If helping costs you your freedom, what does that say about the world we’re building? Are we creating a nation where silence keeps you safe & empathy makes you guilty? When kindness is met with chains, who can trust justice and why would anyone help again?
He is Rajesh Vishwakarma, a poor daily-wage laborer with no land, no parents. He’s the latest casualty of an indifferent Indian justice system.
In June last year, a woman from his neighbourhood asked Rajesh to help her get to the hospital because she wasn’t feeling well. Like any good neighbour, he rushed her there, got her admitted, and then left for work.
By evening, the woman had died. And by the next morning, police arrested Rajesh for her murder and sent straight to jail.
Rajesh didn’t have money to hire a lawyer. For 13 months, he languished behind bars, no trial, no legal advice, no chance to speak to family. It wasn’t police investigation that cleared his name, but the quiet effort of court-appointed legal aid lawyer Reena Verma, who finally proved his innocence.
But freedom hasn’t brought relief. After his arrest, the police locked his rented room without warning. Now he must pay 13 months’ back rent. And despite being declared innocent, no one wants to give him work, to them, he’s just a man who came from jail.
In any sane, just legal system, Rajesh could sue the govt, win millions in compensation, and finally live a life of dignity. But in India? He won’t get a single penny. In fact, adding insult to injury, his sister had to pay a ₹500 bribe just to get back his Aadhaar card and phone from the jail.
Some reflections post Op Sindoor (esp for people online):
Seems like ceasefire will hold. India has created a new normal against Pakistan backed terrorist attacks. Several redlines that were considered sacrosanct were crossed by India. We managed escalation dominance too.
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#BREAKING: Islamist terrorists killed tourists in Pahalgam of South Kashmir after checking that they were not Muslims. Trousers of tourists pulled down, ID Cards checked. Listen to what the Hindu victim says. Tourist killed because he was not a Muslim. This is what Pakistan does.
A woman in the #UK gained perfect vision after undergoing a new type of AI-powered laser surgery, The Telegraph reported.
Patricia Goncalves, who is legally blind without glasses, had her #vision improve from 20/200 to 20/16, which is even better than the standard 20/20 after becoming the first patient in the UK to undergo the new #Lasiksurgery.
The procedure involved scanning her eyes and creating a digital clone of her eyeballs. An artificial intelligence program then experimented on the digital replica to create a bespoke procedure to treat Goncalves’ failing eyesight. A surgeon then performed the treatment on her, according to the report.
The Industrial Revolution rewarded the intensity of one’s labor, The Information Age the clarity of one’s thought and the AI Revolution the purity of ones’s taste.
3 simple questions to improve your day.
At the beginning of the day:
“What am I optimizing for?”
During the day:
“What's the best small thing I can do right now?”
At the end of the day:
“Did I do my best?"
"Simple mindset shifts:
- I'm not hurt, I'm healing.
- I'm not losing, I'm learning.
- I was not rejected, I was redirected.
Negative things happen. Negative mindsets make them harder."
– @JamesClear
Be grateful to everybody in your life, your parents, grandparents, teachers, professors, gym trainer, siblings, partner and even person you dislike , they all teach you something.
#HappyTeachersDay2022