Human rights are actually as old as the French Revolution, though formally they were assigned a day, December 10, in 1948. Why is December 10 so important? On this day is declared the Nobel Peace Prize every year and the UN Prize in the field of Human Rights every five years.
Yes, in an unequal world after the cruel history of colonization and after the horrendous two world wars and the very many crimes against humanity committed therein, human rights are indeed important. After 1945, too, many heinous crimes against humanity have continued world wide. Hence the need for the annual remembrance.
Let us take the rights such as fair election and peaceful assembly. Look at how they are mocked at in our own country. When the results go in favour of your favourite party, the EVM and the VVPAT are the best. Otherwise, they are villains much worse than all the baddies of Bollywood!
Look at Markadwadi. The bizzare decision to conduct their own voting by ballot paper is as much against the constitution as the scaling of the Red Fort during the farmer agitation or currently the climbing atop the North Gate. There is the Supreme Court to decide such issues. Otherwise, such ugly demonstrations are nothing short of the Capitol attack in the U.S.!
Human dignity, irrespective of differences due to gender, ethnicity, race, class, region, religion, language, caste, matters the most. That is the essence of the concept called human rights. Huge need right now to preserve them as the capital and the deep state stampede over them across nation states. Hence the importance of the basic human rights.
Pratima@ Actually, the 'pasaydaan' of 'Dnyaneshwari' is some proof of how universally and uniquely human rights have been thought of in our own country, nay, state!
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