Over several decades, science has grown tremendously with a meticulous development in the field of medicine, invention, innovation, and lifestyle. Yet the level of social attitude towards one another stands unchanged. Many kings and great personalities have come and gone, leaving either an incredible impact or no effect on the general masses. The disease and the discrimination against the diseased have remained the same over the years. In certain contexts, it has grown multifold and without any sympathy for the sufferer.
There have been serious attempts to downcast the sufferer of HIV/AlDS taking the disease to be cursed from God. A wedge has been drawn among the societies and people of distinct religious faiths in terms of acceptance of an individual’s health condition to be just a common error. Most of the people take the sufferers as a sinner in the eyes of the Lord. In the ancient era, severe punishments were imposed upon the sufferer of such diseases. Moreover, the early 20th century showed the unbending attitude of society towards the sufferer and his kinship on getting affected with the disease.
The question of who is to blame and who doesn’t holds little relevance in this matter. The question that rises profoundly is that what should be done against such mindsets and personification? Many had passed their suggestive ideas by making remarks on how it was ill of an individual to contract with such a disease in the first place. No one actually sees HIV/AIDS as a viral disease caused by the mishandling of blood products and accessories. The gravity of the subject is amplified by the blame game where the women in the society are mostly held responsible for contracting HIV/AIDS to anyone in the family.
A women’s role has been predefined from the Vedic times, leaving almost no space for newly conceived ideas and practices of modernity. However, with the advent of globalization, much has changed across the world particularly in India. But given the vast majority of the citizens are either uneducated or educationally backward don’t take HIV/AIDS as a medical condition. Children and women have been known to suffer the most among victims of HIV/AIDS. Nonetheless, the consequences of the dreadful condition leave the same mark on all people irrespective of gender or race.
Now, the time has come to address the issue and stop the objectification of men, women and children for having a deadly condition associated with their lifestyle. A hand of support must be raised not to choke others’ breath but to guide in time of need. The medical condition pertaining to deterioration of health should be taken seriously and care should be provided at a community level to safeguard the interest of the sufferer.
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