Mumbai has been kind on and for many of the 1.3 Crore people that live here. However, one can't help but feel that somehow people are just living out their lives, blissfully ignoring the fact that they need a purpose in life. We look for purpose in money, in objects, in satisfying our cravings and what not. There is however a section of people for whom the purpose seems to be mere existence. Dharavi has the largest section of people who have a very short term purpose in life: "Making sure they survive the day" . The plight of the people makes me wonder about their need to exist. Even if they do survive the battle for life today, they do so only to fight the next day. Would it not be prudent then for them to be executed like Adolf Hitler did to the Jews ? It is not that I am a barbarian, just that to me; an existence for the sake of existence is the most painful thing in life. I have been through a phase recently where I felt the same pain of being purposeless. It made me want to die. Albeit briefly, I did contemplate how death would rid me of all misery. However, My case was a bit different. I had a life, a good job, a family to die for and A vision for the world that I wish to contribute towards. I might have not managed some battles well but the war was still on. The blur of loss did fade eventually, and although memories still linger and sting often, there is hope for the future on all fronts.
But what about these poor people? These are looked at as mere vote banks by the politicians and are pampered before every election.They would be served with desi daaru and Kebabs and be expected to vote for the corresponding leader. That Is democracy for you. All emotions of happiness, sadness, joy, sorrow, anger pain etc. loose their existence when it comes to the basic need to feed and exist. Its the amygdala that responds and turns our animal instincts on. What is the use of existence without emotions and dignity ? An emotionless individual, to me is anything but human. Would it thus not be fair to simply kill these people in order to eradicate poverty ?
I am probably not being very honest in my approach since I have been a little pissed off lately so I would revisit the blog with the other side of the argument. And that would be a large post. Till then, I would keep wondering if I have arrived at the ultimate solution for poverty: And I am not kidding.
