हिन्दुस्तान में हर आदमी की जात होती है। And it just annoys me no end.
Security guard stops someone from coming to my house. I ask him if guests are not allowed. He says "Guest नहीं है सर driver है।"
Anyone who works in my office is just a person. An employee. But depending on the clothes they are wearing, security in my neighbourhood, and our office building, constantly judges them. White collar workers of course move about everywhere uninterrupted at all times. But the blue collar must fill forms, specify why they are visiting, when they will leave.
It is unnerving. It doesn't stop at separate toilets or elevators for the help. Its pervasive and everywhere and everybody not only accepts it, they even demand it. They demand that some people be treated as less than people. When entering the neighbourhood, drivers have their hands cleaned with sanitizer, and maids must wash hands at a washbasin. Meanwhile, middle class people and "residents" move about uninterrupted. But of course, if you are a maid who lives full time within the colony, you aren't a resident, you're still a maid.
An engineer was supposed to come pick up a printer for some urgent work. He sent a driver instead, because the driver was sitting idle. Now the driver is stuck outside the gate, and we are all twiddling thumbs, while the guards figure out what the जात of this man is and whether he is permitted. Of course the engineer could have come and gone uninterrupted. Meanwhile our office rules stay the same for everyone - everyone maintains distancing, everyone gets scanned for fever a few times a day, everyone gets a mask, etc.
😤
Security guard stops someone from coming to my house. I ask him if guests are not allowed. He says "Guest नहीं है सर driver है।"
Anyone who works in my office is just a person. An employee. But depending on the clothes they are wearing, security in my neighbourhood, and our office building, constantly judges them. White collar workers of course move about everywhere uninterrupted at all times. But the blue collar must fill forms, specify why they are visiting, when they will leave.
It is unnerving. It doesn't stop at separate toilets or elevators for the help. Its pervasive and everywhere and everybody not only accepts it, they even demand it. They demand that some people be treated as less than people. When entering the neighbourhood, drivers have their hands cleaned with sanitizer, and maids must wash hands at a washbasin. Meanwhile, middle class people and "residents" move about uninterrupted. But of course, if you are a maid who lives full time within the colony, you aren't a resident, you're still a maid.
An engineer was supposed to come pick up a printer for some urgent work. He sent a driver instead, because the driver was sitting idle. Now the driver is stuck outside the gate, and we are all twiddling thumbs, while the guards figure out what the जात of this man is and whether he is permitted. Of course the engineer could have come and gone uninterrupted. Meanwhile our office rules stay the same for everyone - everyone maintains distancing, everyone gets scanned for fever a few times a day, everyone gets a mask, etc.
😤