A Minority Report | India
Funny how I never noticed the majority-minority division while growing up and now it is just too hard to ignore sometimes. Is it because ofmy social circle and my view of the world were much smaller and restricted, or is it because it now has a hand behind almost every other conversation, I am not sure. With time and events, not only are these divisions getting more and more noticeable, but the people who keep dragging them into issues are getting bolder, as well.
Recently, when a classmate, I had known for about for a couple of weeks, approached me and asked me why I don’t have a ‘Ghar Wapsi’, since my ancestors were once Hindus and I have a Hindu god’s name for a surname, I think I was more surprised than I was insulted. Insulted, because how easy it is for some people to assume that the commitment they have for their faith, other cannot have for their own. Surprised, because one doesn’t always has to face consequences for their speech, a privilege, what I as a minority, have forgotten feels like.
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