Once, quite some time back now, a person from West accused me of being a racist and the reason for it was that I had aired my opinion about a certain set of regional channels. Now lemme re-phrase the above sentence. Once, quite some time back now, a 'firang' accused me of being a racist and the reason for it was that I had aired my opinion about a certain set of regional channels. I bet, u can actually picture the person in question better now (sad as might be). I was just being racist here, wasnt I, now?!
In a country such as ours, with such diverse cultures, creed and class, racism is inevitable, no matter how much its condemnable. This, for one thing, is for no other fact but for the ease of identification.
Take me for an example, I belong from a particular community and I have used a particular term very very recently to explain the same fact to a darling buddy of mine. If I am an A, I am an A. If a B, a B and the list goes on. Why the taboo with the usage?
People in a lot of countries have been driven to the state of paranoia before mentioning anyone or anything of ‘color’. We, on the other hand, have a much more complex system of differentiation. All men and women, for that matter, are not equal. That’s the hard and bitter truth. Innumerable coats of sugar are not gonna change the fact. Now that thats's established, lets focus on the taboo part, shall we?!
I, believe, myself to be a neutral, open-minded person; but I, too, have been guilty of the same classification. Such a behavior can be eradicated only if the belief is inculcated in each and everyone’s mind that every human is equal. But there lies the quandary – the same is not true. How can you make everyone believe in something which is not true, in itself? Looks like a pretty hard task to me.
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