Bengaluru, the IT hub of India, has its hands extended to people around the world. At the same time, the city has also seen the records of continued hate crime culture. Discrimination based on region, religion and economic aspects of human beings have continued along the despotic human behaviour.
Recently, a video of a woman passenger in the BMTC bus, moral policing the conductor of the bus went viral. The conductor had his skull cap on and the women dared to question the legality of man’s faith. Unfortunately, being ignorant towards her own insensitive behaviour “emotional exploitation in public” of an on duty Government employee. Not restricted to religious discrimination, the capital city of the Karnataka also has enough records for its belittling treatment of non-Kannadigas, which is an unconstitutional hate culture.
Where as, on my recent interaction with the Government women official I was mesmerised with her story of preserving an idol. In her Department, the official had seen an idol of Jesus Christ in a disposed state. The lady, despite from being from a different faith had kindly erected and placed it. But for the second time, she saw the same idol being thrown behind the cupboard in the office, indeed an act of true worshipper. She installed it in her own office along with the other idols of her faith. Indeed an act of a true believer!
When lady officer expressed her silent dissent by dignified installation, passenger’s in the bus should have stood for the victim conductor and set an example against all forms of intolerant and hate culture.
We in India today have reached the stage of fighting for LGBTQ+ rights, yet stooping down on basic human etiquettes are encouraged. Hate culture in all forms should be fought and the lady official should become our inspiration in standing for the victims.