We are a divided lot. With or without geographical boundaries, we’ve come to see each other as different.
I was at a point where I genuinely hated the ideology that I didn’t conform to. I just could not understand how and why would anyone believe in ideas like that. There was no possible answer to those questions that I asked myself or discussed with anyone who held a similar POV.
A lot of hate directed at Muslims is due to terrorism. Blaming the religion or its followers for extremism or being sympathetic towards the perpetrators or how backward the thought process is. But most of it, became prime time, only after 9/11. If I ask myself, was there no hate before that? The answer is never a No! And I’m only analyzing the Indian context here.
There have been multiple riots in India and it doesn’t take much to fan communal tension. As has been demonstrated by miscreants, placing a cow/pig carcass on either side can ignite the fire. (No pun intended)!
I’ve been asking this question of “Why this hate?” for a while now. Where did all this hate come from?
When I see people I’ve played with, people I’ve studied and shared tiffin-boxes with, people with whom I’ve spent discussing random 3 AM thoughts appear very different in the online world. The world where non-subtle references and confirmation bias over-zealously flows out.
Each time, I’m left wondering, “Where did all this hate come from ?!”