I read somewhere once that, “Life is a journey
which ought to be embraced,” but it isn’t everyday that one wakes up charged
and ready to take on the day with all one’s might. There are times when even
the most cheerful of people, feel low, a feeling which these days is casually
termed as ‘being depressed.’
Its been two days today, since the famous, young,
and extremely talented actor, Sushant Singh Rajput left for the heavenly abode.
Social media has been flooded with posts of people who have suddenly woken up
to the fact that depression is real. They have all turned psychologists, analysts,
listeners, sympathizers, and questioners. I do not question the authenticity of
their posts as this news has shaken everybody and everyone has a different
approach towards it. A person, whom we do not know personally but have only
been watching him on the silver screen, has the power the influence our life in
such a way, that when he takes his life, he fills everyone’s life with agony. Isn’t
it so strange?
That, I guess, stems from the fact that we all
are humans. HUMANE……don’t think so but humans, yes. Our lives are tied to each
other’s, as we all experience the same emotions – Love, happiness, gratitude, sadness,
anger, jealousy, fear, insecurity and many more. So once when a person takes
his life, several questions arise in mind. Which emotion could have resulted in
his taking such a drastic step?
Scores of people die everyday, coz that’s the
bitter truth of life. Life is evanescent. The famous poet Kabir said, ‘Paani
kera budbuda, uss manus ki jaati, dekhat hee mil jayega jyon taara parbhaati.’ This
doha of his, has been etched in my memory, ever since I read it in school. It
means that life is like a bubble of water, just as the bubble forms and then bursts
and mixes with the same water, life too fizzes out. Kabir then goes on to
compare life with a star and says, that as soon as the morning light shines,
the star gets hidden just like a human life which fades away with time. All of
us, have to go sooner or later but when someone departs so early, it definitely
breaks your heart.
Dalai Lama said, “The purpose of our lives is to be
happy.” Does that mean that if the purpose is lost, then the person should take
her/his life? What transpires in a person’s mind before taking such a tough
decision is difficult to decipher. I’m sure each person loves life and does not
wish to give it up for some frivolous reason. Today after his death, people are
all urging others to reach out, but do they actually want to listen or even if
they pretend to listen, do they actually care?
Once a life is gone, nothing can compensate that loss.
Theories, conjectures and surmises; the most prominent one being the ugly face
of nepotism, of him losing out on 7 movies in the past 6 months as he wasn’t liked
by the bad brigade of Bollywood which seems to rule the cinematic world. Time
and again he had been sidelined by the bigwigs in Bollywood and by ‘bigwigs’ I certainly
do not mean, talentwise. So, when I write this, my question is not ‘Why did you
do this?’ but my question is, “Why did you not reveal the truth before ending
your life? If you had decided to take yours, shouldn’t your suicide note have
helped others?” The real reason has gone with you and left others to just cast
aspersions.
Few more days and you will be forgotten. Today, your face is splashed
across all newspapers but tomorrow you will just remain a name and who can
doubt that when people forget even the living souls if they are unsuccessful, cause
humans though we are yet we have lost our humanity! RIP Sushant Singh Rajput.
You deserved better.
