Despite feeling sad by tragic news, I am really glad that it has triggered one more wave of discussions, compassion & awareness around mental health. However, I am also angry that why are we always so selective in our compassion and outrage? #Thread
What happened to PM, ministers & many others when so many poor migrants died of hunger & exhaustion just trying to reach home? What about the mental health of children who will grow up seeing images of their parents being left to face sub human conditions? Why no compassion then?
Glad today everyone is expressing compassion for mental health across political divide but why was this universal compassion, concern missing for poor who were suffering and ignored? Why was it politicised & many even blamed & traumatised the poor for wanting to go home. Why?
Do poor and underprivileged have no rights to mental health ? How many farmers suicides will it take for this country to bipartisanly discuss mental health of farmers & their families due to agrarian crises? What about mental health of those living in slums? Homeless, Unemployed?
Every issue is addressed with huge disparity. Every issue of a certain class of people will get disproportionate attention while even the biggest of crises of the poor & underprivileged is turned into a political spectacle. This age old disparity is now reaching alarming stage.
We must work to prioritise & address all crucial issues incl mental health that our poor & underprivileged are suffering from & do it with zero tolerance for insensitiveness, sexism, classism, bigotry & political divide. Glaring Disparity in our society has be removed urgently.
