The caste prejudice

Our society feels proud to say that there’s caste discrimination among them. Surprised? Attend a family wedding and you’ll be shocked. People are so clever as to hide this attitude from outsiders though. Because, in the civilized society, people consider it quite rude and uncivilized to admit one’s caste hunger in public.

But as far as I have noticed, (and honestly, that isn’t much (so forgive me if I’m wrong (though I’m quite positive that I am not))) this is a line of thought prevailing mostly in India, or more specifically, Indians throughout the world.

I’ve personally met a few people who are so much against inter-caste marriages. But they hold their tongue in common presence; they are careful not to allow others to decide their character because of their uninterest in accepting an outsider as family.

These folks – I like to call them ‘insufferably narrow-minded people’ – cause so much confusion and disorder if an unfortunate person is to suggest a different-caste helper, let alone marriage. The ones most prejudiced are the Oldies, and they take extra care to educate their generations about this.

There is one problem, though. This is my question, which I direct towards the “insufferably narrow-minded people”, why is it that these people, who feel ashamed and hesitant to accept an inter caste marriage, are proud to declare that their sons or daughters have settled themselves in a foreign land?

You might wonder what the connection is, here’s what it is: when I spoke to my mother about this, she said that the main reason for underlining caste differences is because it is socially difficult to adjust with people of other castes, or as they say, ‘people of other family and social backgrounds.’

How then, can they easily adjust with people of other national backgrounds?

Whenever long-unmet people meet each other, (particularly at a family gathering) they have the most irritating habit of inquiring of the activities of each other’s children. And what pride they have in saying that their children are residents of the Western world!

I abhor their pride and pity their prejudice.

The very fools, who feel distressed to accept people of other castes, because of their different way of life – which, by the way is the lamest excuse I’ve ever heard of – find it prestigious to admit that their children have abandoned their nation and have gone to live with ‘people of other family and social backgrounds.’

Suckers!

Current issue

There is one hot topic among our people today, and boy, isn’t it hot! It’s none other than the current issue. It’s that time of the year again, the time we are mostly in need of the breeze that nature so unkindly denies.

Nowadays, it is not only the nature that forbids us some bliss; the frequent power failures are highly disrupting. Soon enough, it would be a huge political matter, if it’s not already.

People are discussing this everywhere I go. It’s made the headlines of the evening news. This matter is of a great concern to students and those who indulge in small-scale industries . This is the exam season and whether it be studying or attending the exams, students are surely not going to enjoy the heat wave.

Then again, is this really as bad as it’s described? Yes, I don’t deny the hindrances the power failures are causing, but something tells me there’s some good in this bad.

Here’s how it goes: every evening, when my father returns from work, we (my mother and myself) would be watching TV. Not long afterwards, the power goes off. Naturally, it’ll be too warm for us to stay indoors, so we retreat to the balcony. The next one hour is a time to share our thoughts on everything ranging from studies to world politics. It’s not only about social issues either, we speak of anything and everything, our hopes, plans, worries, disturbances, expectations and disappointments.

These dark evenings throw a light into my knowledge of my family. It really helps me to know more about my parents, and even myself, now that I mention it.

We all need that time alone with people we call family, because, even if we have the same roof over our heads, we may not know each other. Understanding each other would be difficult when each is in one corner, either whiling away time in front of the television or the computer.

I, thus, believe that the power cuts, though a barrier to progress, could be a tool to get to know ourselves better.

A bunch of idiots, we are

We’re leaving school shortly, and looking back, I see a bunch of idiotic teenage friends.

There I was, sitting alone in class, looking at my lazy classmates. My class, a crowd of 61 students, each different in her own goofy way. Our class hosts a mini பாரதவிலாஸ். It’s a blend of many States (and a pretty good one too!).

There was a gang of North Indians, chatting away in never-understandable Hindi, and then the Andhra representatives who would suddenly speak in Telugu ( I just hate it when they do it. Feel as if something’s wrong with me), and the Tamil students (we are the minority, surprisingly) who find it quite hard to cope up with the sudden language changes.

There was a set of nerds, discussing the previous exam (those people will never learn. I mean, what’s the point in crying over spilt beans?). There was the poor class leader, trying her best to silence the class (failing miserably, as always). There were a whole lot of others, idly chatting by in any language other than English (we never had much regard for the rules, especially the NO-VERNACULAR-LANGUAGE rule).

Staring at the mad and frenzied batch of +2 students, I was reminded of my first day at school. On seeing the place, which was supposed to be my classroom and the people who were to be my classmates, I was quite painfully reminded of the local parliament. Everything was just a blur of colours. Now of course, I am a part of this stupid and crazy group of girls. It’s amazing how much can happen within a year.

Last year, we were highly timid and preferred to keep to ourselves. Now of course, everyone has broken out of her shell. We are all now one big family-the fact that we still have a loads of misunderstandings is secondary-but that does not keep us from sticking with each other. We might not be the of best friends, no, there is too much bitterness there, but we are always there for each other and we don’t let each other down. This, I realized when we were on our school tour. Our class was united as one and it was a great sight to watch. That’s the basic element of a family, right?

These two years of school life has been the wildest experience of our lives. All of us will leave school as people who have changed a lot over a really short span of time. Some of us have become more serious about life while the better rest have learnt to live every moment, regardless of the challenges life is about to impose on us.

After all, life, is for living collectively.

To a friend, saying goodbye

Dearest friend,

The world’s an ocean; life is a voyage.

You and I, are merely passengers.

In this long and hard journey, we’ve helped each other, we’ve fought with each other and we’ve shared each other.

You’ve aided me and I’ve guided you sometimes; we’ve divided our problems and we have, together, faced the wide world together.

You’ve always been there for me, and I for you. When our hearts exchanged meaningful conversations, our mouths remained mute. We learnt that facial expressions are totally sufficient to express our feelings, especially when teachers were blabbering.

I still remember the days we fought with each other. Days when our egos kept us from speaking to each other. I hated not talking to you and, I’ve never told you this, during that mute-war period, your absence was a great loss.

The reason?

We’re friends, what else are friends for?

Never forget.

So, my friend, it’s time to say goodbye…but not, once and for all.

Friendship is not about staying together always, it’s about being apart and still knowing life’s the same.

It’s a small world after all, and we’ll meet again, to renew our dried up springs and to cherish our friendship.

Goodbye, for now.

As told by QuizBox

I just happened to come across this link on a blog. | http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx | It was a personality quiz. Hearing about myself from another source other than myself, is interesting, even if it might not be true, so I gave it a try. The results were, of course, highly amusing. It was like about reading another’s personality. Could heartily disagree with most of them. Here’s what I got, along with my thoughts.

Your view on yourself:

You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

~Like the heading suggests, it’s only what the internet thinks my view on myself is, and initially, I don’t care what others have to say about my view on myself. That’s for me to decide.~

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:

You like serious, smart and determined people. You don’t judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren’t necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people’s eyes.

~I totally disagree with the opening line. I completely detest serious people. Life is too short to take anything seriously, and even if there occurs anything that requires seriousness, I should be the serious one because I know when to stop pretending.~

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

~No comments!~

Your views on education:

Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

~Oh, yes, education is highly important but I feel Mark Twain is more realistic, “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education”~

The right job for you:

You have plenty of dream jobs but have little chance of doing any of them if you don’t focus on something in particular. You need to choose something and go for it to be happy and achieve success.

~This, I have to agree, but only partly. I do have plenty of dream jobs, but I might just get around to focus on some things.~

How do you view success:

You are confident that you will be successful in your chosen career and nothing will stop you from trying.

~Agreed. Enough said.~

What are you most afraid of:

You are concerned about your image and the way others see you. This means that you try very hard to be accepted by other people. It’s time for you to believe in who you are, not what you wear.

~Well, this one’s a twister. I don’t care what others think of me, and who doesn’t care about the way they present themselves?~

Who is your true self:

You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long.

~Good. This means, I don’t sulk too often, and even if I do it won’t last, or, at least, I don’t show it~

Well, that’s about it, my personality. I removed one undesirable point from the list, naturally.

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