Friday, August 24, 2007

Faces of Humanity

Recently, I came across several articles about the 'racist' attacks on Indian tourists, in Leipzig, Germany. What furthered me to write this article was a nice apology letter from my German language teacher, on behalf of the country as a whole!! It would be so easy to blame Germany, a land with troubled histories, a land not so accomodative when it comes to foreigners.
But, when one looks at a much broader picture, I see a different face altogether. I have met people who are kind and friendly in Germany - one part of Germany's face and I have met people who are not so accomodative - the other part of the same face. Now, is such a picture applicable to Germany alone??
NO!!! Call it hate crimes, but these crimes are not centered only in Germany; they are as rampant in India as they are in Germany.
What we fail to realize is the overall face of HUMANITY! We are all HUMANS and have a life, similar feelings and needs. When will we understand that we are all born from the same SEED!!!!Today, Germany may be under the 'scanner' but tomorrow another place and country (INDIA TOO!!!). No individual country can be held responsible for such acts; for WE are all as a whole equally responsibile for the degrading face of HUMANITY!!!

1 Comments:

At 8:57 PM, Blogger Padmini said...

As you said correctly, the life & its needs pushes the Human race to act or react in this way. I totally agree with your statement that "this may happen in India too" and would like to add that this is already happening among the various states: on race (Dravidian/Aryan), cast & lingustic,(Kannadiga/Tamilian/Maharashtrian) basis. But we Indians are so casual about this, & will only react when a foreigner does this to an Indian.....mom

 

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