Dehumanising marginalised communities has become the norm nowadays. As each day passes on, another terrible video gets viral. Most of the time the victims are always from marginalised, minority, and backward classes.
A video of a teacher encouraging her students to slap Muslim student had gone viral, recently and created a spark over social media. Tripta Tyagi, a teacher who teaches at Neha Public Schools at Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar is seen also seen scolding the student. This video footage got viral and due to the heavy condemnation, the teacher apologised. Following the incident, the Muslim kid’s father says that ‘he doesn’t want to file a complaint against the teacher.’
The question here is, is it okay to slap a child or any person as long as you feel sorry about it?
Once India was well known for its diversity, unique culture and its secularism. But now the same Indians get harrassed because of their beliefs and their practices. Dehumanising women’s, gang raping women and what not Nothing makes me sad but the fact that every horrific act has become normal nowadays, and no more shocks the people. Aftermath it’s always the victim who pays the price. Teacher got away with an apology and as for the kid, he got traumatised and will have social anxieties.
As the responsible citizens of this country, we need to unite and stand against these horrific acts. No matter what, hate won’t win. It might be hard, but let’s stand with what is right, let’s not turn blind eye on all the atrocities and unjust crimes.