The right to be heard may be a hot topic today but this all pervasive reality of life has sadly not got the deserved attention by just about every arm of the society that we live in.
Imagine you are in a room full of say 50 odd people and you all are there to discuss the ways and means of lowering the increasing incidents of school children getting hurt in road accidents that sometimes even leads to their unfortunate death. And that you are the only one present there who is an expert on traffic, and management of school buses and vehicles in particular. Now, this situation may seem to be god given for many lay onlookers or readers. But in reality this may work against the need, since you are in the minority it is likely that no one would give any serious heed to what you want to say.
Interested readers, who want to know more about this subject, can buy news articles from any of the media sources - online, print and electronic The right to be heard is a necessity whose immense importance to the vibrant, wholesome and overall growth to our everyday life needs not be emphasized at all. Not surprisingly then, since very ancient times, all societies have got in place unfailingly the right to be heard as one of the fundamental rights of any individual across age, sex, religion, caste, creed, colour, etc.
No society can progress, prosper and grow without the implementation of the right to be heard at all levels
The problem here is not that there is no provision in the legal framework or the constitution of various countries. The issue is that, more often than not the right to be heard is denied to most people and often this blatant violation happens even without the person responsible for it not even realizing that such an unfortunate thing is happening.
The problem here is not that there is no provision in the legal framework or the constitution of various countries. The issue is that, more often than not the right to be heard is denied to most people and often this blatant violation happens even without the person responsible for it not even realizing that such an unfortunate thing is happening.
The option of buying content from any of the appropriate media relating to this socio-legal subject is also very much open to keenly interested readers. For instance, retailing and shopping for goods and services has been around practically in all societies across the globe since the age of barter trade. But it was as late as the early sixties that something began to be done about the protection of consumers. It would be difficult for most of us to believe that till 1962 there was no provision for the buyer to register complaints and grievances, query, get feedback or clarification that he or she may have on the products or services that he availed even the countries like the USA.
The late US President J.F. Kennedy realizing this basic shortcoming introduced a consumer’s Right to be Heard provision. The situation in the various other nations is no different either. In fact, alarmingly enough, even today many of the consumer complaints do not get the desired answers and solutions that they so justifiably require. All that happens is a heavy and often aggressive exchange of mails in various consumer forums that are online.
Even at the individual level, spouses need to grant the right to be heard to their kids. Children need to be heard by their parent’s patiently and vice versa. Teenagers, in particular need to b e heard and listened to carefully and here the younger lot also would do well to, for a change, try and ponder over why not just their parents and teachers but all adults seem upset with them all the time. The poor and the needy especially ought to be extended the privilege of right to be heard. It may seem a dry story, but the possibility of buying images relating to it from the umpteen media sources mentioned above very much exist.
Give heed to the right to be heard need.
