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A Borderless World

by Anantinee Mishra

Whenever we allow our imagination to take reins, we allow ourselves to fantasize. What would it be like, to have a world without barriers? How would that morning be, where the sun shall shine down on one community, rejoicing the absence of the iron shackles that tie us to one faith, one belief, one nationality?

Now, wouldn’t that world be ideal, in every sense of the word? A peaceful co-existence, untouched by perhaps even the four horsemen of the apocalypse; pestilence, war, famine and death. A tranquil life, with our ears and consciences being granted an exemption from hearing the stories about a shooting in a school in USA, or a grenade attack in Kashmir, or a refugee killing spree in Germany or a six-year-old’s death from malnutrition in Somalia?

In such unattainable, yet equally appealing dreams that are seen by one too many, a borderless world would refer to the breaking of the barricades that keep us from the truth that is humanity is above any and every religion, region or race.

Scratch any cynic and you shall find a disappointed idealist. In the bubble of a perfect world, George Carlin’s words are what yank us back to our reality. Idealism is a siren’s call, an ultimate temptress that many have fallen for.

And such a borderless world is a figment of that very idealism, the very pioneer of utopianism.

Such grails look gratifying on a piece of paper and sound immeasurably beautiful as they roll of one’s tongue. They are a safe haven, escapism when the actuality of today’s world becomes unbearable.

Yet, they are also mighty delusions which blur our eyes against the obvious false bravado that surrounds these fantasies, leaving us susceptible to be taken vindictive advantage of.

I shall give my words a rest with the wise words of Ani DiFranco,

When you shall grow up surrounded by willful ignorance, you have to believe that mercy has its own country, and it is round and borderless.

About the Author:

Anantinee ‘JHUMPA’ Mishra is a prodigy author, poet and TED speaker. She is twelve years old studying in std.8th at Apeejay School, Saket, New Delhi.  She has published two books and many stories and articles in magazines and journals. At the age of ten, she published a 21,000 worded anthology of stories called ‘Treasure of Short Stories’. Last year her debut Novel ‘Manhattan to Munnar’ got released. Recently she has been conferred with a title ‘PRODIGY AUTHOR’ and an ‘HONORARY DIPLOMA’ by the Hon’ble Vice President of  India Sh. M Venkaiah Naidu.

One Comment

  1. It is there in Indian classics, the concept of World Family,’Vasudeva Kutumbakum’, and Karl Marx in 19th century predicted that world would be a Family, so your Apprehension is most appropriate. Let us hope the best.