By (Prof) Dr Anuj Chugh
.
It becomes subtle. Systemic. Disguised. Deeply embedded in our everyday lives.
.
When someone works three jobs, walks under a burning sun, and still barely keeps their head above water just to afford rising rent — that is bullying.
.
When the people we call “friends” vanish in our darkest hours but reappear only when it suits them — that is bullying.
.
When someone watches you struggle, knows they could help or guide you, and chooses indifference — that is bullying.
.
When people act as though you owe them your time, your energy, your existence — and drain you without remorse — that is bullying.
.
When your most human need — connection — is exploited as leverage against you — that is bullying.
.
When a senior at work senses your desperation, knows you cannot afford to lose the job, and uses that fear to belittle or command you — that is bullying.
.
Modern slavery. Human trafficking. Labor exploitation in every polished or hidden form — that is bullying.
.
Endless wars. The human toll. Destroyed homes. Ravaged environments. Generations sacrificed for power and profit — that is bullying.
.
Wasting enough food to feed the hungry many times over, while thousands die daily from starvation — that is bullying.
.
When a person reaches the point of suicide because cruelty, neglect, or silence surrounded them — and no one truly showed up — that is bullying.
.
When corporations inflate prices far beyond necessity, turning survival into a privilege instead of a right — that is bullying.
.
When politicians promise dignity, safety, and reform, yet quietly protect power and profit instead of people — that is bullying.
.
When someone’s race, gender, sexuality, disability, or background becomes the reason they are denied opportunity — that is bullying.
.
When algorithms amplify hate, outrage, and misinformation because it drives engagement — while truth and nuance are buried — that is bullying.
.
When mental health struggles are mocked, minimized, or dismissed as weakness — that is bullying.
.
When students are crushed under debt before they’ve even begun living, forced to mortgage their future for basic education — that is bullying.
.
When workers create enormous value yet are paid crumbs while executives walk away with golden parachutes — that is bullying.
.
When elders are discarded, ignored, or treated as burdens once they are no longer “economically useful” — that is bullying.
.
When children inherit a damaged planet because short-term profit mattered more than long-term survival — that is bullying.
.
When silence becomes more comfortable than speaking up against injustice — and we choose comfort — that is bullying.
.
I love this world.
But love does not mean blindness.
.
I refuse to normalize what is cruel.
I refuse to accept what is dehumanizing.
I refuse to look away from the damage we inflict on one another.
.
Some bullying is loud.
Much of it is quiet.
But all of it corrodes the human spirit.
.
And the most dangerous kind is the kind we pretend not to see.
No comments:
Post a Comment