Those who are surprised by the vitriol in public space are naive! This pales in comparison to what most people in the BIMAR states face routinely within their families.
Anything and everything is picked upon, right from the childhood, exaggerated, distorted and endlessly mocked
Anything and everything is picked upon, right from the childhood, exaggerated, distorted and endlessly mocked
From physiognomy, height, complexion, looks, weight, hair, mannerisms right from childhood onwards. As one grows older, one normalises it and visits the same abuse on others. And, if one makes a choice in anything, which violates the family's elders thinking, then one is a
Traitor, useless fellow who is responsible for all the woes of the family. And the routine trolling turns into actual verbal abuse, constant and unrelenting. One cannot stench it unless one resorts to dire actions like leaving home if financially independent otherwise there shall
Never be any respite. This is actually lucky if the abuse is only verbal, it can become physical very easily.
What we are seeing is simply the society's behaviour, which was earlier confined within the home finding a public voice.
What we are seeing is simply the society's behaviour, which was earlier confined within the home finding a public voice.
It should be BIMARU, leaving UP out would be an unforgivable crime.
The snide remarks, sarcasm, verbal duels and street smartness is regularly confused with intelligence and celebrated as such. To my untrained casual eye, it is a severe case of generalised lack of confidence and ingrained inferiority combined with entitlement. Also there is that
Viciousness of the small kid, who breaks the flower bud, because he can't have the flower. The desire to destroy what you can't have, an almost communist desire to raze all good things to dust, because elevating is more difficult.
The worst trolls will usually be from BIMARU
The worst trolls will usually be from BIMARU
states.
On a personal note, it took me almost a decade of concentrated effort to get rid of this, and in the right, rather wrong company the urge to start again is immense.
On a personal note, it took me almost a decade of concentrated effort to get rid of this, and in the right, rather wrong company the urge to start again is immense.
