"Misinterpretation and Misuse of freedom in India"
India got freedom from British Raj on 15 August 1947. But,
after independence India was under the dominion status of British crown.
Dominion Status of India was ceased on 26 january 1950, And India became a full
fledged 'Republic' After the commencement of Indian constitution. India's
Freedom date should be 15 August 1947 or 26 january 1950? It is still a contentious issue among the
youths that whether we are breathing in a free India or not? Per se 'Freedom' is an ambiguous word whose
meaning can be drawn differently from different perspectives.
Even during India's freedom struggle every section of the
society interpreted the meaning of ‘Freedom’ on their own discretion and
convenience. for peasants it was freedom from the exploitation of landlords, for
business class it was nothing more than exemption from paying heavy taxes,
Scheduled caste (depressed class) participated for the freedom struggle with
the hope of getting emancipation from discrimination and atrocities done on
them. The sense of Freedom was extremely equivocal, and since then we are
confronting with the same situation again and again. But, now in free India we
are misinterpreting the word "Freedom" deliberately or sometimes
Inadvertently to quench our own selfish motives and desires.
Freedom always comes with some restrictions and paucity of
freedom is created to maintain apron string among different people and
organization for their betterment as a whole. "Man is born free and everywhere
he is in chains" That is the first sentence of Rousseau's "The Social
Contract." One can easily Misinterpret it. Man is 'born free', so, he must
not to be in chains, but here 'born free' means a nascent infant doesn't know
emotional values, he is almost with no language which he could understand in childhood,
no cogent tools to decode this complex society, these sine qua non elements act
like a chain which connects the whole humanity in one. The Word 'Chain' could
be misinterpreted in different ways, like man is besieged in these catastrophes
without his will although he is born free.
Terrorism Of al qaeda, Taliban and other terrorist group is
misusing their 'freedom' to create suzerainty among rest of the world through
destruction, terror and intimidation. Their ultra-freedom ( misuse of freedom )
is the reason where millions are scared to enjoy their basic rights. Is it
fair, for one's misuse of freedom, another's freedom is at stake? Youths
interpret the meaning of freedom in their own way, Do whatever your psyche
allows, whether it is legitimate or illegitimate, they define their own code of
demeanor, they bear in mind a preconceived notion that is very contradictory
with the status quo norms of the Society, Infringe the social contracts, go
against the societal norms, Are these things can be adjudged right on any
ground?? Is it not a misinterpretation
of freedom?? Once we start to misinterpret freedom, its misuse would be an
inevitable corollary.
Democracy provides enough power, freedom to citizens and its
leaders so that they can prosper and develop in their life. This democratic freedom becoming a lobby for
corrupt practices for some people. Our
political leaders and doctrinaire democrats are enjoying freedom, and often
misuse their freedom to wreck Indian civilization completely, they think, being
a "representative of people" they have full right to exploit them. Political
chaos can be seen throughout the country in spite of model code of conduct by
election commission has been imposed, due to lack of consciousness and
deliberate misuse of Freedom we can see the reciprocation of vindictive and
lewd comments by politicians. By misinterpretation and misuse of freedom, When
defenders becomes traitors and saviour becomes slaughterer, then we realize the
cost and consequence of Excess freedom. Exploitation and misuse of freedom can
become the cause of distraction for thousands. Intrinsically freedom is not what we perceive
in our daily life, it is a sense of responsibility based on the principle of
'Live and let others Live'.
Sometimes Misinterpretation of freedom arises out of
fallacy, A physically free person might be mentally incarcerated. An ostensible
freedom in reality might be a bondage of Enslavement. Indian constitution
provides us with freedom of speech and expression but on Social media,
especially on facebook we can see many disparaging and derogatory comments and
post which is totally a dereliction and misuse of freedom. Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was arrested on charges of sedition
for displaying cartoons during the Anna Hazare protest, he was too alleged
guilty of misusing his freedom. To comply with rules and regulations is also
our moral obligation along with our professional obligation. same was the case
of MF Husaain for which he was ostracized from the society and later from the
country. When Balthakre died, two girls were arrested for commenting on social
media and for misusing their freedom, but later they were acquited and their
detentions were condemned because this time Police misused his freedom and
their freedom was misinterpreted.
The Earth is ours, so we are free to do anything, we are
misusing this freedom and Infringe the fragile norms of Nature. Recent
Uttarakhand catastrophes are the dire consequences of impeding Nature to take
its own course. By misusing our freedom we want to create a hegemony over
Nature and humanity, which can be proved very disastrous for us and for
upcoming generation.
Freedom is never absolute, it is always liable to some
constraints and always comes with some sense of responsibilities.
Misinterpretation of freedom is the major cause of its misuse. Autonomy doesn't
meant to have arbitrary behavior. Through prudent sense and through
humanitarian values we can have the control over misinterpretation and misuse
of freedom.
