Hindi

आदर्श नागरिक या आदर्श मनुष्य

In English, "manushya" is often translated simply as "human" or "human being". The term is derived from the Sanskrit root "manu," which means "to think" or "to understand," and reflects the importance of intellect and consciousness in defining what it means to be human.

Trying to balance the two MEs. 📸by Sprout Sir somewhere in Srinagar

एक बार फिर से अपने सपनो का गला घोट के बना हुआ विष पी लेता हूं मैं और बन जाता हूं एक आदर्श और सभ्य नागरिक इस समाज का।

पर एक मन पूछता है क्यों।

क्यों बनना है आदर्श नागरिक?

क्यों संपूर्ण आज़ादी के मेरे हक को मांगने से घबराता हूं?

क्या ही होगा ज्यादा से ज्यादा? मारा जाऊंगा?

पर ऐसे घुट - घुट के जीने से तो अच्छा है खुल के मर जाना।

लेकिन फिर मुझे आश्चर्य होता है कि आख़िर 'कौन' मुझे पूरी आज़ादी देगा।

क्या यह कोई और है या मुझे 'अपने आप' से आज़ादी चाहिए?

यहाँ "कुन फाया कुन" गाना उल्लेखनीय है (जिसने मुझे अंधेरी सुरंग से बाहर निकाला)

ओ मुझपे करम सरकार तेरा
अर्ज़ तुझे, "कर दे मुझे मुझसे ही रिहा
अब मुझको भी हो दीदार मेरा
कर दे मुझे मुझसे ही रिहा
मुझसे ही रिहा"

Handwritten text in Hindi — ✒️by the author.

Once again I drink the poison made by strangling my dreams and become an ideal and civilized citizen of this society.

But a part of my mind asks why.

Why do I want to become an ideal citizen?

Why am I afraid of demanding my right to complete freedom?

What will happen at the most? Will I be killed?

But it is better to die openly than to live in such a suffocated state.

But then I wonder 'who' exactly will give me complete freedom. Is it someone else or do I want freedom from 'my own self'?

The song "Kun Faya Kun" is worth mentioning here (which pulled me out of the dark tunnel):

Oh my Lord!
My request is to you,
"Please release me from me,
Let me glimpse the (real) me,
release me from me,
release me from me only."

Some similar songs

"Save Me from Myself" by Christina Aguilera:

It's not so easy loving me. It gets so complicated,
all the things you've gotta be,
And when I'm about to fall,
somehow you're always waiting with your open arms to catch me.
You're gonna save me from myself.

"Save Me from Me" by Amber Pacific:

Save me from me, I'm my own worst enemy.

"Somebody Save Me" by Eminem featuring Jelly Roll:

Somebody save me, me from myself,
I've spent so long living in hell.

"Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence:

Call my name and save me from the dark,
Bid my blood to run before I come undone,
Save me from the nothing I've become.

"Save Me" by Queen:

I hang my head and I advertise a soul for sale or rent,
I have no heart, I'm cold inside. I have no real intent.
Save me, save me, save me. I can't face this life alone.

And last but not the least, how can I forget to quote Switchfoot's song "Free"

Free
Come set me free
Down on my knees
I still believe you can save me from me
Come set me free
I still believe
That inside this shell there's a prison cell