The basic fabric or the
foundation stone of our societal structure is discrimination and hypocrisy.
Before evolution, the primary
objective of all living beings was pure survival. Someone at some point in time
decided that we must live in a society instead of killing each other in the
name of survival.
However, living in a society
demanded people to assume roles. Roles meant division of labour. Could have been
based on ability, availability of resources etc. The next obvious step was to
choose a leader to manage these resources. With each role and the first level
of hierarchy came a set of privileges. Thereby planting the first seed of
discrimination. Anything after that has been a case of one’s understanding,
perception of role, point of view and/or convenience.
Anything one does or says has
been based on their understanding.
Rules were made by some for
the others to follow. Hypocrisy was thus born.
Communities based on common
tasks or responsibilities probably gave birth to tribes. Next step was creating
an identity. Maybe this has something to do with the current caste system.
Adapting to change without a
fight is not an inherent quality of us homo-sapiens. Survival had taught us to
be extremely barbaric. Taming for the sake of society was a daunting task and
against the nature at that time.
The side-effects of
inculcating a societal structure came with its share of resistance and
revolution. The best proven method to tame anyone is by scaring. That of the
unknown.
Seeds of religion were thus sown.
Yet again, the concepts of God,
Satan, heaven and hell were off-springs of these seeds.
Every citizen who then comes
in to the society is given a “house” with a “set of clothes” that he/she is
expected to use without changing or questioning.
People have sacrificed lives
or taken lives ever since in proving that their house or clothes is better than
the others.
What it has manifested itself into today is another case of cross-pollination and interpretation as per
convenience. I use the word ‘convenience’, not carelessly but because it has
been as per each one’s understanding not taking the pain to realize the true
objectives / goal of any action.
What really bakes my noodle is
if those objectives are still relevant at all?
Comparison in the societal
structure has pushed mankind from ‘hunt’ to ‘feed’ and from ‘need’ to ‘greed’ with
unreasonable expected ‘speed’.
Relations and relationships
have been strained in the endeavour to display a sense of belonging to the
society without understanding the objectives. The root cause being expectations
and disappointments thereafter.
The one thing that has
remained unaffected or rather shone in all this churning or ‘manthan’ has
been the concept of FRIENDSHIP. There are no limitations or boundaries to
friendship. There are no rules or guidelines to being a friend. Friendship in
itself is not driven by any need.
Friends can assume any role as
the need of the hour is and yet remain Friends in its purest form.
Some people still abuse or
misuse it is another story. But once they do so, it’s their individual
friendship that falls prey but the concept remains unhurt by and large and is
still widely accepted and practiced by humanity.
When the concept has stood the
test of time through such a rough evolution, how can we dedicate just a “Day”
to it?
Long live such a wonderful yet
unaffected concept.
Happy Friendship - PERIOD!
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