The Duty of Privilege - Do the rich and elite owe more to society than the downtrodden?
Inspiration For This Post This ideas of this post are similar to an earlier post of mine - 'The Civic Imperative'. They focus on how and why the preference of people in general (and Indian People in particular) needs to shift from rights and entitlements towards duties and responsibilities. The reason I say this is that democratic societies in general and the Indian society in particular often see a shirking of responsibilities and duties that help such societies flourish in the first place. This is visible right from simple things like cleanliness and civic sense to more complex societal problems like crimes. This aloofness often arises due to a very rights and entitlement-centric approach to public life - be it the gun culture of USA or the ochre pan stains in India. The focus usually remain on my rights and my feelings, and never on my duties or my responsibilities. This is hence a sincere exhortation for people can and should do for others and vis-a-vis the state to preserv...