From running race to boxing game

The world of sports is amazing. I haven't been good at any sports game nor followed any game so sincerely as some of my friends do. Yes, cricket did catch my imagination, I did spend some time watching them but not as a crazy fan.

Each game is unique and inspires specific aspect of the world. For example, in a running race, there is no physical contact between contestants and the winner is determined based on the amount of time he / she takes to finish the race. Next interesting sports is wrestling, here there is a physical contact between contestants and it is art of overpowering the opponent using tricks and strategy. Then we have boxing, the blood sport where in opponent is weakened through strategic punches.

In life we always expect competition among the human being to be like a running race wherein whoever finishes first due to his/her effort shall enjoy the benefits. Of course there are chances of influencing the runners indirectly to weaken them during the course of competition. But somehow we end up being in nature of competition wherein boxing gets into picture. A situation arises wherein one has to purportedly weaken other guy to claim benefits. One man's upward movement is linked to another man's downward movement.

Is this a fair way to compete? I always believe that we have every right to move ahead but do not have right to stop others by becoming an obstacle to their progress. If someone feels that his / her goodness lies in others badness, he / she is definitely complicating their life unnecessarily. 

150 years of Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi - 2

As soon as you are born you are categorized. You are categorized as either black or white, next categorization will be as boy or girl, then categorized as high caste or low caste, further categorization of this religion or that religion, next classification as rich or poor, also you are classified based on your education level etc. This list can go on endless. As and when human finds a difference he categorizes and labels them.  

 As the net of information technology spreads wider new categories are created and new lists are defined. I was just wondering what were these classifications achieving in practical world. First and foremost these lists find the way into admission of kid into a school. The correspondent has a checklist and ticks the same to decide the child he intakes. Next application of this classification would be while securing a job in a company, classification is also used while selecting a bride or bridegroom. So the application of classification is extended throughout the society.

 

This segregation of person in the society acts as an indicator in deciding how he/she should be routed within the society. But this entire process is hijacked by the narrow minded people who self appoint themselves towards task of protecting the particular category of the people. For example there are women welfare organization to protect the rights of women. child welfare organization to protect the rights to children, language welfare organization, caste welfare organization, religion welfare organization and so on.

There is nothing wrong in a person being feminist but when the person begins to put the entire male bastion into the cage of guilt just noting the wrong doings of few then it is absurd. Similarly there is nothing wrong in vouching for your language or religion but when that turns out into an act of creating enemy character and trying to spread quality of hatred, it portrays poor picture.

Recently there is a clamor to appropriate particular land based on language or religion. Such disoriented forces should understand the ability of force in expanding reach of language or religion is very much limited. External people don't shortlist a person based on language or religion but based on their talent and humility. 

By reading the life styles of great people like Mahatma Gandhiji, it helps you get enlightened to the fact that you are tied with threads of classification by the society to limit your thinking ability. Once you realize this fact, you can untie yourself and feel essence of being HUMANS OF THE UNIVERSE who can think beyond the boundaries of sex, caste, creed, religion to understand that it is only language of LOVE that can upgrade us during our lifetime.