Thank you Ruchi. I thought it would be an ideal thing to write about this Rakhsa Bandhan. I am glad that you liked it :)

Thank you Sahaj. Happy Raksha Bandhan :)

Thank you Maniparna :). I agree, I think the base of every change or revolution must be from within, Gandhi said it and so did many others. I think they all said it for a reason. Change has to happen somewhere or else the inaction stumps in front of all the action of the bad eggs of the society. It is a shame that the evil trumps the good and somehow that doesn’t add up at all!

It might probable be because it is easy to dissociate from any responsibility and sensitivity when it comes to someone else. I guess we only take it personally when it pinches and it sure does when it happens to someone we know. But when it happens with someone who is not directly related, it becomes so easy to create that distance and develop a rationalisation to free ourselves from any responsibility. Maybe that little association and sensitivity can go a long way in resovling the simple issues in front of us.

Thank you Maitreni. I loved the video too and felt it was the perfect thing to share this Raksha Bandhan. Every small act builds on to something big and that was really the hope of this post and we really hope that things will build on this.

True Alok, exactly why I did not want to escape from the common blame as well. Even I have chickened out at times when I realised that I had to act. That happens for a lot of reasons. But change has to happen and start somewhere. Acceptance is just a start and I realize that I am still a long long way from creating a stable solution.

Thank you Fayaz. The unfortunate part is that such people think that it is fun and find a moral rationalisation to convince themselves. It becomes a duty of the conscious others to step in at such times when the need is high.

Thank you Kashpal. I am very happy to see the response on this post :). It is high time that we look at social equality and societal front as well. The development seems like a farfetched concept if we don’t focus on equality.

We all need to look at our actions and work towards improvement. Thank you, it might inspire somebody to improve!