The Award

A play. A poor little Taliban boy coming from a poor background, this meets the standards - all those endless rights awards always went to people with wealthy backgrounds, from Gandhi to Malala - there s something bloody wrong worldwide - the idea of a rights awards comes from the western world, something must be wrong with the western world - even Mandela came from a wealthy background of kings - there s something wrong with all those awards - according the French Revolution equality is a human right - all the hailed Native Americans came from wealthy backgrounds, all chiefs and kings - it s everywhere the same - not even in a war the poor get the big awards - as the poor Taliban boy get the rigths award, soldiers from other countries questioned their role and culture, what kind of culture do they defend, a culture that hails the wealthy and gives any important role to the wealthy including the awards (the OECD got it anyway and criticized the procedures, without much change) ? - Salman Rushdie hails and follows people with rights awards, all those people come from wealthy backgrounds - it s something wrong - the poor always are hailed as unknown volunteers at big meetings for countless volunteers - and then a poor Taliban boy, a scandal, gets a human rights award.