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V.Balasubramani
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Jay Kay Ji,
I don't want to drag this thread further. But the fact remains that I don’t support people of East, West, North or South. I just sincerely go by the following verses of Kaniyan Poongundranar, an ancient Tamil Poet:
கணியன் பூங்குன்றனாரின் :
யாதும் ஊரே யாவரும் கேளீர்
And
‘Vasudev Kutumbagam’ which is what actually inscribed in a stone at India's Parliament house!
Meaning: This is my own and that a stranger – that is the calculation of the narrow minded
For the magnanimous hearts however, the entire earth is but a family –
ancient Sanskrit shloka
As for practicing racism, by west, I would like to draw your attention to the fact of racism practiced in our motherland.
Just for a sample, please go through this following news item:
"Let's stop pretending there's no racism in India"
By Yengkhom Jilangamba
INSENSITIVE MAINLAND: Students from the north-east protesting instances of discrimination. Photo: V.V. Krishnan
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Most Indians think racism exists only in the West and see themselves as victims. It's time they examined their own attitudes towards people from the country's North-East
The mysterious death of Loitam Richard in Bangalore, the murder of Ramchanphy Hongray in New Delhi, the suicide by Dana Sangma and other such incidents serve as reminders of the insecure conditions under which people, particularly the young, from the north-east of India have to live with in the metros of this country. What these deaths have in common is that the three individuals were all from a certain part of the country, had a “particular” physical appearance, and were seen as outsiders in the places they died. These incidents have been read as a symptom of the pervasive racial discrimination that people from the region face in metropolitan India.
An institutionalised form
Quite expectedly, such an assertion about the existence of racism in India will not be taken seriously; the response will be to either remain silent or refuse to acknowledge this form of racism or, fiercely, to reject it. Ironically, most Indians see racism as a phenomenon that exists in other countries, particularly in the West, and without fail, see themselves as victims. They do not see themselves harbouring (potentially) racist attitudes and behaviour towards others whom they see as inferior.
But time and again, various groups of people, particularly from the north-east have experienced forms of racial discrimination and highlighted the practice of racism in India. In fact, institutionalised racism has been as much on the rise as cases of everyday racism in society.
Read more at: Let's stop pretending there's no racism in India - The Hindu
One cannot simply escape under the pretext that this news is out dated.. There are umpteen numbers of such atrocities happening now and then.
Truth is always bitter.
So, let us try to set our house in order first.
Cheers
I don't want to drag this thread further. But the fact remains that I don’t support people of East, West, North or South. I just sincerely go by the following verses of Kaniyan Poongundranar, an ancient Tamil Poet:
கணியன் பூங்குன்றனாரின் :
யாதும் ஊரே யாவரும் கேளீர்
And
‘Vasudev Kutumbagam’ which is what actually inscribed in a stone at India's Parliament house!
Meaning: This is my own and that a stranger – that is the calculation of the narrow minded
For the magnanimous hearts however, the entire earth is but a family –
ancient Sanskrit shloka
As for practicing racism, by west, I would like to draw your attention to the fact of racism practiced in our motherland.
Just for a sample, please go through this following news item:
"Let's stop pretending there's no racism in India"
By Yengkhom Jilangamba
INSENSITIVE MAINLAND: Students from the north-east protesting instances of discrimination. Photo: V.V. Krishnan
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Most Indians think racism exists only in the West and see themselves as victims. It's time they examined their own attitudes towards people from the country's North-East
The mysterious death of Loitam Richard in Bangalore, the murder of Ramchanphy Hongray in New Delhi, the suicide by Dana Sangma and other such incidents serve as reminders of the insecure conditions under which people, particularly the young, from the north-east of India have to live with in the metros of this country. What these deaths have in common is that the three individuals were all from a certain part of the country, had a “particular” physical appearance, and were seen as outsiders in the places they died. These incidents have been read as a symptom of the pervasive racial discrimination that people from the region face in metropolitan India.
An institutionalised form
Quite expectedly, such an assertion about the existence of racism in India will not be taken seriously; the response will be to either remain silent or refuse to acknowledge this form of racism or, fiercely, to reject it. Ironically, most Indians see racism as a phenomenon that exists in other countries, particularly in the West, and without fail, see themselves as victims. They do not see themselves harbouring (potentially) racist attitudes and behaviour towards others whom they see as inferior.
But time and again, various groups of people, particularly from the north-east have experienced forms of racial discrimination and highlighted the practice of racism in India. In fact, institutionalised racism has been as much on the rise as cases of everyday racism in society.
Read more at: Let's stop pretending there's no racism in India - The Hindu
One cannot simply escape under the pretext that this news is out dated.. There are umpteen numbers of such atrocities happening now and then.
Truth is always bitter.
So, let us try to set our house in order first.
Cheers
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