Act for Humanity: No Passing the Buck
The time has come when, for the sustenance of human society on this world, there is a need for an impartial, unbiased, and authoritative global order that would ensure stability and co-operation among countries.
When the entire world was celebrating the “World Humanitarian Day” on 19th August 2025 on the theme ‘Act for Humanity’ and highlighting the sacrifice and dedication of the humanitarian workers, suddenly I was driven in the memory lane to the beautiful experience where my grandfather taught me something amazing to avoid conflict.
Further to this, his advice that one needs to take the first step himself/herself to resolve the crisis rather than expecting the other party truly holds good in the current scenario. Probably this will help us to address most of the conflict happening globally.
“When discontentment can be addressed by the dialogues, why to engage in quarrel and fight with your friend?” A piece of advice from my grandfather while making an attempt to disengage me from a fight with my friend Aru, over a toy.
It was an enraged moment for both of us, as we were feeling our respective perspectives to be right and wanted the other fellow to give up the claim over the toy. So, when grandpa was trying to separate us from the dueling, both of us were trying to outsmart his strength and resume the clash.
Getting no clue how to disengage the two quarreling children, the energetic, wise old man, with his ample strength, held our arms near our shoulders, slightly lifting us from the ground.
The feeling was like losing firmness from the ground, swaying slightly as if suspended between earth and the sky, yet anchored by grandpa’s strength. This action somehow reduced the ferocity of our outrageous temperament, but we had not abandoned the ill feeling for each other.
From that dangling position by hand, persuaded by skirmish temperament, I was squealing in a loud voice, incomprehensible to grandpa. To take control and pacify the situation, he wanted to listen to our stories from us, one by one.
My argument- “Last time when I got a new toy, I let Aru play with the toy first, but this time when he got the toy, he is not allowing me to play with it.”
Aru’s argument- “The deal was about the toys purchased by me, not related to the gifted toys. This toy was gifted to me by my uncle staying abroad, and he gifted it exclusively to me. How can I share this toy?”
After listening to our account, in a sensible, judicious voice, the good old man said, “Okay! Both arguments are valid and justified. But more than the toys, you are neighbors and childhood friends as well, sharing valuable playtime, school time, and many secrets with each other. Do both of you really think that you should give up all those sweet, good memories for this toy, which is going to break within a month?”
“No, I will not allow it to break in any way, I will protect this toy as this has been gifted to me by my uncle!”- immediately responded Aru.
In a stern, confident tone, the wise oldy added, “Then, you are not going to play with it, and end up preserving the toy behind the glass door, right? Because of this toy, neither are you going to enjoy playtime nor happiness from friendship. So, what is your gain from owning the toy?
The categorical analysis of the pros and cons of exclusive ownership of the toy created after-effect analysis within Aru. He paused for a few seconds, then sheepishly offered me his toy. I was hesitant to receive, but Grandpa broke the ice by pushing me towards Aru by saying, “Go play together, grow together, and find reason to stay together. Strength lies in unity, not in divisional ownership or exclusivity.” His wisdom-loaded mediation on that day ceased the agonizing feeling between two childhood friends, and from that day onward, we never quarreled over small, petty things.
The sweet old memories of the past are surfacing in my mind, looking at the current economic-political situation of the world, when major economies are having engaging disputes with their neighbors or with other big economies.
Currently, parties to the conflict are resorting to these disputes as war, in some cases, it is a trade war, fought with the imposition of taxation and restrictions, while in other instances, states are either engaged in cyber warfare to manipulate information and damage critical infrastructures or psychological warfare to demoralize the public of the conflicting state to create tactical pressure. However, at present, the majority of the war is being fought in a conventional manner involving weapons and military advancement.
Irrespective of the adopted war strategies, each war results in the corrosion of peace, harmony, and a significant impact on the natural environment of the world. At this critical juncture in time, when climate change impact is looming high over human society, countries can’t afford to engage in individual battles with each other.
The time has come when, for the sustenance of human society on this world, there is a need for an impartial, unbiased, and authoritative global order that would ensure stability and co-operation among countries.
The international system needs to be based on the principle of global wisdom, human emancipation, along with climate reality and trade factors.
As per the new world regime, disputes between two countries needs to be resolved through strategic dialogues, not through any form of war, because war always leads to depletion of resources and peace leads to promotion of prosperity. And in this regard, an impartial international institute in a new global order with a higher acceptability status can play an effective mediating role between conflicting parties to resolve the crisis and promote world peace.
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