Ch 5- Values Associated With Awareness Against Social Evils
CHAPTER NO.5 VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH
AWARNESS AGAINST SOCIAL EVILS
Abandoning drugs and bad company, as a social evil.
To give the message of building a drug-free and healthy society.
To make the society realize its role in preventing deadly evils like drugs and to reform the society by creating a strong familial bond.
The main reason why man has a higher status than other living beings on the earth is his society with an intellectual base. Only a healthy individual makes it possible to create a healthy society.Among other evils in this society, from alcohol to opium, poppy, marijuana, poppy husk and smack,
synthetic drugs or narcotics can lead to personal, family, social, cultural and economic destruction.Drugs are never profitable, This evil also gives birth to other evils in the society. One should possess
high level of thinking and a strong will power, so that he himself avoids these
evils and also tries to protect his surroundings from its ill-effects. He has
to interact with many drug addicts living in our society. The need of the hour
is to stay away from the ill-effects of this evil and drag these drug addicts
out of this quagmire through motivation and cooperation.
When drug addicts are ignored by any section of the
society and no positive and meaningful efforts are made to improve them, this
evil will prevail more instead of perishing. Self-confidence,strong spiritual
strength, medical aid and positive initiatives by the administration, the
government and the society can contribute a lot to curb this evil. The truth is
that if a person possesses a strong will power and a strong determination, no
force or power, no matter how strong it is, can compel
him to take drugs. Addiction occurs only when a
person weakens himself mentally, In this regard, the story that will be used as
the basis of activity-oriented analysis, the tragedy involved in the story will
us show the path to stay away from social evils that
exist in the form of drugs.
The questioning attitude awakens the curiosity to
gather more information. Even in the classroom,students will answer the given
questions before conducting this activity-centered interaction without
any fear, hesitation or apprehension. Students will
answer the questions honestly according to their level of understanding.
Q. 1. Write the names of any two evils prevalent in
the society.
Q. 2, Considering alcohol as an evil in the society,
describe one of the turpitudes that arises from it,
Q. 3. What would you do if you see someone taking
drugs of any kind?(Narrate one action)
After listening to the answers of the students, the
teacher will divide the class into three groups and resume the interaction
about the harmful effects of drugs on the society. The response of any of
the students may vary according to his personal
opinion.
This story, ‘Daughters-in-law Are Better Than Unfilial Sons’ will be
narrated by the teacher in the of narrating of a movie. The students
will listen to the story with full concentration as if they are watching each
and every scene of a movie with their own cyes. At the same time, the students
from all the three groups will keep responding. They should also keep in
mind that after listening to the story, they will have to make efforts to move ahead
towards creating a healthy society by forming a positive and constructive
opinion from the theme of this dialogues-based activity.
Daughters-in-law Are Better Than Unfilial Sons
(Short Story)
Thad actually gone to visit my in-laws but on the way, I thought I should visit my
wife's Bhua and pay my condolences at the loss of her son who stayed abroad. Found that poor Bhua was extremely grief-stricken, Bhua had been weeping and her eyes were swollen.T could understand that the loss of a son is,indeed, sorrowful. A son is dearer to a mother more than her own life. "Bhua, God doesn't even have mercy! Why does he snatch away a son from his mother in his youth?”
No sooner had I uttered these words than
Bhua burst into tears and started wailing.
Said,“Son, now even my eyes have stopped working! I have been in pains all my
life!"
"Bhua, be patient! We cannot avoid the deeds of
nature?" On hearing these words of mine,
Bhua replied with a heavy heart," Son, if one
had died,I could be patient; my whole family is dead!Your aunt who once owned
property worth crores has now lost everything and has become worthless,”
“I couldn't get what you said, Bhua?”
“Listen then to your Bhua's grief! ... When I got
maried, your uncle was a senior officer in the tehsil. He shifted to the city
and the property he had purchased at that time was in crores.
Alcohol was consumed profusely in the house. I
remonstrated and implored him not to drink
but all in vain ! Heavy and prolonged consumption of
alcohol led to his death, The eldest son got his job. He married a government
servant. He also took to drinking and passed away.” Bhua was
crying while natrating her tales of woe. I was
listening. I was also very sad.
"Then Bhua?”
“Then what, the bride turned out to be wise. She had two sons. Her parents insisted
her to leave her in-laws’ house and stay with them
but she just said that she would stay where she got married for the rest of her
life. She was then married to the younger son. She would take care of her sons
and of me. The younger son worked as an electrician". Bhua kept "Well
... then? "
"This son also became addicted to drugs. He had lost his father and his friends were
unemployed and vicious. Karmi, my daughter-in-law was wise. Used to say, "Leave the job and let's get settled abroad. At least we will get rid of drugs”. Seeing the ruined house, I liked what my daughter-in-law said.
Considering the unfortunate sot wise, I had
transferred my property in this son's name, He sold
the whole property for a knockdown
price, Then the daughter-in-law passed the test
needed to go abroad, The visa arrived, The money left at home was spent on
going abroad,All of them including my two grandsons and my youngest son, Jassi
shifted to Canada... all lived well and ate well there, The daughter -in-law
would often call up and say, "Other drugs are not available
here, however Jassi does not refrain from consuming
alcohol, He has quitted his job. Has even started beating.”.......Foreigner
Jassi also got ruined and died due to alcchol,"Bhua, you are very
courageous.A mountain of disasters has crashed upon you!"
“Son ,this is nothing new! Listen, what else I have
got to say....... Now I'm staying with my third son, Manjit. He was working at
the Department of Revenue on contract basis.He turned out to be even worse than
the dead. His wife, Jecti also teaches in a nearby private school. He started
eaming money through fraudulent means. Spent time in
the company of senior officers. He started living a luxurious life in big
hotels. He stayed out of house for several days and did not even give a penny
to his family. My daughter-in-law is making both ends meet and feeds me also
with her salary.
My daughter-in-law tries a lot to stop him! Gets
beaten up and becomes helpless! It has come to my knowledge that Manjit has
been fired from his job by his department. From alcohol, he has got addicted to
smack. In the bad company of his worthless friends, he has become homeless for
many months. His vicious friends took full advantage of his addiction!"
“How come, Bhua? “I said sorrowfully. “Just don't
ask.He had even sold this house to his
cunning drug addict friends. They had
come to take possession of this house.
Came to know after going through the
papers. This rogue made your Bhua visit
the police station quite often." "What
kind
of a son is he when he could not
safeguard even your honour? "This wards
came out of me in a fit of sorrow.
"This Jeeti sold her jewellery! Saved
the house again after paying the price for
this house! Says, "This is the house of
my mother like mother-in-law". No matter
even if T have to live a hellish life here, I will
die in this house! Once the owner of crores of assets,now I have become
homeless due to the heinous deeds of my bibulous sons! What family? My
daughters-in-law are better than these sort of bibulous sons! At least they are
safeguarding the honour of this house!
Bhua was crying. It just seemed to me that at this
disastrous time when a mountain of sorrows was given to her by his heinous
sons, the daughters-in-law were like God to her! A year later,;when Bhua‘s
phone rang I was frightened that it might be the message of the death of her
addicted son,Everything was fine; Bhua talked for a long time. She said,
"... Your drug-addict son-in-law has
returned! God bless Gurdit Singh who came to us in
the form of God! When no one gave food to the addict who had left his home,
..Gurdit Singh who saved my son from the clutches of death and left him here,
was saying that he had no son of his own ...Considering him his own son, at first,
he
got him admitted at the de-addiction centre for two
or three months. Then made him work in the fields. Counselled him day and night
to set his mind at ease. He also became his true friend and sympathizer, This
Manjit works tirelessly in the fields day and night. The son's remorse that led
to
repentance for giving grief to his mother and making
his wife shed tears made the home-coming possible! Says Sardar Gurdit Singh
"... Your lion son will work as usual in the fields... get monthly salary
also... Now don't trouble yourself anymore; calm down and set your heart to
work... Your
son has improved! Your daughter-in-law is also
overwhelmed with bliss. Now you can move around and say that if a person is
remorseful and repents for his mistakes, he should be forgiven and not
considered a culprit anymore."
Bhua's long-winded talk was constantly responded to
by me. The sorrowful heart heaved a sigh of relief. My last words were- “Your
Manjit has won the battle of his mind. Your daughters-in-law are, indeed,better
than your unfilial sons but this unfilial son of yours has transformed into a
filial son. -Dr. Paramjit Singh Kalsi (Story
writer)After listening to the story in their respective groups, all the groups
will narrate their interactions as follows :
Q.1. Suppose you were at Bhua’'s place, would you
accept Manjit back at home again?Answer in about 30 words.
Q.2. How many deaths occurred in the story and what
were the main causes? (Write in 1-2
lines)
Q.3. From the story, write/tell the names of the characters/parties
who were drug addicts and the ones who tried to stop drug addiction.
Q.4. Write the name of one of the reformed characters in the story that you want to be like.Justify, why do you want to be like him ?
The three groups that the class was divided into
will assume that the first group is related to the character of Bhua / daughter
-in-law of the story, the second group is related to the drug addict father-son
and the third group is related to the character of Gurdit Singh in the story. The
following
questions will be answered on the basis of their
good and bad deeds after conducting a conversational activity in the form of
debate.
Q.1, What were the main drugs in the story?
Q.2. Why were there deaths in the story?
Q.3. Did the vicious friends of Manjit have a good
effect or a bad effect on him in the story? On the basis of the story, justify
your answer with just one argument .
Q. 4. Match the following correctly based on the
subject of the story:
Akohol Bad company
Bbua Social reformer
I (character) Disaster
Friend One who understands one's own pain
Q.5. Describe in your own words an incident related
to a social evil similar to the story and describe your suggestions for
overcoming that evil in about 100 wards.
After performing the above activities on the basis
of the analysis of the story, ‘Daughters-in-law are Better Than Unfilial Sons’,
the students will fill in the blanks of the following worksheet in their own
words in such a way that they can become honest human beings and eradicate
drugs from the society.
Bhua was sad because of................ Therefore,
there were ................. deaths in her house. The
sons had staked all the property of the house. Even
the daughters-in-law of the house also ...............due to these drug
addicts. No one wants a member of his family to be ................. We should
protect children from ................. company,
because in the story too, the drunken and vicious friends made their own friend
a drug addict and ruined his house. In our society also, the relationship
between ................. should be as cooperative
as the relationship between Bhua and her daughters-
in-law in the story. I will become like the
character, Gurdit Singh of this story because he did sovossserseovoree itt the
story. Following the advice of the elders, Manjit overcame .................
and gave
up drugs. This story inspires us to
................. I will always perform .............. in my life.
The role of the teacher in the above activities will
be positive. The teacher will be a guide. With the active role of the students,
through the exemplary events of this story, motivation will be given to
stay away from drugs by observing the melodic
effects of drugs and appreciate every relation by understanding the importance
of social relationships. In the story, the cause of Bhua's plight is the use
of drugs in her family. Her husband and her son die
due to drugs. Wealth at home turns into poverty.The evil of drug addiction by a
member of the family causes the plight of the whole family. The
daughters-in-law remain steadfast and virtuous and make theit home a paradise.
Gurdit Singh, one of
the characters of the story represents those people
who perform selfless work to eradicate social evils and aim at reforming the
society. It is hoped that our promising students will also be aware of this
social evil and play a meaningful role in the society.
