remarked my client, when he came to know of the place where i dwell. Ya there are a lot. My room mate Abhi is from Moradabad, Tirumal who lives next door is from Andra, Anirood who shares the apartment with Tirumal did his schooling here in US and he is from a pacca north indian city, Achappan who occupies a flat in the next block is from Kerala, Shetty who lives in the first floor above Achappan is from Karnataka, Yastwan who pays a hefty rent to live alone in a 3bhk bungalow is from orrisa, Mr Singh who lives a couple of blocks away from Yaswant is from Punjab whose rent is shared by Anil who is a typical Delhiwala. And a block away there a whole bunch of indians from all corners of the land.
Yes, a lot of buddies, yet we don't have anything in common. We have our own mother tongue Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Punjabi etc.....Our own culture, our own heritage, our own food, our own way of dressing, different ways of exchanging pleasantries, extroverts and introverts. hmmmm.....
Let that be the case, is there anyone who will share similar interests like me? Yes. There is this Iyengar a couple of blocks away, Goundar behind my home, chettiyar opposite my home, Mrs Iyer opposite to Iyerengar and so and so.......So if i had to talk to these people, i can be sure of the first few exchanges between us.
"நாங்க XXXX, நீங்க?", or "நீங்க என்ன caste?", or "உங்களுக்கு இந்த வழக்கம்உண்டா?", or "நீங்க இது சபுடுவீங்கள?".
Some means by which people are eager to stand apart in terms of caste, color, creed. oh boy!!! As an Indian, everyone of us will always have some assumption and like to make them based on the others caste. If we don't do that we are not Indians yet. Even though i would never ask anyone about their caste/religion/creed/region, but if at all i get to know, i will definitely have my prejudice against him/her.....
"At least we have something common between us-English to communicate and converse. But me and my buddies had to borrow your mother tongue to live in harmony here", i replied him after a couple of seconds. I seriously don't know, if i should be proud for such a vast and varied difference within the same country or should i just be ashamed that we still stand divided coz of egos, caste, creed, region, religion......
Yes, a lot of buddies, yet we don't have anything in common. We have our own mother tongue Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Punjabi etc.....Our own culture, our own heritage, our own food, our own way of dressing, different ways of exchanging pleasantries, extroverts and introverts. hmmmm.....
Let that be the case, is there anyone who will share similar interests like me? Yes. There is this Iyengar a couple of blocks away, Goundar behind my home, chettiyar opposite my home, Mrs Iyer opposite to Iyerengar and so and so.......So if i had to talk to these people, i can be sure of the first few exchanges between us.
"நாங்க XXXX, நீங்க?", or "நீங்க என்ன caste?", or "உங்களுக்கு இந்த வழக்கம்உண்டா?", or "நீங்க இது சபுடுவீங்கள?".
Some means by which people are eager to stand apart in terms of caste, color, creed. oh boy!!! As an Indian, everyone of us will always have some assumption and like to make them based on the others caste. If we don't do that we are not Indians yet. Even though i would never ask anyone about their caste/religion/creed/region, but if at all i get to know, i will definitely have my prejudice against him/her.....
"At least we have something common between us-English to communicate and converse. But me and my buddies had to borrow your mother tongue to live in harmony here", i replied him after a couple of seconds. I seriously don't know, if i should be proud for such a vast and varied difference within the same country or should i just be ashamed that we still stand divided coz of egos, caste, creed, region, religion......
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