On the 1st of December 2015, I learnt about the death of my paternal uncle. After a 6 month long battle, he lost out to the might of a disease that we all call as cancer.
Was it really cancer? Nobody answered in the affirmative and it still remains a mystery to me. Inspite of all the speculation that doctors had, none of them could really pin-point and say what he was really suffering from. We never had a family history of any such problems. Slowly people started speculating on the causes for his lung cancer (or was it blood cancer? or was it tuberculosis?). Was it his food habits or was he exposed to too much pollution or some other radiation? A vegetarian to the core, a man of good discipline, no vices and a good god-loving human being. His suffering in the last 6 months of his life just went on to prove that medical science, inspite of all the advances it can boast of, has not reached anywhere!
We all become helpless in front of something that we call destiny!
Isn't this Genocide?
It was around the same time that there was a lot of "internet coverage" on food adulteration and pesticides being used on vegetables. It is a well-known fact that Kerala is a consumeristic society, and it depends a lot on goods being delivered to them, very much like Europe where a lot of stuff is imported, not many things can be grown, people are old and depend on immigrants for labour. There is a very slow "revolution" in Kerala to become self-sufficient, at least in terms of vegetables. More people have become increasingly aware of the "agricultural terrorism". People are being slowly poisoned to death. This is a pure case of genocide.
Terrorism is usually associated with use of violence to create terror or instil fear in people in order to achieve certain goals. So one could talk about religious terrorism, political terrorism or biological terrorism; and we can see that the people behind this have some kind of ideology that they want to enforce on people. In this case, the ideology seems to be to make more money. Currently, people are in the grip of a fear, the fear of falling prey to these diseases. This spread of terror doesn't get classified under any act that deals with terrorism.
Just to side-track, Kerala anyways had another form of terrorism; especially in my hometown, the BJP and CPI(M) political party workers have been killing each other since a long time. We jokingly ask; "Whats the score?" and my cousin says "5-6", and its not hard to guess that an equaliser is in the waiting! Each of them wishes to terrorise the other (and the people around) to show that their ideology is far superior than that of the others.
Well, in my uncle's case, the hospital where he had been initially admitted for diagnosis, had recently installed a PET scanner. They made him do the PET scan and still made him wait for 2 weeks before trying a biopsy. In fact, the doctor called my cousin couple of times and was trying to counsel (read it as soliciting) him to get the diagnosis done. Most doctors have become marketing agents for devices and medicines. They love the spread of cancer, so that their profits will grow. They want people to eat in plastic containers, they want people to breathe polluted air, they want people to get addicted to junk food and want people to eat adulterated food. Only then can they swell their pockets!
So is the case of media. All TV channels, newspapers and online portals are glorifying cancer and trying to make money of it. They only showcase the victims and the doctors who've become successful against cancer, but nobody has been able to tell what the root-cause for the cancer was. Since there isn't one single responsible thing, they blame it on "lifestyle".
Why are they blaming lifestyle?
This was just a small part of a new lifestyle that we are going through. All of them rely on our laziness and inactivity to make money. There is no physical people-to-people contact or genuine relationships that we make. The "systems" around us do not want us to do it. One "system" promotes the other and so they do not cross each others' path. For ex: shoe companies will promote electronic gadgets. These gadgets will in turn promote smartphones. Smartphones are promoted by the media. Media creates news based on the interests of their funders. In the end, they want people to be glued to television, and not coming out for anything. People become introverts and lose the fighting spirit of life. This is not a passing phase, this is the reality that we are in, and I do not see people coming out of this grip.
Till about the end of 1980's or the early 1990's, companies had fixed target growth rates. They would be happy if they achieved 8-10% growth YoY. But corporates have changed. They do not have any responsibility towards anybody. They only want to grow exponentially, YoY. They define targets like "triple profit in 5 years" or "reduce operating cost by 3 times in 1 year". This leads to people using unscrupulous methods to create profit and thereby people become insincere, products lack quality and doesn't help anybody in the long term. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) merely becomes a tax saving scheme and a tool to create a public image. Indirectly, they all fall prey to the "mafia". They do not work on cutting the root-cause and rather go after symptoms. Their thought could be: "I can't change public behaviour, but I can only influence the consequence of it. I'll use every opportunity available to me as part of this human behaviour"
Who are the people behind this?
Well, nobody can give a right answer. If people at every job in the food-cycle did it with utmost sincerity and dedication, we wouldn't have a problem. The farmer needs to be careful with the kind of pesticides that he uses, and so should the transporter/ retailer be careful to ensure that things are properly/ hygienically handled. So should the government agents, in ensuring every human being gets bare minimum clean food. But I guess, this is too much to ask at the moment, and we are all destined to fall prey to all the "lobbies" and "mafias" that want to squeeze and make money out of us. This is the age of "Kali" and one can't expect good human behaviour from every quarter!
One can't really put a face to this evil. There are multiple individuals involved in this and one can't narrow down on one single person. Thats where everyone gets away with. No doctor can authoritatively say that the cancer inside you was caused because you were subjected to extreme radiation in May 1997 or you smoked excessively between 2000 to 2004 or the pesticides in the coconut water that you mixed with your drink last night caused the cells in your lungs to be tumorous!
To me, any act that terrorises people is a terrorist act, and shouldn't have a place in our society. But what can we do about it? The world has always been violent, is currently so, and will be so in the ages to come. We are destined to fight and get killed. Cancer is one such terror thats in our society thats being caused (to a large extent) by our own people and its slowly wiping out a section of the better people we have. Man is an intelligent animal that doesn't mind killing its own species for its physical pleasures.
Only the fittest will survive, not because they have been exercising too much, but because they have stayed away from carcinogens.
Was it really cancer? Nobody answered in the affirmative and it still remains a mystery to me. Inspite of all the speculation that doctors had, none of them could really pin-point and say what he was really suffering from. We never had a family history of any such problems. Slowly people started speculating on the causes for his lung cancer (or was it blood cancer? or was it tuberculosis?). Was it his food habits or was he exposed to too much pollution or some other radiation? A vegetarian to the core, a man of good discipline, no vices and a good god-loving human being. His suffering in the last 6 months of his life just went on to prove that medical science, inspite of all the advances it can boast of, has not reached anywhere!
We all become helpless in front of something that we call destiny!
Isn't this Genocide?
It was around the same time that there was a lot of "internet coverage" on food adulteration and pesticides being used on vegetables. It is a well-known fact that Kerala is a consumeristic society, and it depends a lot on goods being delivered to them, very much like Europe where a lot of stuff is imported, not many things can be grown, people are old and depend on immigrants for labour. There is a very slow "revolution" in Kerala to become self-sufficient, at least in terms of vegetables. More people have become increasingly aware of the "agricultural terrorism". People are being slowly poisoned to death. This is a pure case of genocide.
Terrorism is usually associated with use of violence to create terror or instil fear in people in order to achieve certain goals. So one could talk about religious terrorism, political terrorism or biological terrorism; and we can see that the people behind this have some kind of ideology that they want to enforce on people. In this case, the ideology seems to be to make more money. Currently, people are in the grip of a fear, the fear of falling prey to these diseases. This spread of terror doesn't get classified under any act that deals with terrorism.
Just to side-track, Kerala anyways had another form of terrorism; especially in my hometown, the BJP and CPI(M) political party workers have been killing each other since a long time. We jokingly ask; "Whats the score?" and my cousin says "5-6", and its not hard to guess that an equaliser is in the waiting! Each of them wishes to terrorise the other (and the people around) to show that their ideology is far superior than that of the others.
Well, in my uncle's case, the hospital where he had been initially admitted for diagnosis, had recently installed a PET scanner. They made him do the PET scan and still made him wait for 2 weeks before trying a biopsy. In fact, the doctor called my cousin couple of times and was trying to counsel (read it as soliciting) him to get the diagnosis done. Most doctors have become marketing agents for devices and medicines. They love the spread of cancer, so that their profits will grow. They want people to eat in plastic containers, they want people to breathe polluted air, they want people to get addicted to junk food and want people to eat adulterated food. Only then can they swell their pockets!
So is the case of media. All TV channels, newspapers and online portals are glorifying cancer and trying to make money of it. They only showcase the victims and the doctors who've become successful against cancer, but nobody has been able to tell what the root-cause for the cancer was. Since there isn't one single responsible thing, they blame it on "lifestyle".
Why are they blaming lifestyle?
Eating junk food makes you fat, everyone should realise that. This leads to making you do exercise. This is what the doctors will also advice. Jogging/ cycling is the most preferred exercise and this requires that you be properly geared/ attired to do this.
While exercising, one needs to listen to music. After coming back, we need to watch TV (relaxation) and for this we need a good home-theatre, and a nice couch to sit comfortably on. While watching TV, I need to munch and also read through the messages received on my smartphone. I need air-condition to quickly do away with my sweat.
Who are the people who make money out of our lifestyle?
1. Fast food joints
2. Shoe companies
3. Fitness gadget makers
4. Gyms/ fitness equipment makers
5. Apparel companies
6. Doctors
7. Hospitals/ pharma companies
8. Furniture shops
9. Smartphones
10. Television
11. Cable TV
12. Snacks/ drinks manufacturers
This was just a small part of a new lifestyle that we are going through. All of them rely on our laziness and inactivity to make money. There is no physical people-to-people contact or genuine relationships that we make. The "systems" around us do not want us to do it. One "system" promotes the other and so they do not cross each others' path. For ex: shoe companies will promote electronic gadgets. These gadgets will in turn promote smartphones. Smartphones are promoted by the media. Media creates news based on the interests of their funders. In the end, they want people to be glued to television, and not coming out for anything. People become introverts and lose the fighting spirit of life. This is not a passing phase, this is the reality that we are in, and I do not see people coming out of this grip.
Till about the end of 1980's or the early 1990's, companies had fixed target growth rates. They would be happy if they achieved 8-10% growth YoY. But corporates have changed. They do not have any responsibility towards anybody. They only want to grow exponentially, YoY. They define targets like "triple profit in 5 years" or "reduce operating cost by 3 times in 1 year". This leads to people using unscrupulous methods to create profit and thereby people become insincere, products lack quality and doesn't help anybody in the long term. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) merely becomes a tax saving scheme and a tool to create a public image. Indirectly, they all fall prey to the "mafia". They do not work on cutting the root-cause and rather go after symptoms. Their thought could be: "I can't change public behaviour, but I can only influence the consequence of it. I'll use every opportunity available to me as part of this human behaviour"
Who are the people behind this?
Well, nobody can give a right answer. If people at every job in the food-cycle did it with utmost sincerity and dedication, we wouldn't have a problem. The farmer needs to be careful with the kind of pesticides that he uses, and so should the transporter/ retailer be careful to ensure that things are properly/ hygienically handled. So should the government agents, in ensuring every human being gets bare minimum clean food. But I guess, this is too much to ask at the moment, and we are all destined to fall prey to all the "lobbies" and "mafias" that want to squeeze and make money out of us. This is the age of "Kali" and one can't expect good human behaviour from every quarter!
One can't really put a face to this evil. There are multiple individuals involved in this and one can't narrow down on one single person. Thats where everyone gets away with. No doctor can authoritatively say that the cancer inside you was caused because you were subjected to extreme radiation in May 1997 or you smoked excessively between 2000 to 2004 or the pesticides in the coconut water that you mixed with your drink last night caused the cells in your lungs to be tumorous!
There was this joke on the internet thats apt for the moment:
In 1917, Colgate came to India and said "why do you guys still use salt and charcoal to clean ur teeth, use our paste!!".
Now in 2015, Colgate is advertising asking "does ur toothpaste have salt in it?" And goes on to say "our brush is coated with charcoal which is GooD for white teeth".
It took them 95+years to know that.
But we Indians will never realise our GooD old values
But we Indians will never realise our GooD old values
Where is the Conspiracy?
The conspiracy is not about a hidden group of people trying to hide the potential discovery of a treatment system for cancer. If someone had found one, I don't think that can be hidden for long. Rather, the conspiracy lies in the fact that there are people who are willingly trying to play with the health of the people just for the sake of making money. The conspiracy lies in the fact that even while one person is suffering, the other is trying to exploit the victim. The word "humanity" seems to have been lost, and man is proving that he's indeed an animal!
What next?
Only the fittest will survive, not because they have been exercising too much, but because they have stayed away from carcinogens.
