Why Bengali lives don’t matter Society is built upon mendacious edifices. Comfortable lies that we tell each other to be able to sleep at night. One of those lies is the notion that all human lives are equal. Well, they certainly are not. The death of poorer people in the first COVID-19 wave, for example, barely got the airtime or oxygen of publicity that the second wave has garnered. And while one may be loath to admit it, the feeling of despondency was because those who were hit in the first wave can’t buy products and ergo hold no value as viewers of news channels. They couldn't rush to hospitals and clog up oxygen supplies. Nor did the government or courts felt the need to hold hearings 24/7 for their lives. The same rule of inherent inequality applies to political deaths of ilk.
Why Bengali lives don't matter
Why Bengali lives don't matter
Why Bengali lives don't matter
Why Bengali lives don’t matter Society is built upon mendacious edifices. Comfortable lies that we tell each other to be able to sleep at night. One of those lies is the notion that all human lives are equal. Well, they certainly are not. The death of poorer people in the first COVID-19 wave, for example, barely got the airtime or oxygen of publicity that the second wave has garnered. And while one may be loath to admit it, the feeling of despondency was because those who were hit in the first wave can’t buy products and ergo hold no value as viewers of news channels. They couldn't rush to hospitals and clog up oxygen supplies. Nor did the government or courts felt the need to hold hearings 24/7 for their lives. The same rule of inherent inequality applies to political deaths of ilk.