Elephant Hunters

Recently I was going through an old hunting video from the jungles of Africa... it showed some white folks going on elephant hunting (more of an elephant trapping) - African elephants - with the help of the native Africans. As usual all I could see was how people can be bought in their own land and made to betray their own - humans, flora and fauna included - ever since a very long time.
How are man and woman made to turn against each other just for the petty playful relief of someone who sees them as nothing more than puppets to play their games with? Why does man submit to such authority? Does no one have an iota of self-respect at the end of the day?
Needless to say, these are in line with some thoughts that occur to me these days with a few issues I am facing and some people I get to see around - those that try to throw their pseudo-authority around (in vain) and those whose spineless backs I get to see as they run far, far away to save their butts. Sad humans I must say - both.
Should I lift a mirror and show them their faces or let it remain as contourless as they please? Should I be amazed at their complacence or admire their tactics for survival? Perhaps they too are like these Elephant Hunters capable of betraying their own for the tiny bits of morsels thrown at them by their masters - all that matters at the end of the day for them.
Isn't life a little bit more than that? As the old African quote goes, "In the Jungles of Africa, until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter...". Until then sleep Africa, sleep, sleep all you can if you really can sleep... 

On The Politico Legal Front

One of the greatest of all motivators is discrimination. Recently I had to walk through the dark shadows of discrimination and realized how scrupulously wicked people can be - particularly the one's dressed up in religious attires - the evilest of the lot.

Somewhere, rather than fall and accept their cruelty - as expected by them, with unquestioning obedience - somehow I mustered the courage and decided to stand up and question their motives and intentions.

In this battle - both political and legal as it turns out to be at this moment - I have been meeting an array of people from the academia, political and legal fronts, who have shown resistance and resilience that followed with absolute bravery and courage displayed at testing times and have emerged victorious to share their brilliant stories of encouragement that motivate people like me now. Unlike the cowards around me who ran away on hearing the slightest hint of a battle when the issues arose, these individuals as a collective, have understood issues I am standing against and principles I stand for and have extended a helping hand right in time.

In one such politico-legal forum recently, while sharing the dais I too shared my story, my ongoing fight against some monsters across the border and was overwhelmed to see at the end of the show how one person becomes a part of a larger group when a connection based on the differences is made and an UNION is established, UNITY is shown and thereby the secluded 'I' turns into an included 'WE' to showcase the strength of togetherness. (The video above is from that meeting)

Union is power wish the cowards who fled knew it.