How to Tell A Human (Naskar Test) – Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

How to tell a human from ape, when both look the same?

Look for the creature that considers everyone outside their religion a heathen, and everyone outside their culture a heretic – that’s a textbook ape.

Now look for the being that finds the same human spirit in every culture, religion and nation – that right there, is a rare human specimen.

How to tell a human from robot, when both look the same?

Look for the contraption that considers everything outside logic, without value – that’s a lifeless robot.

Look for the soul that knows when to, and when not to, apply logic in life and society – that’s a living human.