Dear Humans, This One's For You.. Dear humans,
By: Rishipal Yadav
Tags: Politics, Society, History, Humanity, Life Lessons

Photo by Rob Curran on Unsplash

Dear humans,

It does not matter where you are living right now, be it India, USA, Russia, Africa, anywhere in the world. This letter is for all of you. We are going through a lot in 2020, be it a pandemic, racism, capitalism, stupid world leaders, our stupidity (yes, I’ll include it here), and anything bad you name. Among all this chaos, I chose to write a letter to you guys. Not a wise move but the best I could think of.

This pandemic and chaos was a way to test your government’s resilience and preparedness for such disasters. It was a perfect opportunity to test whether your government stands for what it says (We don’t need a pandemic to test this but we can’t do anything now). No one was prepared for this crisis. We did not know this health crisis will lead to an economic crisis, migration crisis to name a few.

Some mishandling and mistakes are okay. But do you know what’s not okay, playing golf while the entire nation is suffering from this crisis, blaming China on twitter and press conference almost every day, delaying lock-down just to form your government, not doing a press conference, not auditing funds you get in your care fund, your home minister staying low in this chaos and many more? These are not okay. These are the tests where your leaders have failed us.

Corona Virus has originated from China, everyone knows but tweeting about it daily won’t stop it. George Floyd was murdered by police, tweeting ‘stop the violence’ is not an answer. Migrants in India were not able to travel to their hometowns, a vague relief package is not an answer.

New issues have been created as a distraction for the older ones which the government was unable to handle. Black Lives Matters protest can be tackled effectively in the USA or migrant crisis in India can be solved easily but if they solve these problems, our focus will return to economic and health crisis and we will start questioning them.

They do not have answers to those questions and that’s why they do not want your attention back to economic and health crises. We are being played here.

We are the puppets in the hands of those who are in power, media being the strings. We are the victims. They have been playing these games for years and they know gullible people would do exactly what they want you to do. What they are doing is the new ‘Divide and Rule’. These people are so hungry for power and money that they can go to any extent for them.

So in these uncertain times, where the world is going through a pandemic, Americans on the verge of electing Donald Trump again, Russians voting to keep Putin in power till 2036, tensions between India and China, 16th Prime Minister of India blaming its 1st prime minister for everything, a shitty media, authors speaking for the government, PR being preferred over real work, politicians bought and sold like an everyday item, police brutality, deafening silence of the government and numerous other issues, one thing I am certain is a different history is being created now, completely different from what we are taught in schools and colleges.

History which we believed to be true just because someone wrote it and someone taught it, and we didn’t question (Come on, we all wanted to get those good grades). Now since we all know, understanding something, questioning it, finding our truths is much more important than grades, let me tell you something. Read it, learn it, share it with everyone you know but most importantly follow it.

We have heard it so many times that we are part of history right now which will be referred for thousands of years as one of the scariest times. We are aware of the fact that we are a part of it and being reminded now and then. But what scares me that nobody is telling us that we are also recording it.

We are the ones who will be singing songs, writing poetry, making movies, telling our children and grandchildren the stories of these times.

Then why no one is bothered about recording it? If someone is recording it, why no one is bothered to check if it is correct. But the real question is who, who will verify it’s veracity? It’s we. We humans.

If we think historians are the ones responsible for it, we know a fraction of the population will be brave enough to read their books. And who knows if they will write the truth?

We humans will have to bear this responsibility, of telling the truth to our children. They will ask questions like where were you when India’s secularism was in danger, where were you when racism was prevalent even in 21st century, what did you do when rulers’ failed to acknowledge the problem just because they weren’t facing it, why did you vote for an incompetent government, why did you do when glaciers were melting?

They will ask these questions one day. If you think they won’t, they will when they will have no jobs, crippling economy, loans on them even before they are born, no pure water to drink, a damaged healthcare system, a paralyzed social system, and a failing education system.

Make sure you tell them the truth. Make sure you tell them that you were busy in changing your social media DP’s, signing petitions on change.org, posting on social media and forgetting it just after a few days, leaving all the things in between, be it love, social cause or a hobby, because you were too impatient to find what you truly love, your passion and instead more in love with looking cool, caring and an aware human being, you were too afraid to read, learn, speak the truth because it didn’t suit your self.

Make sure you tell your children the truth they deserve in which you are a villain, not some sugar-coated version that our ancestors told us just because it was good for them.

Surely they are going to hate you, they may accuse of everything but at least them the truth. That’s how they will become more aware of their surroundings, take everything seriously, and take some hard decisions which will make things better for their children. Otherwise, a lie for another lie just makes things worse, so worse that truth is forgotten in the end. And what’s worse than forgetting truth?

It’s high time we start taking action, speak for injustice, write for it, and I know it’s hard for us to drive change at large scale, fix something which has been broken for years, but a little contribution from each one us of can make a long lasting impact.

Let’s start from our home. Let’s start by educating our family, our friends, our children the right thing. Once our children are taught what’s right thing to do, they will surely become better leaders tomorrow.

They will drive the change. Because honestly, not many good leaders, change drivers are left in the power. Let’s not delve into past for long, what’s done is done. Let’s take care of today so that we can have a better tomorrow.

There is one Hindi poet who once wrote:

raja bola raat hai

rani boli raat hai

mantri bola raat hai

santri bola raat hai

sab bole raat hai

ye subah subah ki baat hai

which roughly translates to

The king said, ‘It’s a night’

The queen said, ‘It’s a night’

The minister said, ‘It’s a night’

The guard said, ‘It’s a night’

Everyone said, ‘It’s a night’

And it all happened in the morning.

And these words are so true right now in the world we are living in. Make sure your children never have to see the veracity of these words, ever again.

Thanks

Rishi