ಸುಮಲತಾ ಅಂಬರೀಶ್
Sure we’re a tolerant country.
We’re tolerant of violence in the name of religion.
We’re tolerant of casteism and reservations.
We’re tolerant of violence towards women, children and animals.
We’re tolerant of air that’s unfit to breathe. We tolerate our trees and our wildlife being destroyed.
We’re tolerant of not having any safety, environmental or ethical standards to speak of.
We’re tolerant of wealthy communities that won’t let you live in their buildings if you don’t eat the same food they do.
We’re tolerant of builders who kill mangroves and set up apartment buildings.
We’re tolerant of motorcyclists who drive on footpaths. We’re tolerant about not having parks or playgrounds or public spaces for our children.
We’re tolerant of governments that are corrupt and governments that are led by fascists.
We’re tolerant of people who use their community’s supposedly hurt sentiments to have books and films and opinions banned.
We’re tolerant of wife beaters and spitters who tell you to mind your own business when you intervene.
We’re tolerant of having the largest number of malnourished children in the WORLD. Oh yes, we’re very tolerant.
The only thing we’re intolerant of is someone pointing out that we’re not as tolerant as we think we are, and who might therefore want to change his own life because of that. Not someone else’s, his own.
ನಿಜವಾಗ್ಲೂ ಅಸಹಿಷ್ಣುತೆ ಎಷ್ಟಿದೆ ಎನ್ನುವುದೇ ಈಗಿನ ಚರ್ಚೆಯಾಗಿರುವಾಗ ನಾವೆಷ್ಟು ಸಹಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದೆವು, ಸಹಿಷ್ಣುಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದೇವೆ ಎನ್ನುವುದರಲ್ಲೇ ಎಷ್ಟಿರಬಾರದಿತ್ತೆಂಬುದನ್ನು ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿದೆ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದಾರೆ………
Agreed!
Please send this to Mr Ambareesh so that those in power can do at least something on ANY ONE of the issues Madam has raised.
I agreed to with Madam Sumalatha’s sharing. But in my point of view middle class and lower income group are suffering rather than rich people. No security, no good air, no cloth, no healthy food, no shelter, no medication to the patients, no respect and no education still they are tolerants. If it’s right, please agree with my comment.