If an Indian was beaten up in Australia, let me remind you my friend, many more are beaten up by Indians themselves in 'holier than thou' India. It might go unnoticed in metros, but this phenomenon is as common as grazing cattle in the rural parts.
I remember once seeing a thief get thrashed like an animal, after he was caught stealing in the train. Surprisingly, these 'human threshing machines' even managed to learn about his caste & religion from him and kept insulting him with this new anecdote that they had obtained.
End result: No railway police's involvement.
Action taken: The thief was thrown out of the running train in a desolate jungle. (P.S- I don’t think he survived)
If India has suddenly stood up and noticed the issue, it’s because of our news-hungry media. We just can’t seem to have enough of our self-established supremacy in world-affairs. While we are beaten or abused by anyone and everyone across the globe, in India we enjoy doing the same to our fellow countrymen, and still show respect to anyone with a whitish/pale skin and phoren saaman. Ironical huh! :)
It really felt good to see the people rise up and come forward against this whole issue which affects everyone across the world. But wouldn’t it be great if the Biharis or for that matter anyone being degraded due to the state they belonged to, were treated with some respect.
Cheers to?
I remember once seeing a thief get thrashed like an animal, after he was caught stealing in the train. Surprisingly, these 'human threshing machines' even managed to learn about his caste & religion from him and kept insulting him with this new anecdote that they had obtained.
End result: No railway police's involvement.
Action taken: The thief was thrown out of the running train in a desolate jungle. (P.S- I don’t think he survived)
If India has suddenly stood up and noticed the issue, it’s because of our news-hungry media. We just can’t seem to have enough of our self-established supremacy in world-affairs. While we are beaten or abused by anyone and everyone across the globe, in India we enjoy doing the same to our fellow countrymen, and still show respect to anyone with a whitish/pale skin and phoren saaman. Ironical huh! :)
It really felt good to see the people rise up and come forward against this whole issue which affects everyone across the world. But wouldn’t it be great if the Biharis or for that matter anyone being degraded due to the state they belonged to, were treated with some respect.
Cheers to?
Nice piece darling.... Its your view and I admire it.
ReplyDeleteU must be knowing that...lots of our youngs chaps have dreams to get admission in prestigious foriegn universities... And such incidents can only instil fear and insecurity in them.
Its almost like shattering their dreams... and these reactions by India is no more than a way to express their pain...
As a few lines from movie will sum it up nicely:-
Sapna tuta hain to dil kabi dukhta hai, haan thoda dard hua par chalta hai.