"There is this one day, when I saw a dog having a sound sleep on a busy footpath, somewhere in the centre of the city. It was all black, of stray breed, little fat and filthy. But it weren’t all these features that make me to count back and notify, it was that little suspicion which ran in my mind, to the briefest memories, if I could trace it back and recite it, how could that dog get a sound sleep, amidst all those irritating footsteps of pedestrians pounding the floor, their shouts, hawkers crying and vehicles horning minute in and out, I mean How could it, from looking at its face, get a good sleep, a sound and happy one? How could that dog be so happy, having its one of the best day dreams, in spite of all the hell circumferencing it?
It’s simple, though it took me a while to interpret and conclude that the dog is actually adjusting itself to the surroundings. Only maybe because it felt it’s too weak to confront and control the irritating ambiance. Or maybe because it felt it’s too small in size, strength and voice to shout at the human world and direct everyone to be calm for a while. Or be may be its just like us, like you and me, the common man who believes or declares to be too small to fight against the evil, the problems irritating us and derailing the harmony in our system. We feel or we actually fixed it as a truth that we are powerless and has to surrender to the situation, to the evils of this society. We just adjust. We adjust our bills to accommodate the price hikes. We adjust our smiles, we adjust of happiness. We adjust everything at the cost of some or other malice. Or maybe we are same as that dog, living in one of the happiest dreams amidst all the political dirt. Aren’t we?
We are just the challenged. Ethically challenged. Or maybe we aren’t who we actually should be, The responsible citizens."
-Aroon Che
It’s simple, though it took me a while to interpret and conclude that the dog is actually adjusting itself to the surroundings. Only maybe because it felt it’s too weak to confront and control the irritating ambiance. Or maybe because it felt it’s too small in size, strength and voice to shout at the human world and direct everyone to be calm for a while. Or be may be its just like us, like you and me, the common man who believes or declares to be too small to fight against the evil, the problems irritating us and derailing the harmony in our system. We feel or we actually fixed it as a truth that we are powerless and has to surrender to the situation, to the evils of this society. We just adjust. We adjust our bills to accommodate the price hikes. We adjust our smiles, we adjust of happiness. We adjust everything at the cost of some or other malice. Or maybe we are same as that dog, living in one of the happiest dreams amidst all the political dirt. Aren’t we?
We are just the challenged. Ethically challenged. Or maybe we aren’t who we actually should be, The responsible citizens."
-Aroon Che
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