Humiliation, in particular in
public, affects us in varying degree. Some find it beyond a threshold and
succumb to temptation of finality; an answer that ends all. And then we act;
institute committees, thunder indignation, mouth platitudes until the gory episode
fizzles out of memory.
Many of us are in some ways
better than our creator because we tolerate dissent. Bullying from position of
power is quite common feature of humans. Our God is regarded as the ultimate
bully therefore the ritual of worship. If He is not a bully than what is the
rationale of worship? The scene replicates in real life. The men in powerful
position bully, some with arrogance and some in subtle ways. I write this piece
because I suspect possibility of unfolding of a tragic drama about to happen. A dismayed
student confides to his sympathetic teacher about his dilemma and the teacher
senses seriousness in his issues and forwards his email to the head of
Institute. The head sees frivolity, lack of effort etc in the concerned student
and makes his email public with his own opinion and some ridicule. A communication meant for a
specific person goes into public domain without his consent because a smug know-all
gentleman thinks he knows better. The issue snowballs as community of students begin to take sides over the manner of handling the episode by the head of the institute.
The hapless student is discussed/analyzed and opinion aired in public domain!
Does anyone know if he wants to be discussed? Worst the sensitive teacher who
finds fault in the handling of the incident by head is dismissed for some
flimsy reason because the matter spills over public domain in which the head of
the institute was criticized.
Can’t we expect some tolerance
for disagreement from the head of a premier Institute? Not just any institute but
an Institute that deals with humanities!
Are we usually waiting for someone
to take his life before corrective measures are taken? Often it is only a
possibility but should we take such a possibility lightly?
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