Social Consciousness

               As living beings, we are constantly told to be conscious and aware of our surroundings. Nature created  a timid animal, agile enough to escape a hunter , humans  who surpassed all the organisms and is capable of hunting down anything. We humans, are now  expected to perform   in the most predictable way and be aware of our societal norms . Social consciously does not simply demand that you obey your elders and live as in expected from you; it demands that you extend your compassion towards society as a whole. In India, the word ‘society’ is used in the most negative context, questions such as ‘Do you think our society will accept this?’, ‘how will you answer the society?’ .But are we, as “the society” in India doing anything other than out-casting our own people?

                   Social consciousness is all about being aware about our surroundings in terms of the issues, new upliftments needed or implemented and what needs to be uprooted for better prospects. One needs to be in touch with his roots first and then think of his own wants. Change can be brought about by even the slightest of compassion, the biggest change  being Section 377 that has now legalized the marriage between equal gender, this was possible because some of us do not want to be condemned to live in  loneliness, they did not want to be excluded from one of civilisation’s oldest institutions  i.e.; marriage. They asked for equal dignity in the eyes of law and they earned it. I came across an organization at budhwarpeth called-Saheli ; Saheli helps take care of the children of  women  working at budhwarpeth who are deemed as an outcast. Release of a juvenile criminal, denying the stipend of a reserved category PhD student and many such issues need to be at least addressed by the people at a wider extent and eventually come about with a solution. We must pray for the world that is falling apart and not just the broken friendships and relationships in the cafes that we are so familiar with.