Infinity Journal

INTRODUCTION
As you know well that Francis Bacon(1561-1626), the immortal essayist, wrote many essays viz., Of Love, Of Friendship, Of Ambition, Of Studies, etc. The myriad-minded genius rightly pointed out that all the words of the dictionary can be the themes of essays one can write. But little has been done, in this regard, since his death to finish his unfinished monumental works. In fact Bacon's way of representation i.e., his rare individual style kindled the imagination already in me and encouraged me as well to write essays, in the light of creative writing, thus to get relief through Catharsis.

OF DEPRIVATION



Deprivation means prevention from having normal dues. In other words, when one does

not get his legitimate claim there lies deprivation. It is so powerful that it is omnipresent.

In this world there is none who has not been deprived, at least once, from his genuine

share throughout his life. Deprivation gives birth to dissatisfaction. It causes depression.

Prolonged deprivation gives birth to grief or anger. That’s why a communist is the

embodiment of anger. In fact capitalists gave birth to communists who are deprived

proletariat. A communist possesses the quality, acquired from bitter experience of hard

reality, to speak on deprivation continuously and fight against the bourgeois untiringly.



A deprived soul protests. When a. laborer is deprived , a communist protests and agitates

to stop it. A mother protests when her children are deprived. A poet of nature becomes

melancholy if he is isolated from nature. Thoughts are the food of a philosopher. He

becomes indifferent in absence of thoughts. They say a philosopher always remains

indifferent. Now, if he is deprived from thoughts he will be double indifferent that will

help him to attain normal state of life or his mental condition may be worse more. But

this assumption may not be true. For , no thought is also a thought, likewise no politics is

also a politics or vacant mood is also a mood. Now it seems clear that where there is

deprivation there is protest. It is quite normal. As such we observe agitation, strike, anger,

rebellion , etc. to combat against it. But in one case there is no protest even though it is

happening since time immemorial. We find no communist to agitate to uproot it. It is self

deprivation, the greatest deprivation, that takes place willingly, spontaneously and

untiringly till death of the deprived soul. In self deprivation there is no protest, since a

man enjoys it. His enjoyment allows him to deprive himself. The most striking example

of self deprivation is the case of mother. Mother deprives herself always. For example,

when both mother and children are hungry and if there is the scarcity of food, mother

feeds her children welcoming starvation. Her empty stomach becomes full when her

hungry son takes food. Here, there is no protest from any corner, nor the voice of the

leader is heard to resist it. This deprivation and act of dedication remain unknown to us

since mother does not disclose this fact to the society. Mother nurtures it and thereby

enjoys the pleasure aroused from bitter biting of hunger. Similarly, a poor father is seen

to offer new garments to his children in any festive season thus depriving himself.



Parents enjoy more when their issues are offered any gift instead of offering them. These

phenomena of the parents remain un-illuminated and unknown to us just like some other

events of the world viz., murmur sound of a rivulet coming from an un-trodden hill or

woodland blossom that blossoms and withers away quite unawares or the bird that

twitters and sings in an uninhabited forest or twilight of horizon, in a far off land, that

offers intense heavenly delight or the rainbow that scatters the enchanting seven colors in

the galaxy and kisses the distant ocean.



Thus, a man protests when he is deprived by foreign agency. But in case of self-

deprivation he remains silent. So, other’s crime is a crime, but self crime is not a crime.

Again if a man deprives his children he is ill-famed. Sometimes, a man deprives himself

and does not marry for the sake of his family. But that very man does not allow a third

person to be a lover of his fiancée in case of triangular love. It seems, a man is ready to

sacrifice in full but seldom in part. It is quite peculiar. Libido confirms attention. An

addicted man suffers from libido. A man who has deprived himself from the touch of

lover, it is quiet difficult for him to know the enjoyment offered by a lover. But, to a ]

lover it is difficult to forget the lover and more difficult to forgive his competitor.

Likewise a cannibal tiger is dangerous more than a tiger that has never been a man eater.



A guest is fed much and sometimes beyond the capacity of host either due to shame,

status, hospitality and good feeling as well. Some communities are famous for warm

reception. It may either be by, above mentioned, one cause or a combination of all in

same or different proportion. The best one is that one when it is done from cent percent

good feeling but not depriving the host himself. In fact, it depends on the cultural heritage

of the concerned community.



A pious heart starves till the rituals are observed to worship God. This deprivation

through starvation is enjoyed much by the worshipper. He has the belief that much pain

means much holy and sacred gain as is considered in some religion. Here, sometimes,

expectation of commercial gain defeats the classical one. Deprived of civil right causes

the death in alias of a civilian. Deprived childhood is a curse. It causes utter failure of a

person throughout life. Children are the assets of any nation. So, every nation should take

care so that they are not deprived. A civilized and developed nation considers its children

as well as old citizens as elite class and take care accordingly. The old who built the

nation is respected and the children who will build the nation in future are cared as per

civil rule .A patriot deprives himself and sacrifices his life for the sake of motherland.



On the other hand a shrewd politician exploits and deprives the mass. A politician

deprives different people differently. He squeezes his opponent but fulfills the desire of

his yes-man. It means his partiality and impartiality differ in different cases. He is

partially partial or partially impartial. Again, he is impartially partial and in some cases

he exercises his impartial judgment impartially. In fact he is always vigilant. He is not

indifferent. Rather he shows his difference in attitude in different proportion. All of his

activities are the outcome of pre-calculated decisions.



The most pathetic case happens in case of prostitutes. They are the byproduct

of the civilization. Rapid industrialization and modernization confirmed their production

in abundance. They deprive themselves from having happy family and thus protect the

chastity of the patriarchal society. They are used for so-called welfare but they get

farewell from leading normal life.



A man, between the two, chooses that one which offers more pleasure. A mother gets

more pleasure when her children take her food. So, she deprives herself since it offers

more pleasure and thereby satisfaction.



From psychological perspective deprivation can be explained in the light of pleasure

principle. Every behavior of individual is pleasure oriented. Whatever we do in our life

we want to derive pleasure out of it. If we get pleasure we are satisfied as we have

attained our goal. A mother deprives herself from her basic need viz., food so that she can

feed her child properly. Here the mother is getting masochistic pleasure by inflicting pain

of starvation upon herself. Again, she is deriving pleasure as she utilizes her love and

affection to the child by nurturing with proper care.



When a person deprives another person from his basic need it implies that the individual

is deriving sadistic pleasure by inflicting pain on the other person who is being deprived

from his basic need. Thus everywhere people are guided by pleasure principle as claimed

by Sigmund Freud. In fact pleasure is the treasure of life. Our unconscious Id desires play

vital role in this respect.



Man is survived by his children. So, man gives birth to children. This survival strategy

and struggle for existence through generations are observed both in plant and animal.

Plants remain alive through seeds and men by children. So, transfer of generation is

powerfully omnipresent. A man having no issue considers himself unlucky in

comparison with those who have children and suffers from melancholy.



Man feeds his children to confirm his existence. He does it to serve and satisfy his own

interest and emotion as well. Moreover, he does it remembering that his parents also did

it. It is just like his duty or repay the debt from parents who brought him in this world and

likewise indebted to their ancestors for the same cause. It is just the order of the grand

father, High Command ,the great or pay respect to his sentiment.



When the children grow up and parents become old, there are two types of return in

exchange of their duties ; either the children may look after or they may not look after

their parents. The outcome whether the children will care or not depends on cultural

heritage and influence of environment upon the concerned character. Further, the return

depends fully on the lessen they taught or examples they set. However, the parents at old

age whether will be prized or punished depends on Fate that likes to introduce its

uniqueness as uncertain rather being certain in nature.



So far we have discussed the negative sides of deprivation. But deprivation has its

positive sides too. The children of nuclear family get much attention of their parents.

Such parents give instantly whatever their children demand. As a result they don’t learn

to wait and share with others. Thus they become prodigal, unethical and misguided

missile causing headache to parents and society at large. The children must be cared and

should get the essential commodities. Simultaneously they should not offer everything

whatever or whenever they demand. They must learn to wait. This waiting will teach to

be patient and they will learn the value of a thing. They must know the difference

between hard earning and easy earning.

Deprivation gives birth to capital. As such property is always theft. Rich exploits the poor

and thus be the owner of huge amount of capital. Self deprivation also paves the way to

earn capital. For example, let a poor man earns ten dollar per day. Let, for food he needs

ten dollar. Now for his security and uncertain future he may spend eight dollar , saving

two dollar through self deprivation. Thus self deprivation gives birth to capital. Lord

Buddha was against such self torture caused by starvation. As such, it seems Buddhism is

also against deprivation and thereby capitalism.