Merrin Antony and Dr.Samundeeswari, M (2024) SUFFERING: AN OUTCOME OF RELIGIO-POLITICAL STORIES IN HISTORY. SUFFERING: AN OUTCOME OF RELIGIO-POLITICAL STORIES IN HISTORY, 13 (1). pp. 41-43. ISSN 2319-829X

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Abstract

Humans, collectively as a species, have evolved through stories. Storytelling which began with the
history of myths have now ended up in fictionally legalized stories such as religion, politics,
economics, courts, prisons, trade, stock markets etc. Stories lay undistinguished from reality as humans
live in the hyperreal world. We have lost reality in exchange for fiction. Though stories have given
rise to innovation and technology, they have also become the root cause of most of our sufferings,
since the dawn of Homo sapiens. Before the evolution of Homo sapiens, all other species lived,
suffered and died in reality. Now we live most of the time in stories, suffer and die in reality. Suffering
is inevitable in order to survive, irrespective of all species but suffering for the sake of something that
does not really exist is surprising and dangerous. Religion and Politics, being the breeding ground for
stories set up the stage for humans to involve in something that does not exist in tangible reality yet
will allow them to suffer and sometimes even die in reality. Suffering, here, becomes a choice and is
avoidable if the stories are replaced with stories that propagate peace.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Fiction, Reality, LGBTQ, Storyteller, Suffering, Religion
Divisions: PSG College of Arts and Science > Department of English
Depositing User: Mr Team Mosys
Date Deposited: 09 May 2024 07:11
Last Modified: 09 May 2024 07:11
URI: http://ir.psgcas.ac.in/id/eprint/2151

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