bhaskar saikia

“Great men neither judge people nor let other people’s judgment affect them; whereas, a common man pays too much attention to people’s judgment and depending upon act as a judge or a victim.” – Bhaskar Saikia

Over the years, these words have aged like truth—they haven’t changed, but our understanding of them has.

The Subtle Trap of Judgment

Most people move through life constantly measuring, comparing, evaluating—who said what, who thinks what, who approves, who disapproves. We build entire decisions, entire identities, around the gaze of others.

And in doing so, we unknowingly turn ourselves into either judges or victims.

A judge—when we look at others through the narrow lens of our own insecurities.

A victim—when we allow others’ perceptions to shrink us.

Either way, we lose ourselves.

The Freedom of the Great

Great individuals, on the other hand, do something astonishingly simple:
they refuse to participate in this endless cycle of judgment.

They do not judge others because they understand the limits of their own perspective.

They do not allow others’ judgments to disturb their inner balance because they value their own truth more than borrowed opinions.

Such people walk through life like unbothered by the whispers on either side. Not because they are indifferent, but because they are anchored.

The Path We Choose

Every day, we have a choice:
To live as judges, analysing everyone.
To live as victims, paralysed by everyone’s opinions.
Or to live as free individuals—rooted, observant, graceful.

True greatness is not loud. It is not aggressive. It does not demand attention. It simply lives without the burden of judgment—given or received.