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I can’t believe the news in India today…
The worse thing is that when I spoke to my friends in Mumbai this afternoon, they just sighed, said ‘I know, it shocked me too, but I can’t exactly do anything about it,” and carried on with things.
My mother asked; “How can Hindus kill Hindus? This is worse than terrorism because it’s our own people doing the killing!”
All this has been going on in varying degrees throughout history, so why is it so shocking to me now?
Maybe because I’ve started thinking that I’m immune from all this terror, that stuff like this doesn’t happen in reality.
I can’t believe that once, this kind of thing wouldn’t have shocked me either. And it wouldn’t have mattered that it was done by another Indian person. I think I’m glad I’m not immune to the shock, but I’m uncomfortable about the fact that I passed judgement without trying to understand the nature of my friends’ reactions.
My family and I are so privileged to not have to live in mortal fear anymore, but that doesn’t mean I can forget where I came from - especially when those experiences taught me so much about survival and taking advantage of any opportunities that come up.
The worse thing is that when I spoke to my friends in Mumbai this afternoon, they just sighed, said ‘I know, it shocked me too, but I can’t exactly do anything about it,” and carried on with things.
My mother asked; “How can Hindus kill Hindus? This is worse than terrorism because it’s our own people doing the killing!”
All this has been going on in varying degrees throughout history, so why is it so shocking to me now?
Maybe because I’ve started thinking that I’m immune from all this terror, that stuff like this doesn’t happen in reality.
I can’t believe that once, this kind of thing wouldn’t have shocked me either. And it wouldn’t have mattered that it was done by another Indian person. I think I’m glad I’m not immune to the shock, but I’m uncomfortable about the fact that I passed judgement without trying to understand the nature of my friends’ reactions.
My family and I are so privileged to not have to live in mortal fear anymore, but that doesn’t mean I can forget where I came from - especially when those experiences taught me so much about survival and taking advantage of any opportunities that come up.