The UnTold REALITY...

Some day in February...

"DO YOU THINK SHE WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH US?" 


- That was the question my wife asked me on a late monday morning. Now the question was directed towards a 19 year old girl, whom my wife had just interviewed for employment as a maid for our household.

I know you would laugh at this - but read on, I won't bug you.

The reason behind this question was that the lady was wearing some sort of a religious thread on her wrist and her neck. Considering that we are omnivorous people, and further considering we are living in Gujarat and not in Mumbai or WB; her question was quite valid. 

Anyway, we hired her. A month from then, the maid came to know that my wife's name is Yasmin

- Yesterday, she confessed (i know this is not a correct word), so rather she revealed that she is a muslim!

End of the story.  

I don't know how anyone would justify this incident in his/her logical paradigm, but I am quite shaken and really disturbed with this whole thing. I know you may find I am questioning the obvious oxymoron of the society, but why the hell shall I not? 

Why should a poor girl, who probably knows about her or any other religion as much as she knows about India's approach to foreign relations; wear a symbol of some religion just to get an employment worth hardly Rs. 100 a day? 

And can we even imagine how many people in this free secular nation compromise on their religious/political/sexual identity in some or the other way every day just to live a smooth life? I am not pointing at any religion or a social segment in particular - but don't we ALL "let go" certain things - in an attempt not to create an uncomfortable situation for us or people surrounding us? 

Considering more then 40% people of this country do this kind of an activity - at least once in a week. That makes it about 20,800,000,000 (Two Thousand and Eighty Crores) incidents in a year! 

This is a tight slap on the face of Secularism and Liberalism - which we are so proud of! And obviously, needless to say - WE ALL, no matter which region we stay in, which religion we follow, which language we speak - are responsible for this to a smaller or larger extent. - Everyone of us who has created and is maintaining this society the way it is. 

I request change. I hope we would change. The only way to create a better world is to change ourselves. Each of us must contribute to this. Please accept a human being as a human being and not on any other grounds - or else you wont know on what grounds you will be classified tomorrow. I am putting efforts to make this change happen.



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