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Follow your conscience

C. Arvind Athreya appeals to his fellow students to be better human beings


With increasing crime rates, pistols are found in the hands of student’s too! This is the state of the world today. There is no end to atrocities carried out by man. Bribery, terrorism and corruption have become an integral part of our life. Wh at has made man so barbaric? Let’s just look in retrospect at the difference in the living standards. Men in earlier times strove to live a righteous life. Man’s belief in the existence of a supreme power and the fear that the perpetrators of crime pay heavily stopped him from going wrong. But today man questions the very existence of this supreme power. Then how would the fear of punishment arise in him?

The world definitely has witnessed many disasters due to evil-thinking humans, but at the same time it also stands testimony to many humane deeds of several individuals who have exemplified true humanity. This is because there is a conscience within us, which always guides us along the right path. Whether we believe in the Almighty or not is our choice, but listening to our conscience is a must. We, the student community constitute the future. I earnestly appeal to all my fellow students to follow the right path. Friends, let’s be sensitive to our surroundings.If all of us grow up into excellent human beings, won’t the world be a wonderful place?

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