The barbarian civilization
I live in a civilized society, or may be that is something just in my head. When we shifted to Bangalore some six months back, I knew it's not going to be a smooth ride. But the dog eat dog attitude which I'm witnessing in fast paced cities like Bangalore is beyond imagination. I am unsure if it can be completely attributed to the non-stop life, happening 24X7, but it sure contributes to it. For instance, when on the road, all they care is about their car, time and safety. The attitude has changed to 'Life is valuable, only if it is mine'. 'Mutual respect' is a term we conveniently forget and the problems rooting from this exponentially grows, day after day.
The following series of events happened in the apartment I live in, where people belong to upper middle class occupy most of the houses. That day I parked my bike at the basement and was walking towards the lift when I heard a messy argument. One of the occupants, who works in a frontline IT company in India along with his wife were having a heated argument with the security guy, not to forget the couple's kid was also there. When we were going upstairs, the argument was progressing to an ugly fight, but never thought that it would end up in such a fiasco.
I came out after some time to buy something from a nearby shop, there sits the security with wounds on his face and hand. The guy was about to cry, but was holding it back. I talked to him and realized that the employee of the IT bellwether and his wife has beaten up the poor guy using footwear. They tore his uniform and tortured him in the worst possible way in the basement, all when their baby girl was watching.
I don't know what happened later on, but the security (and his companion ) disappeared from the apartment and I came to know from the notice board that the maintenance fees is increased by 200 rupees as we are getting a new security from April. The society might have fired the security guy for raising his voice against the lady who slapped and wounded him. And, as obvious as it is, the lady and family are still there, unjustifiably, enjoying all civil privileges.
I had lesser frustration when I found that someone has stolen petrol from my bike yesterday, as there was no security person, but if I don't let the world know about such blatant human right violation I will not be who I am. You do not even need common sense to understand that you have no right to manhandle someone, you do not need a tag of the biggest IT company in the country to refrain from barbarianism. I bow down my head in shame for co-existing with such insensitive human beings.
The following series of events happened in the apartment I live in, where people belong to upper middle class occupy most of the houses. That day I parked my bike at the basement and was walking towards the lift when I heard a messy argument. One of the occupants, who works in a frontline IT company in India along with his wife were having a heated argument with the security guy, not to forget the couple's kid was also there. When we were going upstairs, the argument was progressing to an ugly fight, but never thought that it would end up in such a fiasco.
I came out after some time to buy something from a nearby shop, there sits the security with wounds on his face and hand. The guy was about to cry, but was holding it back. I talked to him and realized that the employee of the IT bellwether and his wife has beaten up the poor guy using footwear. They tore his uniform and tortured him in the worst possible way in the basement, all when their baby girl was watching.
I don't know what happened later on, but the security (and his companion ) disappeared from the apartment and I came to know from the notice board that the maintenance fees is increased by 200 rupees as we are getting a new security from April. The society might have fired the security guy for raising his voice against the lady who slapped and wounded him. And, as obvious as it is, the lady and family are still there, unjustifiably, enjoying all civil privileges.
I had lesser frustration when I found that someone has stolen petrol from my bike yesterday, as there was no security person, but if I don't let the world know about such blatant human right violation I will not be who I am. You do not even need common sense to understand that you have no right to manhandle someone, you do not need a tag of the biggest IT company in the country to refrain from barbarianism. I bow down my head in shame for co-existing with such insensitive human beings.
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