Right vs. Privilege!
Stop Clapping for the Bare Minimum We live in a world where people are celebrated for being allowed to do things they should have never needed permission for in the first place. You apply for an official document, and it gets processed in a month. Someone says, “Wow, you’re lucky it was so fast.” You get to walk home safely at night. You whisper, “Thank God nothing happened.” A girl asks her family for permission to pursue higher education, and gets it. Everyone praises the family for being “modern.” But hold on, why are we cheering for basic rights being granted as if they were luxuries? We’ve reached a point where fundamental rights are treated like special favours , and people are taught to feel grateful instead of entitled . Example 1: RTI – The Right That Feels Like a Privilege The Right to Information (RTI) Act was created so that every Indian citizen can question public authorities and access information about government decisions, spending, and functioning. An...