South India
is now on the top of the world in terms of family suicides and Kerala is
leading the nation once again in ‘social development’. Hundreds have
committed suicide and thousands are getting ready for it. Usually
everyone avoids looking for personal details of those who commit
suicide. But recently one of our own social scientists decided to take a
look at it and the results are indeed alarming. More than 75% of these
‘family suiciders’ in Kerala belong to the majority community, which is
far in excess of their population in the state. There must be a definite
reason for this strange affinity and it is high time the reasons are
identified and corrections initiated in the society. If the deliberate
indifference of those in power continues, the results can be disastrous
and far reaching. The disease can spread and even the fate of Indian
nation can be in jeopardy.
A sizeable
proportion of our population is still illiterate and any one trying to
analyze such social evils are tempted to conclude it as such. But this
is far from true when we realize that Kerala is a cent percent literate
state and social indices are world class thanks to land reforms and
silent revolutions initiated by the leftists. Many of the so-called
upper caste monopolies have been dismantled and all forms of
‘minoritism’ are flourishing. There are no issues like untouchability
and discrimination on the basis of caste or color in matters public.
Kerala society has progressed quite a lot in terms of public amenities
and availability of basic services. Poverty is not at all rampant and
money is definitely available for those who know how to earn it. Then
what is it that is letting individuals and families to commit suicide en
masse? It is just because most of them are children of secularism.
End-of-the-Road Feeling
From a purely philosophical point of view, what is actually wrong if
someone decides to put an end to his own life? But all legal and
religious systems think otherwise. In some of the religions it is
completely unacceptable and is considered a crime against God. Those who
attempt it have scope for good life neither in this world nor in other
worlds. Their future is considered sealed for ever because they had no
right to take away what has been given by God. But all these faithful
theories prevent only those have imbibed it at their young age. For
others there is nothing that stands in the way of anyone determined to
go for it. Most people attempt suicide only when they are convinced that
their road has come to an end. They convince themselves that there is no
light at the end of the long tunnel. It is here that their faith in God
and mental strength are coming under test. And it is here that many of
the untrained and unprepared fail.
Whatever way we look at it, life is a struggle for everyone. This is
equally true for all those who ultimately succeed or fail. I think it
was Nehru who said ‘Success often comes to those who dare and act; and
never to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences’. But what he
said was only part of the whole truth. There are many dare devils who
ultimately leaps to death because they never bothered to ensure at least
a safety net at the bottom. They believed that someone else will take
care of their needs and never believed in the policy of taking care of
themselves. Majority of the majority community who succumb to the easy
escape route of suicide belong to this category. Neither their community
have the combined will or wherewithal to spread the safety net nor have
they developed it themselves. Secular education has helped India to win
the appreciation of outside world but have left her majority children
helpless in front of unexpected failures in life. For many of these
children of secularism it is end-of-the-road whenever there is financial
crisis or shame & scandal in the family. And they fall easy prey to the
fatal escapism of suicide.
Secure or Secular Education
India is a secular democratic nation and a majority of us have received
only secular education in secular schools. Though secularism does not
call for total avoidance of religious studies, this has been the case in
India, especially among those belonging to the majority community. With
the growing influence of left politics in the country, this avoidance is
slowing growing into aversion for anything religious. While a sizeable
section of our population is going to madrassas and Sunday schools right
from very young age to understand the basics of their own religion, a
vast majority are growing up as children of secularism. They are taught
nothing about religion, beliefs, prayer and faith. All that they are
taught is about Science, Social Science and Mathematics. And most of
them leave the school with the firm beliefs that their ‘secular’
knowledge will take them to successful heights in career and life. The
downfall starts there itself, but by that time it is too late to correct
anything. The damage has been done. In India today, we have the maximum
number of children of secularism who can only solve mathematical
problems but none of the problems in their lives.
What is
urgently required is the introduction of bare minimum of secure
education in our secular system. Young children of secularism must be
taught how to secure their mind and body. India’s own heritage has
enough and more tools and techniques to achieve this. Be it Gita or Yoga
or Meditation, each are unparalleled in their own fields for
conditioning the young children of secularism to the vagaries of life. I
am yet to hear a speech of any leader in any school which avoids
mentioning the simple fact that today’s children are tomorrow’s
citizens. If there is an iota of sincerity in what they say, it is
already very late in the introduction of Gita classes for the children
of secularism, if needed at government expense. That is the only way to
avoid the end-of-the-road feeling to these children of secularism when
confronted with problems in life. If we procrastinate further, majority
of these children of secularism would have committed suicide by the year
2050. History and heritage of this great nation will not forgive us for
not securing the future of our children in time.
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