Whose world is it anyway?

Isn't it a wonder so many people support vehemently the causes, and express strong opinions for issues not their own. The so-called issues do not, atleast on surface, affect their lives in any way. I mean, c'mon, how does Narmada issue affect Aamir Khan or Arundhati Roy or Medha Patkar? Or for that matter, how does the plight of poor in this country affect any of the so-called snobs of middle class? If we belong to a set of people, shouldn't we fight for our own cause than of others? And even if we do fight for their cause, do they accept us as one of their own? I seriously doubt this!

Historically, it has been a few "learned" people from middle/upper classes, who have extended support to the lower strata of society and tried to uplift them. But my point is, isn't this similar to the so-much despised "spoon feeding" in schools and colleges? Isn't this something opposite to what Darwinian Theory of Evolution suggests? I know I could come out as being very strong-opinionated and anti-social in a way. However, I fail to see the gain from indulging in such activities. Mahatma Gandhi had also supported the ideal of service. But, unless the subjects whose cause one supports, are not themselves aware of the implications of issues, what help can one extend? It is because of such unwarranted helps that politics threatens to strangle our society today. Politicians make election issues out of such causes, win elections, and then sit back in their air-conditioned offices and cars and helicopters, and forget about the real issues. Does that help anyone? Yeah, the politicians and babus do garner a handsome return in those five years!

And yeah, it also helps alienate certain sections of society from the others. Creates permanent vote banks. Roots of all evil that threaten to kill this nation slowly. Reservations, Ram Mandir, Narmada Issue, Kaveri Issue, Bangla immigrants, LTTE, Brahmans, Thakurs - you name it, root cause is the same. Unless people themselves do not realise the root issues affecting them, and fight for justice on their own, no good can come out of it. Let them earn and let them earn the right to earn. Satisfaction from an earned success over a success thrown upon you is something that each one of us must have experienced. Why then, depend on others? Why then, make others dependent on you?

Maybe I am too naive to realise the importance of service. Maybe I am not mature enough. Maybe not thoughtful enough to empathise with the problems of others. Maybe I am yet another selfish person to desecrate this holy planet! Maybe!