One attracts discrimination

One is majorly responsible for attracting the discrimination! Why do some people need to walk around all the time, wearing funny fancy-dresses?

Normally people attract discrimination!

Some people, dress differently, carry themselves differently, exhibit all kind of differences, which shouts out loud, "I'm different". Yes, this is what, they want to prove, "I'm different"!

And when others around them, start acknowledging and accepting thereof, what they try to sell, by acknowledging, "Yes, you are different! You are not one of us, but different!", immediately they start screaming about the discrimination!

Who caused this discrimination, they themselves, didn't they? 

Why do they need to walk around all the time, wearing funny fancy-dresses, under the name of culture, ethnicity or whatever? While majority of the people around, the natives, are dressed differently, carry themselves differently?

If you are so proud of your culture, ethnicity or whatever, why do you bother migrating there, at the first place, if you can't adapt yourself to the destination culture?

They say, "Be a roman, when in Rome"! If you really don't want to be a Roman, why bother going to Rome, altogether? To show you are different? Then, why mind, when people start accepting, "You are different"?

People started moving around the world, migrating to different places, which are culturally altogether different. They want the money and opportunities of that new place, but don't want to adapt to the destination culture! This is wrong! If you are so proud of your own culture, why bother going to places of different culture? Why not create your own opportunities, at your own places? If you can't, then accept new culture, where you migrate to, otherwise, don't bother to go there to make their lives miserable, by exhibiting your differences!

What I've rather found is, many a time, they try to be more proud of their own culture, when they are among people of different culture! They won't follow many rituals, when at home-land, among same-culture-people, but will insist to follow them, when they are among people of different culture! This gives rise to hostility, and they, themselves are responsible for it!

Indian Culture Portrayed and the Reality

Being Indians, we respect our Elders! Do we? Really? Why do we feel proud by abusing others, including elders, don't we?


In India, in Hindi, there are three different words, for giving three different levels of respect,

viz 

1. "तू" (Pronounced as "too") - Singular "You", no equivalent in English, 
2. तुम (Pronounced as "toom") - Plural "You", which is by default plural in English and 
3. आप (Pronounced as "Aap") - Something more than plural "You", but below "Your Highness" or that kind of respect 
   

Etiquettes say, use these words in following scenarios, to give respect to people

1. तू (too) - If the person is much younger than you
2. तुम (toom) - If the person is approximately of your age
3. आप (Aap) - If the person is more than your age.

What practically happens is: they say "too" ( तू ) to everybody, including people of their father's age, in following conditions:

1. If one is their employee
2. If they are authority, to show their authority by abusing one.
3. If one is poorer than them.
4. If they are giving business to one
5. If you need their help, and this way, they have an opportunity to abuse you.

Social abuse of all kind, in a day to day life, on daily basis, is very common in India. If they do not have any reason to respect you, they will abuse you, it's that simple!

In India, People believe that unless you abuse others, you can't show your influence and can't make others work for you!

For laborer, this is further more difficult. People believe laborers don't work unless you address them in most abusive language, possible.

Children of 4-5 years old also call their home-maids of their grandfather's age, singularly, using their first-names. This is what is taught to these childrens, by their families. And India boasts, "We respect elders, in our culture!"

More interestingly, whoever they use "Aap" (आप)  for, are referred to by "Too" ( तू ), when they are not present to listen it!

Abusing others seem to be in culture! Unless you have a reason (and forces) to respect someone, you can abuse them, is what seems to be the real culture! There is wide disconnect between what is portrayed as Indian culture, and what is reality.

Yes, I also am Indian, a true Indian, but I do hate what is not right, and want to change it for sure. Acknowledgement of what's not right is a first step towards making it right!

Today's our Independence Day, a day of gaining freedom! True freedom is allowing it for every fellow human being, not just for them who are in power and have influence over others by political &/or economic powers.