Need for equality

Each day I wake up I witness more and more horrors in the society. Every day I learn about new forms of human rights violation. Whether it be female genital mutilation or child trafficking, whether it be horrors in the name of religion or in the name of civilisation, whether people are butchered for natural wealth or for bringing modern values, the truth is that human life has no worth in the real sense. It is a war between the haves and the have-nots while the have-nots are struggling for survival, the haves want to rob them of whatever little they possess. Acts of violence are committed to prevent the weaker section of the society from rising above. They are committed to prevent the concept of equality to be imposed. And the world favours the oppressor. Nobody raises voice when the weak of a society is abused by the stronger, richer, higher class of citizens. The logic applied is that they deserved it; they asked for it, they are doomed because of their backwardness. It is easy to point a shortcoming in the minority community but nobody wants to shoulder the responsibility of removing that shortcoming and bringing that minority or backward community at par with the others. It is easier to blame them for being illiterate but nobody wants to teach them. Is this world then really worth living? Is it the world that children dream of when they think of their future? It is our duty to bring about equality. If you want to oppose reservation, they allow your children to eat in the utensils washed by a dalit woman. If you want to live in a clean environment, then stop pushing the poor to the edge. Together we can build the world; otherwise it is just war and more and more horrific acts of human rights violation unfolding day after day.