Over the weekend 2 major issues were talked about in the
entire nation; Maharashtra and Haryana State elections and LGBT acceptance
episode on Satyamev Jayate. Both these events made news headlines and had
people storming their views on Twitter and Facebook. Even when both these
issues are tails apart from each other they had one big factor associated with
them – Minority.
When political parties talk about vote banks they are
actually talking about Minority vote banks Eg: Muslim Vote bank, Dalit Vote
bank, Jaat Vote bank etc. Political parties thrive on these vote banks to gain
votes and win seats. They play with the sentiments of the common man belonging
to a certain community which could be a regional or religious community and
influence them to agree with their dubious agenda. My question is, do we really
have anything called Minority for real or is it just a hypothetical
misconceptions that these political parties have created for their gains? When
we say we all are Indians, how does it matter which religion I follow or which
color is my skin or whether I’m Brahmin or Dalit?
For me, when I look around the streets of Mumbai, I cannot
identify who is who, all I see are people trying to work hard and earn a living
and survive. When I travel in trains I don’t see a compartment which says ‘For
Muslims’ Or ‘For Dalits’ its simply says ‘Gents’ and ‘Ladies’. Likewise during
festivals, people of all religions come together and celebrate no matter of
which religion the festival belongs to. I can state umpteen examples supporting
this fact.
Similarly, when the SC tags the LGBT community as minuscule minority
and takes away their basic human rights of loving the person of their choice
they are not just making an impact on the LGBT alone but also the entire
population of India at large.
Both these instances are a result of the political bureaucrats
who have taken us for granted and divided all of us and tagged us as a part of
some or the other minority group. But the main problem isn't this. If we go
down to root level no one can tag you as LGBT Minority or Muslim Minority or
any other minority unless we as individuals allow them to do so. Yes, that is
the unfortunate truth and that is where all the problem lies. We ourselves need
to change our thinking and broaden our horizons to accept every human being as
an individual first and what amazing things he or she can offer rather than
focusing on which religion one follows or whether he is a man who loves another
man or he belongs to the third gender.
Once we all have accepted this fact first, only then no SC
or no political party would be able to divide us and exploit our rights, be it
our voting rights or basic human rights.
So now, it is for each one us to think is Minority for real
or a reel just created by a handful of political leeches and by default hammered
into our heads since birth?
*PS – These are my personal views and are not with an intention to offend anyone.
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