Truth

 People often say that they want to know the truth . At least that's what they proclaim before others . And like many other things, coming from  most people, this is the biggest untruth. Because more than the truth, people like to have their version of truth established. They want the truth to conform to their wishes, postulates,imaginations and sometimes hallucinations. Nobody is bothered about the truth but again nobody admits that too. Everybody makes a great hue and cry over " Truth prevails" , "ultimate truth" , "the path of truth" "Satyameva Jayate" etc. and all such bunkum. Religion and social mores lay great value to truth notwithstanding the fact that truth is not uni dimensional as we make it out to be.

When faced with truth , most of us try to wish it away or ignore it unless it has a direct fallout on us personally. And our demands for knowing the truth is often guided by our assumption about the fallout and how that can help us either materially or ideologically . With the social media proliferating in our lives , another dimension is added here - just for the kicks. Take for example the recent case where a young actor apparently committed suicide. A country of 130 millions of people with double the number of problems went berserk on social media ( rather, made to go mad) like zombies on the streets demanding examination, investigation, reexamination of the circumstances of his death claiming foul play and even alleging murder. Any person who tried to counter or even stand against this tide of collective asinine behaviour was dismissed with - " Let truth come out." 

Now, the facts are coming out. I won't say truth because perhaps the truth will never be known. I won't say real truth because not only is that an oxy-moron but also an atrocious way to define truth itself. So let's say facts , plain and simple facts. And from the facts that we have been allowed to be privy, courtesy the media is that the actor was after all not an angel that he was made out to be.  Besides having multiple amorous relationships, he also was being treated for psychological disorders by multiple doctors. In addition he was also addicted to a multiple variety of drugs. His death by suicide is almost confirmed and no murder plot is apparently hatched. But when this " truth" comes out , people who wanted it to come out are not interested anymore. They have conveniently shifted their attention to something else, another actor , this time female and a lot more cranky , at least in public utterances and personal behaviour. 

 Now isn't that  funny. On one hand , you believe something , claim it to be the truth and demand investigation. When faced with facts that don't suit your requirements , you slink away into the shadows, ready to pounce upon the next victim. And this is is being done by all of us regularly . Pause and ponder for a while what we are becoming as a society. We are just going insane in our blind one-upmanship to prove our point. Perhaps the time has come to step back . 

I know this will not have any effect on the crusaders who want truth to be established. But it should be their own truth . Not the truth by Mumbai Police on the actor's death. But like the truth by  UP police on the gangster's death . We know what happened but we maintain that it did not happen . Right ?