No legacy is rich as honesty

So said The Bard. I am back with another quote from Shakespeare. He never ceases to amaze me. His quotes are full of earthy wisdom and I wonder why people in this part of the world don’t adapt his quotes in their life. They will be more peaceful.

But then, our lives are now full of stresses that we invite unnecessarily, we are bombarded with news that makes no sense, we have politicians speaking banalities and icons who are a role models but have no direction in life themselves.

We all try to be politically correct lest we offend someone’s feelings, don’t express our views openly lest we are seen as bigoted and don’t participate in issues that may affect our immediate future lest we are taken as a closed minded person.

But where is our intellectual honesty? Is hiding your true emotions honesty? Is political correctness in public and ranting privately honesty? Is expressing your views openly a crime? Why are we so scared now?

We don’t even joke about a particular section or race or community for fear of being labelled as racist. Where is our sense of humour?

And now we have this issue of cultural appropriation. A big storm in a teacup. More about that tomorrow. But for today, just try to be honest for a day. You don’t have to be overly offensive but at least try to express your opinion openly for today.

So be it!!!