AT THE MERCY OF THE RICH
I accompanied my mum n dad to a temple yesterday.We sat in there for a while until the pooja was done.During the pooja two ladies clad in torn sarees came in along with two young girls and two baby boys.The babies were also dressed in dirty old clothes.Their appearance suggesting they struggled to afford even everday meals.The reaction that they drew from the rest of the so called "devotees"(mostly sixty odd year old ladies), was quite astonishing.I heard one lady yell and ask "What do u want? You'll are not suposed to come in.Stand at the door".What kind of behaviour is this?Why the preferential treatment?
On my way out one of the small baby boys was following me,smiling at me.He was adorable.So i patted his head and smiled back at him.That ofcourse did'nt go down too well with anybody there.All those ladies were giving me that dirty look.I could read their minds."Oh you should'nt be touching them.They are dirty and blah blah blah".
This incident got me wondering why this attitude towards them?Are'nt they as much human as we are?Is'nt the temple meant to be for everyone to come offer their prayers?Who are we to do decide these things?
3 comments:
It is unbelievable! Even in the place of worship where all people are so called equal, there is societal inequality like this. I think it would be cool if when something like this happened, one of us fall on the ground and start yelping like a dog and refuse to stop until they are allowed to stay. I am only half joking there.....Maya
the guy in the torn clothes was ME.
thx for having pity on me pinkka.
god bless you.
This is India ma'am.It works like tht over here.Honestly speaking,without hurting anyone's beliefs,India is a country full of hypocrites.We are one of the biggest hypocrites in the world.The same ppl who go to temples,mosques,churches etc do all kinds of wrong things they shudn't be doing.Have u ever seen ppl help the poor and downtrodden,insted of "donating" money for new temples to be built.Have u ever seen ppl give food to the poor,instead of giving feasts in honour of their "god" or oening of a new temple somewhere in one corner of the city.This is the way it works.This is the way it will keep working.
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