India, Aug. 10 -- The world tends to ignore most people and their opinions. A global tendency which is hard to correct, especially with leadership being what it is, and isn't, these days.

But closer home, it is we, those who should know better, and those who are in the mainstream, who should value the littlest of persons and their feelings, as well as viewpoints.

Take the case of a toddler, while his parents are watching Netflix, or while they're discussing politics or while they're feeling romantic or while they're arguing. The toddler is largely ignored, along with the family pet, unless one of them creates a ruckus, significant enough to be tackled and doused, in whatever way. The parents concerned think that the toddler's opinion do...