Thursday 28 April 2011

RACISM IN TIMES OF COSMOPOLITAN CULTURE.

MY SECOND DAY OF BLOGGING......THOUGH IT SEEMS NOBODY READ MY FIRST POST.....I ALMOST FORCED ONE OF MY FRIENDS TO READ IT....SO WHAT TO WRITE TODAY....WELL LETS BEGIN BY TALKING ABOUT A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE....IT WAS THE TIME  WHEN PREPERATIONS FOR THE FORTHCOMING UNIVERSITY WEEK WAS GOING ON IN FULL SWING....EVERYBODY WAS DOING SOMETHING OR THE OTHER...I WAS RELUCTANTLY IN THE MARCHPAST TEAM....IT WAS ON THE 3RD OR 4TH DAY OF THE PRACTICE...AFTER DOING ROUND OF PRACTICE...A SMALL BREAK WAS GIVEN....ONE GUY SAID I AM HUNGRY...ANOTHER SAID SO EARLY ITS ONLY 7,THE FOOD IS SERVED AT 9...HE CONTINUED...YOU TRIBAL  PEOPLE ARE SO HUNGRY ALL THE TIME....ONE MORE GUY JOINED IN AND STARTED LAUGHING......THEIR ABUSE WENT ON FROM TRIBAL COMMUNITY TO ANOTHER..... I BELONG TO MISHING TRIBE,THOUGH THE ABUSERS WERE NOT AWARE OF IT...ALL WERE ENJOYING IT WITHOUT A SENSE OF REGRET. I WAS STANDING THERE IN UTTER SHOCK AND DISBELIEF....HOW CAN ANYONE SAY SUCH A THING??....I WAS REALLY HURT....I MEAN WHAT THE HECK...WHAT HAS HUNGER TO DO WITH YOUR TRIBE OR CASTE.....THIS SHOWS THAT OUR SOCIETY IS STILL IN THE PRE-HUMAN STAGE OF THINKING.....I WAS VERY ANGRY.....BUTTT WHAT WAS I SUPPOSE TO DO.....STARTING A FIGHT WILL BE OF NO USE.....I REPORTED TO THE AUTHORITY BUT IT SEEMS THEY HAVE MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES TO TACKLE SUCH AS STUDENTS BUNKING CLASS..........................RIGHT FROM MY SCHOOL DAYS, I NEVER FACED SUCH A SITUATION.....WELL IN UNIVERSITY U R BOUND TO MEET DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS....BUT DIFFERENT IN THIS WAY WAS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED........WHEN SUCH A MINDSET IS PREVELANT AMONG STUDENTS....HOW CAN U EXPECT FOR A BETTER WORLD IN THE FUTURE.............................WE COMPAIN ABOUT INDIANS BEING ABUSED IN AUSTRALIA,US,UK........WHEN WE OURSELVES CAN'T LIVE IN UNITY...NO WONDER OUTSIDERS WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.....SAY NO TO RACISM OF ANY KIND......MY STORY IS JUST A MINOR ONE....BUT THERE ARE MANY WHO FACE SUCH SITUATIONS.......FOR INSTANCE THE INFAMOUS THAPA SISTERS CASE IN MTV'S POPULAR REALITY SHOW "SPLITSVILLA".....WHERE THE SISTERS GOT VIOLENT BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONTESTENTS SAID UNFAIR THINGS ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY............THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY.....TIRED.............GUDNIGHT TO ALL.............

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