Yeah it’s a shame, we feel outraged and naked at what’s happening to our countrymen down under. The television and the Newspapers are filled with stories on the brutal attacks on the student community. It is a matter of concern, these are times for all of us to come together as a Nation and condemn these dastardly acts whether the attacks were racist or not.
When the Tamil Diaspora protested the atrocities by the Sri Lankan Forces the rest of the PIO (People of Indian Origin) went about the daily routine. The Gujjus and the Panju’s have their own associations the Bunts and the Bengali’s are poles apart. So when and where do we unite as Indians?
It is a nice feeling when we talk about the diversity and the multi ethnic / lingual country of ours, if we scratch the surface I wonder if it is still NICE. This is precisely the problem, our own hypocrisy.
Lets look at our own back yard and do a quick realty check, the Shiv Sainiks do not want the North Indians in Mumbai; the Kannadigas don’t want the Tamils in Karnataka, the Pundits are refugees, worse is when we step into magical Goa, the average goan doesn’t want the ‘Indians’. Each one has something against the other, fundamentally is there a problem “with us” or “them” who ever that might be.
The only commonality most often (NOT ALWAYS) is the color of our skinJ. I mean if I am a Malayalee or an Assamese I would look out for Malayalee or an Assamese to hangout with. There’s nothing wrong in it. We may speak our own tongue share a common culture music and food. This is exactly where the trouble brews too.
We are too comfortable in our comfort zones that most often a large majority of us fail unintentionally to integrate with the ‘locals’. As the world gets smaller we need to take that extra step forward to bridge the gap and learn to adapt and integrate in our very own India and in every country that we accept as our own.
Cheers to Life, Mate.
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