Alien in my own country...

Why is everyone against people from Bihar and UP. India is a free and united country, why is then there so much public drama over jobs being taken away by outsiders. We show our displeasure when Americans fret about outsourcing jobs to India but are ready to fight our own country men who come in search of a decent living to prosperous cities. It is really sad to know that people within their own country are being treated like aliens. First it was in Assam where poor North Indian workers were ruthlessly thrashed and some even killed, then the chief minister of Goa says he does not want a train from Bihar as he did not want Beggars in his state. It was then followed by the chief minister of Delhi and now the biggest political drama which is happening in Maharastra, especially Mumbai. People are being beaten up, even killed and crores worth of property damaged. Probably the politicians have found a way to engage the youth, having failed miserably in their promise of providing employment.

I sometime wonder whether it is practical to ask all "outsiders" to learn the local language? The migrants from other states are anyways a tortured lot, everyone starting from government officials, traffic police, auto drivers and vegetable sellers fool and fleece them merrily. Every state where some people are crying hoarse over the issue of Biharis invading their cities know for a fact that most migrants end up doing menial jobs which does not threaten the local population in any way. The poor laborers and workers are the one who bear the brunt of such public display of anger. When I think of reasons for such behavior, I get no plausible answer apart from the one of strengthening vote banks. Having branded BJP as a non secular front, the so called secular parties have found a new method of creating a divide among societies. I sincerely hope the Indian public understand the real motif of these politicians and treat them no better than they deserve.

Having said that I really dread for the day when similar events will start enfolding in Bangalore, for I am an outsider who does not know the local language.