Tuesday, October 14, 2014

If You Stand out in a Crowd I Have Got Bad News for You

India is a country famous for its unity in diversity. Going beyond the immense hypocrisy hidden behind the word “unity” we have to respect the fact that India is indeed home to a colourful mix of cultures; all of them equally patriotic or equally cynical about being an Indian.

There was a time when Bengalees, Punjabis, Gujaratis and Tamils had their individual dressing styles, food styles, life styles, etc. But now thanks to globalization often it becomes hard to identify one’s ethnicity at first glance. Cross community marriages are happening in every other family and Indians are approaching towards a harmonic mean (yes, pun intended). The inter-cultural divides are gradually getting blurred.

Am I actually cribbing about this wonderful change where communities are embracing each other with a comforting sense of alacrity? No. A vehement no. But I do miss the originality of each different culture which somehow I found to be refreshing.

Also, I do wonder whether we structured this change or are we a victim of some cosmic plan that directs us all to reach the median value?
In geometry we learnt that as polygons increase their number of sides they move towards becoming a circle.
Our weather too, once offering exciting extremes of biting cold and parching heat is now progressing towards a warm tropical climate all over.
We can never find a single example of randomness in the universe…because the universal law wants our behaviour to remain within the confines of a precise mathematical formula.

Do you get the drift? Nature does not like any one to stand out. Nature does not want her children to be mottled with different shades. If you are different from others cosmic designs will try to annihilate you.
Hey non conformist, don’t blame the people and the society. The society likes you, the society respects you and even though it openly criticizes you it secretly wants more people like you. You make our lives interesting; you are the inspiration to break free from monotony. But alas the price you pay is too high…the price is sheer obliteration…and most people cannot afford that.




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