Monday, June 15, 2009

Is RACISM prevalent only outside India??

Again i am back with an old debate topic, enticed by the hype created by media on the recent assault of Indians in Australia.

Why are we fighting against Australian authorities to get an answer for the recent attacks on Indians in Australia?We see Indian media projecting the anguish of the Indians on the recent attacks in Australia.How much is this justified??It is truly a waste of time.

Did we think a minute before that, how safe India is to its own people.It's a very well known fact that in India, there still exists discrimination across the nation based on caste,religion,sex and color.

Why Indian authorities are not questioned when Indians witness humiliation in their own motherland.Media and public are appalled on the recent attacks on India and trying to denounce the attack.

It is indeed misfortune to have a media which just focuses on the welfare of Indians outside India.
We all know, how people are ill treated in most part of the nation based on their state,caste,income etc..For instance, any north eastern Indian is addressed as chinkies in any other part of India, resulting in making them feel as though they belong to outside India.
They would be ridiculed to such an extent that, they start rethinking to come out of their state for higher education or career.
Any REC is the top notch institution, yet why students of many parts of India are hesitant to join Bihar REC.Media should start investigating on the safety concerns in Indian educational institutions and bring them to light.

We proudly project to the outside world that, India is a multilingual country.Only we Indians know the real harassment and humiliation an Indian undergoes in his own motherland.Still, it is never brought to light and addressed, because this will not make the media more popular.

Moreover, coming back to the attacks on Indians in Australia,the facts on the assault are revealing that, it is not because of racial discrimination; it is an attack by lower class mass for money.
Media is diverting the issue and discussing something which is immaterial, forgetting the fact that India is no better.

We should not forget that for India to become a super power not only the country's economy contributes, but also every individuals mind should be revived and a feeling of equality should be germinated which would make India more safe and united.

1 comment:

Mak said...

hmmm...interesting article...agree wid u that a lot of discrimination exists in india...in fact i wud say we are more racist than aussies!! a lot of africans come to study in indian universities, and r subjected to a lot of ridicule n harassment. i wont call it anything short of racism! of course we never get to see these in the media.
but then 14 attacks on indians in almost as many days, in a foreign land, is disturbing indeed, n i dont see any problem in the media highlighting that. at least some, if not all, of those attacks hav got to b racist. i mean u dont just attack an indian everyday just for money, irrespective of what the Oz authorities say.