Emami Daruosh:
During the British occupation of India, one day a British officer slapped an Indian citizen hard for no reason. A simple Indian citizen punched the British officer so hard that he fell to the ground due to the force of the blow. The British officer was horrified and angry at this Indian reaction, but because he was alone, he did not say anything and went to the headquarters of the British soldiers to get reinforcements. Go back and answer the Indian man who dared to slap an officer of an empire on whose territory the sun does not set.
He went to the English general and asked him to give him a soldier to return and answer this rudeness to the Indian. But the English general, without giving him an answer, took him to the room where the money was kept, and said: Take 50000 Indian rupees and go to that Indian and give him for what you did and apologize!
Hearing this, he protested and said: “A poor Indian has slapped an officer of the Queen, and this means disrespecting the British Empire, but instead of punishing me, you tell me to give money and apologize?” The general said angrily: This is an order, you must execute it without question.
The officer had to give the money to the Indian man and accepted the Indian’s apology and happily took all the money from him and forgot that he had the right to beat the occupier of his homeland. Fifty thousand rupees was a huge amount of money at that time and he bought a house with that and the rest of his property. He got several rickshaws (means of intra-city transportation in India) and hired several drivers to rent them out.
Time passed and his life situation improved until he became one of the merchants in his city. He had forgotten that he had violated his dignity by taking money, but the British had not forgotten that slap. One day, the British general, an officer who He called an Indian who had been slapped and said to him: Do you remember that Indian who slapped you? The officer replied: Yes, how can I forget him?
The general said: Now is the time for you to go and take revenge for that slap, but slap him while people are around. The officer said: You stopped me from hitting him that day when there was no one around. He has become the owner of the glory and the crew, do you say go and beat him? I am afraid that his men will kill me, the general said: remember, they will not kill me, just go and do what I said and come back.
When the English officer entered the Indian house, he found him in the midst of a large crowd of people surrounded by his servants and bodyguards, he went to him without introduction and slapped him so hard that he fell to the ground. He saw his action, but Handi did not get up without any reaction. And he didn’t even look up to the English side.
The officer was speechless in surprise, but he returned to his general happy to take revenge. The general said to his officer: “You look very happy and I think you were surprised.” The officer replied: “Yes, the first time I slapped him, he was from me He slapped me harder while he was poor and needy, but today, when he is the owner of prestige and glory, he didn’t even respond to my slap with words, this has made me wonder.
The general replied to his officer: “The first time, he had dignity and considered it his highest asset, that’s why he defended it.” But the second time, he had sold his dignity for fifty thousand rupees, so he could not defend it, because he was afraid that he would lose his benefits.
This story is the story of many self-proclaimed people. Those who have sold their dignity by taking money, positions and management positions, special rights and benefits, rent, embezzlement and partying and other privileges.
This post is written by Akoviti