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Today the onset of the new year reminds of another malady that is as pervasive and devastating as a pandemic...it kills stealthily..it is degenerative and it kills the potential of the Victim..
It is called " Bullying" and I urge let this be the year of " NO BULLYING" as a new year resolution..
Bullying thrives on the weaknesses or vulnerabilities of people they cannot change... it locks them down, make them retreat in fear and succumb to an undignified subservience..Bullying happens to all the people of all age groups from kids to elderly, all the places from school, to work places to family and all the time...
Many people are not aware of the bullying happening with them out of their good and sincere nature..If you find following happening with you you may as well check if you are being bullied....
1/ You are not greeted, included and given due space in a gathering willfully by some people .
2/ Your work areas or personal spaces are encroached with defiance of your dignity by some people.
3/ You are made to feel small of your achievements and compared unequally and unfairly with undeserving others.
4/ Your sincere efforts and sensitivity is exploited to keep you bereft of the recognition or reward or positive strokes deliberately.
5/ You are mocked and ridiculed for your appearance, background, status, disabilities and even abilities ..things that you cannot change immediately.
6/ Your dignity is violated with harsh, abusive or abrasive words or actions.
The person being bullied are generally having stronger faith in humanity which makes them unable to retaliate.. their kindness is misunderstood as their weakness...They are powerless due to their innate goodness and feel they can absorb the fundamental darkness of others...Many of them fall into a habit self abnegation only to break down completely some day....
About those who bully there are some who do it as a sport to derive pleasure and satisfy their ego... there are some who do it out of uncontrollable obsessive preoccupations for some people like a sibling , possessions like a property or practices like a ritual......
Bullying is another living dead that kills ...it too does irreparable damage to a person's immune system, It too does not have a vaccine, It too is contagious ...It too is a pandemic ....one which is much more embedded, virulent and resistant ...one which mutate into various strains making it difficult to identify by the victim...
Lets resolve not to bully anyone and see if there are any traces of bullying in the behavior we give and receive both...If this one malady can be wiped from the face of Earth, it will restore dignity of many lives...it will foster bonds god tied us together with, It will make the 2021 wishes come true for many...
Most importantly...It will cost nothing!!
Wish you a very Happy new year once again!!!
Stay healthy, safe and let your spirit soar the highest to a life condition of unparalleled compassion!!
From-
Manish 'Pakhi'
