As the country veers towards the fire of communalism, good hearted urban middle class people, to overcome their fears and anxiety tend to come up with a good show of solidarity and oneness. But somewhere in our minds we always prey for the mandir(temple) to be built first, or see the things through the prism of us vs. them.
Forget about states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar or Gujarat, haven't we heard about sardarji(Sikhs) and Muslim jokes in Delhi itself. It happens so unconsciously that we don't realize the fact that by doing this we are typecasting the others and making a space for the communalism to seep in.
My question is when urban middle and upper middle class students, even after studying in secular schools are prone to prejudice and typecasting ,then what can we expect from the other parts of India ,the so called rural Bharat. I am not saying that making Jokes on minorities are related to communalism but they surely show the tendency of typecasting the others, and there is a very thin line between jokes and deliberate attempt to deride someone.
“The road to Auschwitz was built by hate, but paved with indifference”-Ian kershaw
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