Publicity Stunt Quotes

“Justice is not a hashtag (The Sonnet)

Using a hashtag doesn't make you an activist,
Social media trend is not herald of social justice.
Justice comes when each lives with accountability,
Not when you play pretend justice because it is trendy.
A true activist spends their life working for others,
Occasionally they indulge in some self-charging activity.
Insta-activists spend their life drooling for attention,
Humanitarian crisis is just an opportunity for publicity.
Human rights violation is just a hashtag for most,
So they keep up with the trend by voicing phony endorsement.
Once the trend fades 99 percent of those voices disappear,
Until the next crisis comes, and the vultures hover again.
Violation of human rights is only violation if it is trending.
Society that measures social justice by social media trend,
is nothing but a bunch of hypocritical, bottom-licking ding-a-ling.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission

“I may share pictures, meeting people,
But I never share pictures, helping people.
Kindness is reward in itself to be savored,
Kindness with selfie is shallowness despicable.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo

“For privileged egomaniacs, activism is a publicity stunt.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“I don’t do publicity, I never will. My entire body of works thrives despite the absolute absence of publicity. I write in silence, I publish in silence, I continue the struggle in silence - in silence and alone. I don't have an industry to back me up - all I have is my dream - the dream of an undivided world.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Tum Dunya Tek Millet: Greatest Country on Earth is Earth

“90 percent of the world's activists would disappear, if there was no camera to broadcast their publicity stunts.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“If your voice is louder than your service, you are not an activist, you're an actor.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“Do you seek to keep what you desire, or do you desire to be admired for owning it?”
― Eduvie Donald