Are Indian aggravated by other Indian?
It strikes me up as a nuance, understanding what actually is happening in India or even in other countries regarding women’s safety, healthcare for the lower classes, extravagant marriages or ever increasing loneliness among young adults and adults.
Questioning the system is now not an option I can exercise without putting my entire existence to threat of abuse.
Being a female, I am supposed to stay occupied with whom I must marry to escape the system of dowry, domestic violence and poverty.
If I look beyond love and care, I might loose my precious time and be left with scanty options in marriage.
These thoughts ae provoked by a recent incident of Foreigners being harassed in Varanasi, India for a certain conduct.
I was not at the site of the incident but I have been to so many other similar sites, where I found Indian men bathing in different holy rivers in their underwear openly, It did made me uncomfortable to see that but I never questioned it as it was general norm.
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In my daily life, I see men pissing openly in public, and I am sure the same people will not hesitate to piss secretly in any river if need be.
So who’s nudity is unholy, who’s piss is contaminated is a very peculiar yet specific criteria in my country.
This is yet another incident of Indians being wildly hypocritical. Children in our home need more common sense and sensitivity awareness programs than to learn fluent English by the 2nd grade.
I can’t question the system because I can’t even question my neighbors who dispose wastes like pads and diapers in the open grounds instead of paying a small fee for garbage collection.
All of the filthy environment and behavior of people creates an incessant need to try to escape whatever arrangement this is. It’s increasing suspicion among the young adults about whether they can trust the media, the government or the judiciary anymore.
The quality of life expectancy is increasingly decreasing. For example as a woman, if I don’t get raped in my entire life time, well that’s a good enough story.
We can find so many faults in the system, but frankly what we are doing with our surroundings only depict how we have grown to selfishly turn a blind eye towards everything beyond our neat little circle of existence.
Thus, I am aware I can’t be a proud Indian anymore sadly.
