I was searching for some article, when an Aamir Khan article caught my attention. He wrote about the caste discrimination prevailing in the society. No doubt he is a good orator and a nice writer but the question that is still stuck in my mind is this really making any change?
I won't comment on anyone but try and make things more clear. Many of us follow the show regularly and like the way Aamir supports causes. We support him too and curse other people who indulge in wrong practices but when we are in the same situation do we even think twice about getting into the same?
Like let's take casteism as an issue, we as kids were always taught we all are one. Infact we used to stand in the school assembly and say it out loud that we are all one but did we ever really mean it then or even now? What happens when your own kid says “I love driving so I want to be driver” or “I love that girl/guy”. Many of our parents don't stand by their kids because they always think about what the society will think.The first thought in their mind is what will others have to say about this? We won't be able to face the society. We are brahimns(because I was taught I belong to brahimn caste), how can our girl or boy marry someone from another caste and casteism doesn’t stop here only, it's all over the society. No offense but why are we having reserved categories? Why are we in the first place differentiating people on the basis of caste, be it SC/ST or General? What's the need? It may be the case that (as our legislature has termed) a person belonging to the “SC/ST” caste is able to earn a respectable salary whereas a person falling in the General category isn’t able to afford two square meals in a day.
But no one really has ever given a thought to it. Everyone is busy in the hustle bustle of their lives.They don't want to make a change and even if someone tries, not many people bother and the fire of change is doused even before it is ignited properly. I know some dubious people who act really concerned, like they understand our perceptions but when the situation is in their hand and they can make use of it, they are complete hypocrites. For example if you ask them that why their son can't marry a girl from some other caste, they start comparing their status with them and will question you how you can survive with a person who has a living standard that doesn't match with yours. You might to no avail argue that inter-caste adjustments are possible.I mean please think hattke.Why can you judge someone on the basis of their caste or religion?
In India we see people are preferred for a job if they are from some so called lower caste. How can people be assigned jobs on the basis of their caste? Every Human being is the same.Why don’t we just learn something from the animals? The dogs have never had this casteism thing even a german shepherd is a dog and a street dog is a dog. Why do we have to divide ourselves? Why not make an effort to think for a second with this perspective that we all are humans. Why not make a change?
Infact I am even not contributing anything much to it, because just wrting up my thoughts here won't make a difference..Even Aamir Khan can’t help much, he will be there on the sets talking to us through T.V or news papers and it will be in our discussions for the next few days and then things would get back to be the same.So the difference can be made when you just sit for a while and think about it. Give it a thought because until unless you don't stop yourself for a while and think, nothing’s going to change.
I won't comment on anyone but try and make things more clear. Many of us follow the show regularly and like the way Aamir supports causes. We support him too and curse other people who indulge in wrong practices but when we are in the same situation do we even think twice about getting into the same?
Like let's take casteism as an issue, we as kids were always taught we all are one. Infact we used to stand in the school assembly and say it out loud that we are all one but did we ever really mean it then or even now? What happens when your own kid says “I love driving so I want to be driver” or “I love that girl/guy”. Many of our parents don't stand by their kids because they always think about what the society will think.The first thought in their mind is what will others have to say about this? We won't be able to face the society. We are brahimns(because I was taught I belong to brahimn caste), how can our girl or boy marry someone from another caste and casteism doesn’t stop here only, it's all over the society. No offense but why are we having reserved categories? Why are we in the first place differentiating people on the basis of caste, be it SC/ST or General? What's the need? It may be the case that (as our legislature has termed) a person belonging to the “SC/ST” caste is able to earn a respectable salary whereas a person falling in the General category isn’t able to afford two square meals in a day.
But no one really has ever given a thought to it. Everyone is busy in the hustle bustle of their lives.They don't want to make a change and even if someone tries, not many people bother and the fire of change is doused even before it is ignited properly. I know some dubious people who act really concerned, like they understand our perceptions but when the situation is in their hand and they can make use of it, they are complete hypocrites. For example if you ask them that why their son can't marry a girl from some other caste, they start comparing their status with them and will question you how you can survive with a person who has a living standard that doesn't match with yours. You might to no avail argue that inter-caste adjustments are possible.I mean please think hattke.Why can you judge someone on the basis of their caste or religion?
In India we see people are preferred for a job if they are from some so called lower caste. How can people be assigned jobs on the basis of their caste? Every Human being is the same.Why don’t we just learn something from the animals? The dogs have never had this casteism thing even a german shepherd is a dog and a street dog is a dog. Why do we have to divide ourselves? Why not make an effort to think for a second with this perspective that we all are humans. Why not make a change?
Infact I am even not contributing anything much to it, because just wrting up my thoughts here won't make a difference..Even Aamir Khan can’t help much, he will be there on the sets talking to us through T.V or news papers and it will be in our discussions for the next few days and then things would get back to be the same.So the difference can be made when you just sit for a while and think about it. Give it a thought because until unless you don't stop yourself for a while and think, nothing’s going to change.
