whats your last name?Name is a fence and within it you are nameless. ~Samuli Paronen
What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.~William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Sitting in office on a very lazy Friday morning, I got to realize how unfortunately racist some of us Indians are. At times, Office is like the family scene from an Indian movie. Vast Space, local language, coffee table with men talking loud - about Kids, work, family, news from Indian newspapers and websites, and the sweet smell of the Indian Curry and sambar. I decided to listen to some of them talk about stocks,employers,business et all. Sitting with my team in the cafeteria, listening to them talk,I couldn't help thinking,how racist all of us are (Sadly,so am i).
Indian 1: "That Gowda's son from Bangalore got an MS seat in this US university,I tell you its all about the money"
Indian 2: "But didn't he get an average score in that GRE entrance? My sister's daughter got a 1340"I
ndian 1: "Yeppa, that's good no..see that gowda's son got only 900 out of 1600"
Indian 2: "You know, It's all the money from his land i tell you ,His grandfather owns a quarter of the Kushalnagar near their Native place".
I was trying to make a mental calculation of all the property that my family would own....
Indian 1: "My boss - John asks for a lot of commitment to work but I am trying hard to get things done in my present assignment. But Murugan is lucky. His supervisor too is Indian and he is having a gala time "
Indian 2: "Shanmugam right? These south Indian people are so clever.They work less and ask for more holidays, they always say "Chennai ponam - En anna payankhe kaliyanum" (I have to go to Chennai - My brother's son is getting married)
Everyone laughs in unison. I wonder what are the reasons they give when they have to go to India and if anyone would believe them when their nephews and nieces get married in reality.
Indian 3: "Yes, yes, true ,it always better to take these biharis and north Indian people..They diligently work,and are satisfied with whatever they get".
Indian 1 responds : "Reddy is looking for an alliance for their son, MS in finance i think, stays in Houston,TX...expecting a Volkswagen and Apartment in dowry,you know him na.. they own a lot of land in Andhra and his Reddy's father is a MLA in the ruling party "
Well,its not surprising that some of us continue to call names reddys, gowds, iyers,iyengars and rationalize ourselves which is very unfortunate. This blog was neither meant to degrade or insult my countrymen or my country or hurt any feelings.Just an honest observation.:)
