DailyPost 3053
BEYOND HUMANS AND HUMANITY
India’s Political Homo Sapiens
How India’s Political Home Sapiens have been able to cross over the human cognition and emotions barrier can be a case study for the perpetual sufferers of democratic India. That humanity is not a factor in literally anything in a democratic nation, which was supposedly propelled by selfless service and spiritualism. How a whole class of people, so deeply rooted in this country, coming out of the same masses, having got recognition, power or influence or all, can become so indifferent to their own constituents has to be seen to be believed. Ironically, who propel them to power are the ones who have* face the brunt.*
They will never be where they need to be, to provide succour to the people who are in crisis. Normal life in large parts of the country is no less than a crisis on a daily basis and we are not talking about that, we are only referring to heart-numbing crimes and man-made and natural calamities. Even if they reach any of these impacted people or crisis sites, they would come with whole paraphernalia, make some announcements and scoot. Then it is over to social and electronic media to do the dirty game. How many of these Political Homo Sapiens did we see in operation, parties notwithstanding, in the wake of Mahakumbha stampede.
The Political Homo Sapiens behave in exactly the same manner, notwithstanding political parties, political outfits and all connected organisations. No one thinks or acts differently. Yesterday there was the Muzarffarnagar gang rape and murder case and today it alleged rape and murder of 22 year old Dalit women in Ayodhya. The victim and justice are being victimised over and over again. Politics takes the better of everything. Feelings and its exposition is directly related to the party you are in and whether the party is in power? The police are blamed for inaction and there is a public outrage.
The Political Home Sapien who is so concered about every single vote and how to exploit every beneficiary for the same, is not impacted by any outrage. Where did the public outrage in Kolkata, in the aftermath RG Kar rape and murder case take us to; nowhere. The security of the resident doctors still hangs in fire, across 28 medical colleges and hospitals in the state. No one dares to speak for a cause, it becomes an act of party indiscipline. Humans and humanity are sacrificed at the altar of party discipline. What to talk of Manipur, the Political Homo Sapiens there seem to have long crossed the humanity barrier, ably supported by their ilk from Delhi. One can go on endlessly till as far back as 1984 Delhi riots, when I was student there. This variety of Homo Sapiens have numbed the conscience of the nation.
THE VOTES OF THOSE VICTIMS PROVIDE LEGALITY AND SACREDNESS TO THE POWER OF THE POLITICAL HOMO SAPIEN.
Sanjay Sahay