Are we insensitive and ignorant about the world around us??? Many mishaps occur around us and we hardly know about it. It is not a matter of being local, national or international. It is all about preoccupation in our own world of emotions and environment. Some incidents are inflatable enough to shift apart our ignorance, feelings and perceptions for a lifetime. But when such informative, realistic and idealistic happenings are upheld by media and uploaded in YouTube, we find irrational, illogical and insulting responses about it, from viewers. It seems even for a second, people don’t think about the fact that those happenings can be real and tragic. Ignorance is the root cause of negative criticism.
This is the picture of a baby who was victim of a very rare genetic disorder termed Harlequin Ichthyosis, which occur 1 in 300,000 births according to medics. Reasons for this can be severe skin disorders of parents or couple being consanguineous. Such babies have massive horny shell of dense plate like scales and contraction abnormalities of the eyes, ears, mouth and appendages. Most babies born with this condition die within the first few hours or days after birth either due to respiratory distress or under nourishment.
This image is from Dantesque in the Faroe Islands where every year entire pods of whales, around 2,000 of them, are driven ashore and slaughtered in the name of 400 years old custom. It depicts the barbarism done against friendly whales like the Calderon, inspite of existing laws and social protest. This practise is not only atrocious but also outrageous. It has been reported that as these animals slowly bleed to death, some left out whales swim around their sibling’s blood pool for hours and this can be because they feel the same pain and fear to every speck as much as we do. Source of Information: http://www.campaign-whale.org/
Are we becoming so busy in our personal life that we are shutting ourselves from world’s mysteries & miseries?? THINK about your social consciousness, awareness and responses. If you feel you are unaware or insensitive to such things, start updating yourself; because life is short and knowledge sphere is vast. Let us gain & share something before we leave.
“Something is better than Nothing” & “Know something about everything & everything about something”; “Knowledge is Power” & “Silence is Golden” BUT sometimes knowledge has to break the silence in order to overpower ignorance and weakness. Empower yourself with enthusiasm!!!
One doesn't have to look far or spend too much effort to make a difference...Look aroung and do what you can and how you can..........Its a start! Mother Theresa when asked what difference did it make to the suffering world said 'this child( the infant in her arms) needs me so I do'.........need is all around us..help is at our fingertips. Anju I love your never say die spirit and you make a difference just by being you!
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