A lot has happened since last. Kapil Sharma last time knew “Don't drink and drive, don't drink and tweet”; now he knows don’t drink and throw. His latest tweet might be along the kids, men and legends line – “Kids wear shoe, men buys them while legends hurl them.” Even Gaikwad knows that now. And speaking of politician where one is busy creating anti Romeo squad, and why not anti Ranjha or Anti Majnu squad ( that would had been more apt given the swadeshi karan), another one is busy giving logical explanation of why we are not racist and that being because “we are surrounded by black people.” Yes we are not racist, we just momentarily cross the line. Specially when we see a girl from North East India we just step over to say “Chinky” which is a clear reference to China. No wonder China says Arunachal is theirs. Its just that we think she will be easy to get. We just step over to say mallu or sometimes even kallu. We are just not racist to think –“ Punjabi hain toh peeyega hi”. We are just racist enough to think “Kashmiri hain toh Sahid Afridi favourite hoga”. We are not racist when we meet a blond girl even when the first image that pops up might be of Sunny Leone. We are not only racist but sexist and chauvinist and what not. Yes we are. As a nation we are. May be at different levels but we are and the plinth of this racism if the fake morality the fake façade, the difference of pardeh k aage and pardeh k peecheh. Will denying it help. No. We need to be open to discuss, open to change, open to criticism. But only if difference of opinion is allowed to flourish.
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