The Saga of Struggle Continues...

Once upon a time during our evolution as human beings, someone somewhere discovered that one can be stronger and more powerful than the other.
Thus began the saga of oppression and the fight against it.

Across different eras, we as Humans have witnessed these sagas. The stories of continual strife have been depicted in History but as though it were a story written from a certain view-point.
So quite possible that History is distorted. But the below is just one way of looking at it.

During the princely era, there were kings who amassed all the wealth in the pretext of ruling the kingdom and supposedly taking care of their “Subjects”.
Ever wondered how we were willingly accepting to be called as mere “Subjects”.
It is from those times that we have surrendered to a certain school of behaviour.
Some will rule and the rest will be ruled.

However, there was a very clever division of labour in that era and each person with certain skill-sets was appointed for certain duties.
Education and scholars were respected.
However, education was restricted to only certain sects of people.

A few centuries later, some of the smart (or rather street-smart) farmers turned “zamindars” (with a secret desire to be the king) started to hold more land than they actually should, they started oppressing the not-so-smart farmers.
Mind you, these “zamindars” were also mere farmers.
Yet again, one got to amass and show-off all the wealth and the others were only left dreaming while also being taxed.
Education here had started to lose its prominence since the less fortunate farmers were more concerned about their daily bread, crops and produce. The proverb, “More the merrier” was probably either defined or re-defined in this era. The more hands (read children) these farmers had, they presumed they could cultivate more land in a shorter time-frame resulting in a bigger produce – thereby taking them closer to their dreams. But whether or not that helped them realize their dreams, it did one thing for sure.
It swelled our population and distanced that swollen population from education.

The more this population got distanced from education; little did they realize – that much harder they were making it for themselves to realize their potential and their dreams.

Meanwhile, some smart outlanders who called themselves traders decided to take advantage of our vast diversity and uneducated day-dreamers. Yet again, these outlanders amassed the wealth and we the people were left with our mouths gaping.

Little did mankind realize, that each time a few bragged their wealth – especially by oppressing the others, they were only pushing the oppressed against the wall.

As time went by, to maintain their sanity, some struggling day-dreamers sought the help of religion and began to presume that they were on a path towards redemption and nirvana. However, some of the day-dreamers saw an opportunity of power here and started their own game-plan.
Probably this is where the seeds of religious fanaticism were sown – all in the name of power.

Education at this stage was revived but was now segmented based on religion and cultures. Fortunately (if I may say so) it did exist in whatever battered way.

While we (read Indians) struggled and also contributed in a relatively miniscule way, science elsewhere evolved at a rapid pace influencing the education.

As we see the world today and dig a layer deeper, it would be clear that we still are “Subjects” and are being subjected to various atrocities in disguise, be it political or religious.

Think about it… Each time you sit in the backseat of your car, ordering your chauffeur to take you to your destination, he has this innate desire to sit in your place and at least once, would he have dreamt of you as his chauffeur (dreaming to change his destiny).
Each time you order your maid/servant, the same happens there too.
And you in turn act as if you were their king/queen taking care of your “subjects” subjecting them to oppression and making them realize how rich/fortunate you are and equally how miserable their lives are – all in the pretext of giving them employment.

Their secret desires sometimes overtake their sane minds and pushes them to steal or kill which we call as a “criminal act”. But what really instigated them to do such an act?
Was it their greed?
Or was it our bragging?
Was it our immodest display of wealth and power?
Was it our disrespect to their individuality and sensibility?

We all nourish this dream of power and also try to blatantly enact that dream wherever possible.

We human beings have now evolved into a confused lot.
Although we see sense in following a certain order and rules (made by the governing fellow human-beings for a better society), we choose to presume the role of a king and NOT follow them and make our own rules.
We tend to indirectly ask “Why should I listen to you? Why don’t you listen to me?”

Historically, we have been trained to “Be Ruled” while nurturing a secret desire “To Rule”.
So you see we really are neither proper rulers nor proper followers.