Part I: It’s an internal fight
Long back when she was fighting her prejudices, a
15-year-old student of psychology, was aversive to those who killed the animals
and ate them. The strong sense of what is right and what is wrong that was
instilled in her by her strictly vegetarian family and community made her pass
a moral judgement on all those who chose to eat meat. She, being a woman,
championed her cause of how women were ill-treated but continued behaving
differently with those who ate meat. Then, while learning prejudices and
understanding them through some literature, she came across an anecdote and
that became something that changed her perspective towards life.
One day a person was hanging from a precipice, almost about
to fall. There was no hope for life; death was waiting. When all hope had
vanished, a hand came in the view. The person thought it to be an illusion. But
it wasn’t. The person held on to that hand and climbed up. Neither could see
the other till they came face to face. A life was saved.
The person hanging was a staunch patriarch with a notion
that women are lowly creatures and should be treated as animals. The person who
saved this man was a feminist who constantly embarrassed the man.
The girl asked herself every time she thought there was some
pre-judgement, “Will I not accept this person’s hand if I was hanging from the
precipice? Will I not extend my hand for help if this person was hanging from
the precipice?”
Life became easy. Living beings just remained living being.
They stopped being a category.
The 5 elements that make the body of a living being and
death that ceases its existence never seem to treat it differently. It is
“we-the society” that emphasize the differences and decide and create the need
to label.
The judgement given by the supreme court to drop 377 serves
as a hope in the face of despair that surrounds. Today, I do not write to
comment on what this means to a particular category because I believe that we
all are simple living beings trying to live our life as we deem fit.
Part II: Coincidence?
I have a conversation with my friend. We are kind of
updating ourselves on what are the things that are happening in the country. We
have always done that. I mention about the amendments to the atrocities act and
we realise that article 377 was to be discussed by the supreme court and it’s
pending. We talk about everything under the sun.
Next morning, we are both surprised to learn that finally it
was dropped.
This morning is not only iconic for us but for others who
believed and discussed this issue. I am going to learn about this in about 36
hours.
The day after the verdict, I was on an assignment with
Japanese artists as an interpreter. They were scheduled to give a talk in yet
another art gallery. There, one of the artists had showcased his angst by making
a death room. It was symbolizing the murder of emotions by the so-called
morality. The outlet to that was a corner of love where everyone wanted to
fight for the dropping of the article 377. Surprisingly enough, on the day that
his art was exhibited, the verdict came out. All of us including the artists
were in awe of the strength of art and emotions.
During the day, I had read about psions (a person with psionic
ability releasing vibrations in the universe; they may act for protecting or
pleading). I thought that everyone must have released so many psions that kept
wishing for some positive actions and finally the collective energy led to
healing.
If you ask around, there would be people who would tell you
that there is no such thing as coincidence. On the other hand, there would be
people who would tell you stories after stories of confidence. At the end of the
day, it is what you believe. And believe you must. For, when you believe, the
universe starts conspiring in your favour.
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