The recent
incident of sexual assault by Tarun Tejpal brings alive the following words of
my father, “It seems the Darwinian law of struggle for existence and survival of
the fittest is the ultimate and final one and compassion, pity, recognition of
the rights of others are concepts that are merely tolerated as a symbol of our
advancement towards civilisation. …..How glibly do we pass from professing high
moral ideals to the mundane task of doing all we can to protect and promote our
self-interest?”
How quickly has Mr
Tejpal changed his high moral instance of self-inflicted atonement for an error
of judgement to alleging that the incident was a consensual one, when faced
with the criminal case against him? Just like the other mortals exposing whom he had
been taking pleasure all his life. The high moral ground taken by
Aam Aadmi Party also lies shattered. There is a clear message for all of us. We
all have our failings and instead of wasting our energies in calling others
names, we would serve ourselves better if we use up our energies and time in
systemic corrections around us. But then we are hardly capable of heeding the
simple and straight messages!
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