"Are you sad,that India WON over Pakistan in the T2O?
This was the question I have been facing since India has won the International Trophy..!
Granted,there are some people-Muslims AND Non-muslims - who are sad about it-reasons known only to them.About 5% of the Muslims-all over India,take the side of Pakistan.But,what about the other 95%-who are all "INDIAN" from head to toe?This question made me think- How many people out there are facing the same thing in 'OUR' country?
My cousin,who loves to join us at Hyderabad at the tiniest chance he could get,was travelling when an eve-teaser was teasing a girl,with the girl ending up crying.This ended up with the whole bus being directed to the Local Police Station with the comolaint against the culprit.
Turns out he is a Muslim..!
Reaction from the Police Department-
"ye saare musalman aise hi hai."
saare musalman?!?My cousin was shocked.He couldn't say a word..!
How a person behaves in public and how a person behaves with a lady-depends entirely upon his upbringing and the environment he was brought up in.
Can anyone say with a sure-shot confidence that only muslims are the eve-teasers and mischief makers?
Eve-teasers and mischief makers are found everywhere,irrespective of their caste,creed and religion,respective of their environment and upbringing.
India 'was' known to be a country following "Unity in Diversity",but today the situation is completely opposite.Infact,you could say its "Diversity in Unity" now.
You can see that when you go to states like Karnataka,Tamilnadu,Mumbai, and Delhi.
When you go to Karnataka and Tamilnadu- the hostile behaviour you face from the localites make you rethink,if you are standing on a foreign land.Thay are not ready to accept people other than from their state.Known for their academic excellence,these places make any Indian non-localite feel 'unwanted'.
And people from the places-Mumbai and Delhi- refer every South Indian as 'madrasi',even if they are not.
The movie "CHAK DE INDIA" has showcased some of the scenes beautifully.
One-where a girl from Andhra Pradesh gives her introduction and is brushed away by the clerk as a 'madrasi'.When the girl tries to correct him-saying that she is a Telugu girl.The clerk asks her sarcastically-is there any difference?
And the girl answers correctly,
"utna hi jitna Kashmir aur Kanyakumari mein hain...!"
The second scene where two of the girls from the State of Mizoram give their introduction and are invited by the clerk as 'mehmaan' to our country.
When the girls stares at him,he asks-
"kya hua?kya aap log khush nahin hai?"
And the girls answer him back-
"koi apne desh mein mehmaan bankar kaise khush reh sakta hai?!"
Wow! Yeah right..! Who could be happy when you are being categorised and disowned in one phase of life or the other?
Thankfully,there are still people out ther who celebrate Christmas,Diwali,Eid,and many other festivals alike.And hopefully,this continues,subsiding the irrelevent and irrational differences that are arising in some people too self-absorbed with their high-handedness about themselves,their religion and their region.
But,one thing I have decided I would do, and I think everyone should do-when being literally categorised and disowned, is to stand up to myself. Just because I am a muslim, no one has the right to say something against- me being an Indian- and antagonise me.
I would definitely bark at them-
I WAS BORN AN INDIAN
I AM AN INDIAN AND WILL ALWAYS BE.....NO MATTER WHAT...!
AND I AM PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN...!
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A/N: Most of you may not understand what some of the sentences above mean.So....
Koi apne desh mein mehmaan bankar kaise khush reh sakta hai?- How could a person be happy when they are treated like guests in their own country?
kya hua kya aap log khush nahin hain?- what happened?aren't you people happy?
musalmaan- muslim
utna hi jitna kashmir aur kanyakumari mein hain- the same difference as much is the distance between kashmir and kanyakumari.
ye saare musalmaan aise hi hote hain- all the muslims are the same.
madrasi- people from the city madras/chennai



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