One of the most important democratic elements of today's world!
Wars are fought, people are killed, governments are toppled...over this basic human right!
We - as part of today's mainstream society...and an integral ingredient of the country and world...often write thesis, analytical articles and debates defending this right...
But in a single day’s life...there are often situations and circumstances when we willingly disregard it....sometimes in workplaces because of fear of a stinker from the boss...sometimes at a gatherings because of fear of being ridiculed by friends....sometimes at home because of fear of hurting others... sometimes in our realtionships because of fear of rejection.... and even sometimes on roads, on public transports because of the fact that anyways you say will not matter anyways...
Strange but its very true...not only do we stiffle our own voices, opinions, thoughts and feelings....we often encourage our friends, our family and even our children to do the same....
You send the deliverables to the client...after exceededing your normal 8 hours of a day’s work ...because you don’t want your appraisal to be affected and the increment to be deducted... even if you keep cursing the boss and the company with all your hear!
You entertain people you don’t care a hoot about and ask them to extend their visit too...even if you feel like shouting “Get Lost” at them and throwing them out of your house!
You sound as shocked as your peers when they ridicule the latest escapade of the hot girl in office...even if you would like to be in her shoes!
You keep spending the warm nights of the summer tossing and turning in the noisy fan...running on the invertor...praying for the AC light to turn on!
You agree to get married...because you are expected to...even if you would rather live all your life alone...and then turn yours as well as someone else’s lives into a misery!
You keep working in a MNC as the high-profile Project Manager ....when you would rather be at home looking after your family and cooking snacks for your children....because you know that even thinking such a thing will be considered as blashphemy and ungratefulness!
The freedom lost..the power of speech gone...we into hypocrites... unfamiliar with our own eyes looking back at us from the mirror...
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
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3 comments:
Thats what the current society likes and wants... The Hypocrites...
People who are not are not appreciated...
The true feelings hardly gets their due... One can't survive if one swim against the tide... or can one?
True and sad!
We're always outraged by violations of this precious freedom but we hardly realise how often we censor our own freedom of speech.
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