UNIVERSAL
HUMAN RIGHTS: A PYE IN THE SKY?
Racial discrimination and religious
bigotry are responsible for a great number of cases of human
rights violations. These are frequently used as tools to gratify and justify personal
greed and egotism.
When an action is inherently right, one
does not need the crutch of race or religion but when it is not, the two Rs are
invariably invoked.
This raises a major question. Can the concept
of universal human rights really exist while these boundaries created by Race,
Religion and Statehood exist?
Thankfully, race as a discriminating
factor has been losing its public acceptance in most of civilized societies but
religious bigotry is still condoned in many countries publicly without an
iota of guilt or shame.
The notion of absolute sovereignty of
State is at present accepted as norm and people are ready to kill one another
to defend it with vigor and pride. People doing obvious wrongs in its name are
hailed right and righteous. Not long ago similar atrocities were proudly done
all over the world in the name of race or religion and were similarly glorified.
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Until all these dividing fences are
voluntarily taken down, the concept of universal human rights is just a pie in
the sky. This will only be achieved when a
critical mass of humans evolves enough to really comprehend and put into
practice the spirit of SOHAM* i.e. “I am He”#.
I know, it seems impossible even to
visualize this in the present climate but I am a great believer in the power of
evolution.
But for this what hope is there for our
progeny?
* Soham is a Sanskrit chanting mantra; the word is formed by a combination of two words – ‘Sah’ meaning ‘He‘ and ‘Aham‘ meaning ‘I’Soham. It is thought to be derived from Mantra
16 of Isha-Upanishad.
