Society
| WHEN OUR HYPOCRISY WOULD STOP? |
| By : Rajneesh Batra | Previous | Next |
| Posted on : 31 Oct, 2006 | Total Views : 291 |
Sometimes I wonder how hypocrite life we all pursue for 70-80 years without enjoying ourselves or letting enjoy the person with whom we are pursuing it.
How many of us can honestly answer himself/herself that how much he/she has been dedicated towards each other. I am not talking of only husband wife relationship but talking in general. These two entities may be brothers, sisters, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law & sometimes even fathers & sons.
Husband and wife keep suffering all through their lives because they have taken seven rounds before a huge pyre and even more hypocrite society. Sisters envy each other’s looks, appearances and fan-following but keep mum and thus killing themselves for entire life just to avoid the expose that they actually envy their sibling. Brothers are the best and worst example of this hypocrisy. Although they maintain this relationship till their last breath or because of their parents but only for the sake of the society and not by heart. The brotherhood gets the first crack when one of them gets better placed or get better spouse. And the bond starts withering out, although does not break in every case, it gets more and more weakened with every passing day. There is nothing much to elaborate about sisters-in-law or brothers-in-law because their foundation itself is erected on the land of smoke which increase and decreases with the heat of other relationships. Last and most unfortunate relationship is of father and son, which of-late has become most self-seeking, selfish, and nauseating. I am neither singling out fathers nor sons but blaming both. During the adolescent age of son, the father vents out all his frustration suffered during his adolescence through his son, which boomerangs to him with manifold when he becomes dependable on son. On the other hand the son starts apprehending the take-care of parents the moment they take the first step on the ladder of old-age. He starts finding a corner or excuse to hide himself from shouldering the responsibility but with an eye on his share of the ancestral property.
I have not touched upon any novel thing and can categorically say that I am myself one of the above people in every capacity. So, why I am reading out my concise autobiography to you hapless audience?
Because, I want it to stop this drama here and now. Not because my sons are maturing and I am going apprehensive to reap what I have sowed. No! Never!! I have already accumulated enough shovels to plough my poisonous field, but I do not want my coming generations to pass through the same con-road presently I am feeling breathless while running on it.
Why can’t a husband tell his wife or vice versa that she or he is not the person he or she had dreamt of and with the result suffer for rest of their lives. Why can’t a sister tell her sibling to keep a reasonable distance so that her chances are not jeopardized when a good marriage proposal comes. Why do brothers really pray for the early departure of their parents so that they could lead a free life without getting ashamed before the society? There is a very good Urdu couplet which correctly describes today’s brothers:-
“Jo Log Kam Hon Toh Kaandha Zaroor De Dena,
Sarahne Aake Magar Bhai Bhai Mat Karna.”
I am sure once our society comes out of this hypocrite veil, although initially it would look very awkward but the next century would be much happier than ours.
It’s my challenge!!
Written By : Rajneesh Batra
