It happened a few days ago. There was a dark and long, pretty small though, snake, in the garden of the house. As soon as the watchman saw the snake, he took a lathi and he beat the snake to death. Yes, the snake got killed, but WHY?
A mere mistake of the snake was, he entered the house which was not of its own. Maybe it would have caused some harm to the members of the house, but maybe, it entered just in search of some food.
That day I learnt a very basic principle of human nature. No man can see someone else entering his place, and take advantage of it, especially when that 'alien' is inferior in power to him. We often kill these little dangerous species that enter our place, we often take advantage of the power that we have got. Some persons, who do not possess power, try to achieve it, so that they can take advantage of it. This is human nature.
But then, WHY do we blame Mr. Thackeray for the 'Marathi Manoos' movement that has been started in Maharashtra? Ain't we equally responsible for it? Why do we still take advantage of the foreign tourists or the students who come to our country to visit places or to study?
Ain't we responsible for the religion-ism and racism that have been prevailing in our country since a few centuries? Yes, we are.
Although we have come off ages, there still are certain things that need to be sorted out. We need to be a human.
P.S. - This is not in defense of Mr. Thackeray. He has forgotten that Maharashtra does not solely belong to him. It is a home to every Indian.
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