Still changing..

We have changed. You think?

I strongly feel that our generation has made a difference to the general thinking in a lot of ways..

We don't really believe in racism. We all think that war is a waste of time. We think that it's okay to end a marraige if not working out. We believe that all religions have a place on this earth. We don't judge people very quickly now.

I say these things only and only in retrospect for our generation. The generation of today. The generation which is making a change to the soceity. The educated generation who at many points in life think that in many ways our parents might be wrong to think a certain way.

But are we really changing..???

Sure, we have welcomed technology into our lives. We have started opening our minds and thoughts to larger things and overlook many small and menial problems.

One thing where I really feel that we need to work on is how we treat the less fortunate people.

I live in Bombay, the financial capital of India. Over here,it's not like the other parts of this cultured country. You will find freedom for gays, make your own bold statement, to show without fear the influence of the western culture upon oneself. Things that are still alien in many parts of this place. However, knowingly or unknowingly, we still practice discrimination..amongst our own people..and it's sad.. no wait, its pathetic.

Servants, yup we still call them that and i hate it, are very common in each and every household. Unfortunately, the influence the British had on us whle the ruling period, we seemed to have treasured most of the negative points.

Why can't we treat our "Domestic help" ( and that's what I want to call it..!) thinking with the factor that they too are a human race and not someone we bought at the human trafficking trade fair?

They do our dirty jobs..Jobs that we leave the west and come back so that we have the advantage of someone washing our dishes/clothes, sweeping the floor, running around for our errnads. Yet we disrespect them in the most extreme way we can think of.

I have witnessed people, who still beliEve that they shouldn't eat untill we've eaten first, that they should sleep on a hard ground without a proper beddings when clearly they do all the hardwork , people..(and this i dislike the most) give them seperate crockery because they can't stand up to our level even in the food they eat. Their toilets are situated outside the house 'coz apparently their pee stinks..So what our smells of jasmine? People who believe that they should never have an opinion and should be at our beck and call 24/7. Oh and by the way, we pay them peanuts!

Honestly, I think we treat our dogs better. This is a disgrace to our behaviour. We should be ashamed to even say the word "servant" . Why can't we do something about this?
Why can't we behave like we are educated and not a target of a tradition that is been going on for generations.

We need to change. If we can accept changes like technology, infedility, transexuals, western influence, gay marraiges..and many more..then we can do this. That is if you want to.

Stop discriminationg people less fortunate. Treat them with respect and see a different soceity.

Abolish the word "Servant"!

If you still don't, then maybe you shouldn't be here in the first place.