On the social media, most of the people demonstrate their belief of embodying the perfect knowledge and this unnerve many of those who see themselves as having the natural claim or credentials to speak for all and sundry. What appears uncharitable to most of the people is that their worth is not recognised by their fellows. Such a feeling comes from their cognitive makeup, which sees the world as hierarchical, and in a space where there is no force applied to place people, they place themselves at the top of the world in wisdom or sagacity. For instance, in their imagination, many subalterns often think that they could do better than generals. One needs, in fact, to get rid of this hurt sentimentality. The point is to respect others and argue one’s case with humility. Only by doing so, we can enrich public life, benefiting one and all. We must accept, rather welcome, the democratisation of discourse. We must celebrate democracy. We must cheer our fellows.
Niraj Kumar Jha