New Year Resolutions; From Hypocrisy To Humanity !

By Lukman Harees –January 2, 2016

Lukman Harees

‘Threat to Human Dignity emanates not from aliens or non-humans, but through the machinations of the hypocritical ,weird and the wicked human mind’–  from ‘The Mirage of Dignity’

The Year just gone, 2015 was undoubtedly filled with many moments of happiness and sorrows in each one of our lives. The world too had their fair share of such moments and events. Yet, with quite a lot of enthusiasm, hopes and resolutions, people all around the world welcomed a fresh, new year, as they do every year. From family get togethers, to parties, the new year day was filled with celebrations and resolutions in every nook and corner of the world. Dazzling fireworks lit up the skies of many capitals on New Year’s eve. But, as we celebrate endings and yearn for new beginnings, and as we wish each other, May the year 2016 greet you with fragrant days, may it be as colourful as rainbow, as bright as sunshine and as happy and cheerful as a lark. Happy New Year, how serious are we, in dedicating the New Year to humanity and the betterment of the world at large? The truth is that we welcomed the New Year, full of things that have never been, leaving behind this world, worse off in many areas in displaying our human values and safeguarding human dignity.

Enjoyment apart; whether Gregorian, Islamic or Chinese, for a new year to bring us something new, we need to have firm resolve, determination and a change of heart to make a transformational move, like a butterfly tearing its cocoon! not just a physical move from December 31st in one year to the January 1st of the following year, but a spirited, attitudinal and a serious move. We need to get away from narrow shackles and overcome barriers which keeps humanity apart, – racism, communalism, nationalism, hatred and religious bigotry. We need to make a firm resolution and a firm determination to see things through the lens of humanity and make us available for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word. Thus, when we open the blank book of Opportunity and start to write the first chapter on the New year’s Day, we need to remember that the next year’s words should await another voice. Another and fresh way of thinking to ensure that this world will be a better place for the billions of faceless and voiceless human beings who feel oppressed, persecuted and deprived of their due rights as human beings in their daily lives.Read More