They say silence is the most powerful scream. If so, why do people feel the need to shout? If silence is so discreet, shouting seems senseless. However, realities in our world are otherwise.
Shouting is becoming gradually more necessary. People believe that if they don’t shout, they will not be heard. The reason being that people are increasingly turning receptive to loudness.
People like shrill voices and give them attention and space. Shouting, like barking, has become the new normal of human species. Noted poet and lyricist, Nida Fazli, wrote a beautiful line, “ In a world full of diverse dogmas, the rigidity of thought has become an unquestionable norm.
People are not ready to budge an inch from their perspective positions. People take stanch standpoints and pursue them doggedly. People comprise a multitude of commoners, a bunch of politicians, a group of thinkers and policy makers.
Perhaps it’s because people have taken in flawed interpretations of ideologies they adhere to. Everyone thinks that the other one is wrong. This prejudiced binary of “us” and “they” has dominated the discourses along all planes.
Some feel suppressed and shout. Some feel terrorized and shout. Some feel voiceless and shout.
Some feel vulnerable and shout. Some feel subjugated and shout. Some feel progressive and shout.
There are umpteen reasons for people to shout. And there are countless explanations of not keeping mum. More and more, people are turning their back on silence and a.
