"The brazen price of manual scavenging shows the true face of our society!" - Bleaker
With the zealous speech of Dr Bezwada Wison, this year’s Shraddhanjali Diwas has left an inedible impact on us. Dr Wilson appreciated the essence of Shraddhanjali Diwas organised each year in our school by describing the memorial as a good culture. He said that we acknowledge this day only because someone in the past who’s not with us today had left something meaningful behind her.
Addressing students, Dr Wilson shared that a crucial habit we all should develop in us is thankfulness. In our everyday routine, a vital element of gratitude is missing. We have lost this quality over time and take ‘today’ as granted. He advised students that in our lives there should be a sharp difference between what we should remember and what we should forget.
Every day before sleeping, we should recollect all that we have received from others. Sharing his observations, Dr Wilson remarked that nowadays students are so occupied with mobiles that they forget to observe and appreciate their surrounding world. He also cautioned students about our society's violence and advised them
to avoid it. Sharing his ideas on patriarchy, Dr Wilson remarked that the patriarchy is not only for females it's also for males. Rather many times, patriarchal norms are harsher for males.
Next, Dr Wilson discussed the details of his 'The Safai Karamchari Andolan' where they help women forced to clean and carry human excrete. He shared that they have a PowerPoint presentation of these workers engaged in this job but they never showed that presentation because the images are highly disheartening representing inhumanity.
Dr Wilson concluded his address by telling students that whenever we narrate a story, we often start with ‘Once Upon a Time, There Was King’ thus highlighting only one King is possible. Rather we must always start with ‘ Once Upon a Time, There Was a Good Fellow’ thus emphasizing that every child has a chance and with their hard work they can achieve their dreams.