanagement is in fact a strategic micro-management. As
comprehended from the people, this mismanagement is a sequence of events that
leads to forging, duplicating, cheating, black marketing, corruption,
profiteering and ultimately causes terror amongst the people. Infact it is very
planned, organized, and coordinated with appropriate and timely decisions, leadership
and motivation. It remains to check if it is possible without the support of
the system and governance. In short what people term mismanagement is actually
management!
No doubt the people suffered of corona. It was only the
management which was managed by the inhuman managers and many people lost their
lives. Some lost their husband, some lost their father, some lost their brother
and some of them lost their mother. There was no relation that remained
unsuffered of this management! Amidst these shattering events when the crisis was
at peak these great managers were observed struggling for image building; to
prove their might or to add to their strength. Then again, the question arises
why there was such management! What is the root cause of this management!
Whereas the poor medical infrastructure, lack of preparedness
for the crisis are the vivid reasons of this management! - the loyalty,
insensitivity, self-obsession, and the opportunistic attitude of the society is
as well the cause of this management! When I say loyalty, it seems strange but
it’s a matter of fact that it is a severe problem that deprives the loyals of their
ability to think normally and neutrally in the benefit of the society. Whereas
the loyalty should remain for and towards human and humanity, today the loyalty
is for a particular person, party or institution. This loyalty in its extreme
form maybe termed as patriotism by the loyalty owners which could be well
received and accepted by the loyals. This present time loyalty in its narrow form
is strong enough to snatch the analytical ability and turn the loyals mentally,
morally and emotionally blind. Needless to say, this loyalty turns the loyals blind
physically too although with eyes. Any country whereby people are confined to
this loyalty is likely to suffer because in this case the loyalty promotes the
thought towards and for the loyalty owners focussing on their personal gains.
With this loyalty starts the insensitivity. As if the events of
pandemic were less for inculcating and promoting insensitivity, (its
unfortunate that this said pandemic didn’t permit to join or conduct the
cremation or to give our shoulders to the dearer and nearer ones when they
needed the care and support the most ) this blind loyalty with its ability to empower
the loyal to neglect and forego all or any events not promoted by the loyalty Idol
nourished, advanced, promoted and transmitted higher insensitivity towards any pain
and sorrow of the human and the society.
The worst case of insensitivity was seen in the opportunistic
behaviour of the members of society ruled with the idea of profits that led to
profiteering, corruption, black marketing etc. at the cost of so many lives. Not
restricting to it, the increased number of deaths, the isolation, the pain and
sorrow around also turned human insensitive because this situation turned such
events very common. Whereas the management of the system is vivid for this
insensitivity, the role of education and the teachers remained no less. While
teaching entrepreneurship, they simple focus on opportunity sensing and fail to
discuss ethics with same enthusiasm. It is this unethical education that allows
the society to consider the flood, famine, earthquake and even this pandemic as
an opportunity to earmark their history of profits. Since, education hardly
focused on the idea that such events are an opportunity not for profit making
but for social service, it is thus the society missed to see this pandemic as
an opportunity of social service. The same was observed during the earthquake
in Gujarat and flood in Uttarakhand but unfortunately no lesson was learnt. This
opportunistic behaviour is ruled by the self-obsession of the individual. The self-obsession
of these profit minded people took this pandemic as an opportunity which added
to black marketing and crisis, to flourish the profiteering and thus increase
the terror amongst the members of society. The crisis of remdesivir, fabi flu,
masks, sanitisers and vaccines, ambulance, beds, conducting cremation etc. although
pathetic was a perfect management of the self-obsessed people. As if these were
less, the long queue for cremation, token for beds, huge medical bills indicated
the direction of the said society where profiteering at any cost was observed as
a trend. Not restricting this trend to the medical facilities, it was extended
to every field and profiteering turned a general phenomenon.
I am afraid, the situations whereby the son failed to arrange
for medicine, oxygen, bed or a ventilator; whereby the family failed to do the
cremation; whereby the family had to float the body into the river; whereby the
family failed to have the shoulders to cry; whereby the family spent everything
but couldn’t get the appropriate results will certainly rethink on the idea of
the existence of the society. For those who are sensible, it is very likely
that they may continue be a part of the society but their societal
participation may remain purely superficial whereas for those who lost their
sensitivity, the case may be worse and the society may have to suffer at a
later stage. Not restricting to these situations of the grave problems of
insensitivity and humanity and its impact on the forth coming generation and
society in the forthcoming days, the same management added to increase in
poverty and unemployment which is an additional problem likely to enhance the
insecurity of the society. Here we need to think what we are giving the
society? How we are moulding or nourishing our society
and what we are transmitting? Whether education or culture, it is all about
preserving, advancing and transmitting but unfortunately what the society has
transmitted in this pandemic era is more of insensitivity which demands a lot
thinking about the forthcoming society and its existence. With sensitivity is
associated the human and his humanity and philosophy terms society and
individual as complementary. In any case, if human lags this sensitivity the
humanity is at risk and so is the society. I hope the humanity in all the human
awakens and thus wish to say Jaago Bharat Jaago, jaago before its too
late.
Avdhesh Jha
