We have well learnt, through the environmental responses in the past as well as in the present, that the entire cycle of our lives have become topsy-turvy and imbalanced when we relax our grip on the center of our ethics and morals. Whenever we take a decision that impacts our life, an inner voice from deep down raises very many questions and concerns. When the internal questions strengthen and transform into questions of moral eptitude, an insatiable self-doubt and a sense of defeatist urgency envelops us.
During the time when the Corona pandemic shrouded all nations in a fear-some and grief-stricken ennui, rendering any physical movement impossible, much less deliberated, the internet created and established a space in a non-physical fashion, for all of us to interact and conduct a dialogue. Forced to live in loneliness, most of the times un-attended and un-cared for, the entire human living was impacted in a very personalized way, which was both collective and individual at the same time. We were all perpetually and continuously in a state of imbalance about the day-to-day volatility and were sucked into the vortex of emotional quagmire. What happened to the various movements already initiated by us and also those which were in the verge of getting launched? What is their present status?
When we huddled into a discussion and debated on what a nation should have done or at least should do as the socially right thing, it was imperative for every one of us to own up our responsibility, take momentous decisions and to partake in the activities towards discharging that responsibility. Going beyond creating a platform for discussion where we talk among ourselves, a truthful dialogue is always absolutely essential to enter into an action-based intensity.
When we huddled into a discussion and debated on what a nation should have done or at least should do as the socially right thing, it was imperative for every one of us to own up our responsibility, take momentous decisions and to partake in the activities towards discharging that responsibility. Going beyond creating a platform for discussion where we talk among ourselves, a truthful dialogue is always absolutely essential to enter into an action-based intensity.
Anthropologist Arvind Gupta, Intellectual Right Protection Activist Anil Gupta, Writer Jeyamohan, Scrap-doll Artist Subeeth, President of Economics of Happiness Helena Norberg, Architect-Masters P.V. Doshi and Neelkanth Chhayaa, Sage of Ganges Sivananda Guru, Singer Bombay Jayashri, Cinematographer John Isacc, Sculptor Valsan Kooram Kolleri, Waste Management Expert Srinivasan, Field Activist Sunita Krishnan, Writer Ashish Jaiswal, Elephant Doctor Kalaivanan, Grand Daughter of Gandhiji Ila Gandhi, Film Actor Nandita Das, Photographer ShorabHoora, Environmentalist IrachBaroochcha, Political Leader Jothimani, Forest Veterinarian Asokan, Environmentalist-Doctor Ashraf, Journalist Kodikkal Sheikh, Historian-Researcher A.K. Perumal, Educationist Gowthama, Activist Seetha Ananthasivan, Social Worker Prakash Amte, Social Activist Arunachalam Muruganathan, Social Activist Sushma Iyengar, Architect Varun Davtham, Activist RangasamyElango, Gandhian Annamalai, Environmental Activist Nithyanandha Jayaraman, Educationist Vishwanath, Singer Parvati Baul, Film Director Ananth Gandhi, Dancer Narthaki Nataraj, Educationist Geypo Oywa, Educationist Prabha Kalvimani, Self-sustainable Agriculture Activists Usha and Sridhar, Doctor Abhay Bang, Terracotta Sculptor Munusamy, Palm Preacher Godson Samuel, Homeopathy Doctor Vellachamy, Environmentalist Aviram Rojin, Writer Theodore Baskaran, Activist Uma Venkatachalam, Organic Agriculture Activist Claude Alvarez, Painter-Sculptor Benita Pershiyal, Medical Service Provider ThulasirajRavilla, Writer Laura Koppa, Singer BindhuMalani, Doctor Jeevanandham, Gandhian Krishnammal Jagannathan family – all these luminaries and many more were in dialogue individually, with us for more than an hour in a day on different days through virtual online.
To those who were watching and judging the entire world from their room virtually, this monumental effort pointed out the need to take independent self-sustainable decision or the inherent handicaps in such a decision and the pitfalls that one may face in that process. These conversations have the innate strength to put us in the right path without falling prey to listlessness, direction-less action or inaction and to generate matchless self-emergence.