By Anas bin Rashid 11-J<\/p>\n
Humankind has been granted the greatest gift any creation has ever received and that is the gift of intelligence.
\nGod has created humans in the best of forms and has raised humankind above his other creations and dignified him, and thus humanity is most respected among all his creations and deserves it rightly so. The above-mentioned quote is an Ubuntu maxim that emphasizes the fact that humans are neither solitary nor singular creatures, just like a single ant can\u2019t create a colony on its own, all of the glory humanity has achieved is through community rather than through a single man or woman. Ubuntu is the sub-Saharan ideology or more so a way of life. It advocates that Humanity is a family and all are equal, however, it also preserves the individuality, respect, and dignity of each and every individual and it\u2019s the recognition and giving of due rights to every being that makes a man human. Ubuntu doesn\u2019t aim to kill the interests of one rather it says that the interests of one should align with the interests of many and one does not necessarily have to harm himself to create a better community and country.
\nThe South African President and anti-apartheid figure Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, was a strong advocate of Ubuntu, and he described Ubuntu as \u201cA traveler through a country would stop at a village and he didn\u2019t have to ask for food or for water. Once he stops, the people give him food and entertain him. That is one aspect of Ubuntu but it will have various aspects.”
\nGlobal Dignity Day celebrates the uniqueness and individuality of each and every human being from all walks of life, it accepts the differences of human beings and that it is this quality that should make humanity respect each other\u2019s rights and dignity. The whole world has been polarized into opposite poles, one considers only himself right, and all others wrong and inferior which has led to violence, hatred, racism, classism, and wars, which has only ever led to losses for both sides and leaves none as a winner in the end, as what one considers victory can
\nonly be pyrrhic in nature. When we consider all this, we may feel hopeless but we must not forget that the only gift left in Pandora\u2019s Box was \u2018Hope\u2019. If humanity recognizes the worth of each of its brothers, it will not be let to commit fratricide, rather it will strive to protect its and its brother\u2019s dignity and integrity.
\n\u201cHuman rights rest on human dignity. The dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dying for.\u201d Robert Maynard<\/p>\n
Chivalry is not dead in humanity. It still upholds honor and decency in high regard. It just has to be allowed to flourish in each and every corner of the world. Harry S. Truman once said, \u201cWe must build a new world, a far better world, one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.\u201d Once this dream can be materialized all
\nproblems of humanity will vanish, through hard work, determination and unity.<\/p>\n
\u201cDignity of human nature requires that we must face the storms of life.\u201d Mahatma Gandhi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"