Fear… Fear may take many shades. Since the time immemorial, man has been afraid of many things and phenomenon. Even after acquiring this huge knowledge there is no quantitative or qualitative change in that fear. Only the subjects of the fears have changed. What I believe, the source fear is unknown and uncertainties. Entire life of man goes for making things certain… or at least making the impact of uncertain events certain. The enterprise of making fear of unknown vanish is really big today, as can be seen from the growth of insurance sector. Still we have totally failed to negate that. I mean no one can get insurance for the risk of a failed career, or for loss of honor. Further insurance is not more than a compensatory mechanism. Ultimately even today’s man is as helpless in fighting the fear as the cavemen used to be. Fear, I feel, also originates out of our desires… coz we believe that these desires no matter how small they may be… needs to be fulfilled. We desire and they become so important for us that we do not want to see a future in which they remain unfulfilled. It may sound like a pessimist but entire life of man is a battle trying to win the situations which may lead to the birth of fear and the end result of battle is defeat. But one thing is also very interested with this fear… no single fear is permanent. Once we face a situation about which we feared we come into a real battle ground and fear is no more. This also exhibits my concern, just for the uncertainty… not a concern for the real battle. Or not?
