06 February,2019 06:00 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
All Pic courtesy/ Facebook/ Nihilanand
Raphael Samuel, 27, a Mumbai resident is planning to sue his parents for giving birth to him without his consent. Samuel is a believer of âAnti-Natalism' which associates a negative value to birth. Antinatalists are the people that argue procreation should be stopped as it is morally bad.
He went on to state, "I want to tell all Indian kids that they don't owe their parents anything. I love my parents, and we have a great relationship, but they had me for their joy and their pleasure. My life has been amazing, but I don't see why I should put another life through the rigmarole of school and finding a career, especially when they didn't ask to exist."
ALSO READ
Ajit Pawar-led NCP to contest MLC election from Mumbai Teachers constituency
Shiv Sena's Shivaji Shendge to contest polls from Mumbai Teachers' constituency
Mid-Day Top News: Maharashtra assembly polls likely only after Diwali and more
Special | Maharashtra assembly elections: Who’s the real NCP in Mumbra-Kalwa?
Maharashtra assembly elections: Want unity, not CM post, says Uddhav Thackeray
According to The Print, Samuel is part of a tribe of 'child-free' proponents - who sometimes also identify themselves as Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEM) activists, who believe children without their consent should not be brought into the world. They have their own social media pages and some of them have received great attention. Samuel's anti-natalist page on Facebook has nearly 400 followers.
Also Read: Mumbai Crime: 20-year-old attacks parents with hammer, knife in their sleep
Anti-natalists do not have a negative disposition towards children or life, but if a child has not agreed to be born or given consent to its birth and to be subject to life's difficulties, one doesn't have the right to give birth to it. "Other Indian people must know that it is an option not to have children, and to ask your parents for an explanation as to why they gave birth to you," Samuel went on to add.
Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates
The article has been sourced from third-party source and Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. All information provided on this article is for informational purposes only.
