Equality is here…but where is the dignity?

The supreme court of the united states(SCOTUS) gave a landmark ruling and legalized same sex marriage in all the 50 states of the united states of America. The 5-4 ruling by the judges lifted the ban of marriage from the 14 states. It is truly a huge step taken by the country thus making it the most populous country to legalize same sex marriage and the 21^st country in the world to do so.

So when I logged in to various social media…everyone were celebrating it by painting their logo /dp with rainbow, which is considered to be flag of LGBT community. Today when I was going through my  Instagram page , 9gag , a popular social media website posted a pic celebrating the equality of love.(9 gag had also changed their icon from black and white to rainbow coloured

which was pretty cool). The comment that pic got were really harsh. Religious fanatics were really condemning this decision, stupid homophobes bashing the decision and ignorant people making ridiculous comment. I am not against people expressing their views, but some comments were really harsh. Plus there are many platforms were you can get your views expressed, but I am really against stupid ranting on social media. 

But these things made me to ponder over the fact that does equality also brings dignity?

Won’t there be any hate crimes against the LGBT people? Won’t there be any bullying and discrimination. Maybe this law is the step which may also change the perspective of people…but that seems like a long road.

This judgement has some contrast with the Ireland public referendum. The people of that country voted to legalize the same sex union. So this shows the progression of the mindset of people in that country.

All this words coming from a guy whose country has the draconian law of Article 377 which bans all sort of same gender activity! But there is some hope in the transgender community. The supreme court of India recognized transgender as the “third gender” and has passed a law to save them from discrimination in jobs, education and other civil rights. Things are looking up for them as recently Dr. Manabi Bandopadhyay became first transgender person to become a principal of a women’s college in West Bengal. A first of a kind in the country. The mentality of people here is still in the olden ages and acceptance maybe yet to come in this country.

One thing is for sure though,, that we should grant all people the rights they want and allow them to live as they like. There are far more serious issues to be tackled in the world but unfortunately we are yet to resolve problem as simple as love!!!

Finally

Three cheers for equality and love!

           

Oh fate! why art thou so cruel!!:

Something terrible happened today….. Our valuable got stolen by a pickpocket.

A brief history before I narrate the incident…

My mom had gone to Mumbai, to attend some family occasion (in my previous post I have stated that almost all my relatives lives in Mumbai). So I went to Bhubaneswar, to pick her up from the airport and then board back train to my home (which is in Noamundi). Today morning at 7.45, we boarded our train and after we arranged our luggage, we settled in our seats. My mother was then shocked to find the chain of her purse open!! She looked inside to find that her wallet was missing from inside!!! We look around but that didn’t help. Another shock welcomed us after a few minute when we found that our cell phone was also missing!!( a brand new Samsung Note 3 L ) . When did this incident took place,, we don’t have any idea. There is definitely lose of money as well as an awesome gadget and we are taking all the legal action which is possible. But we know that it is as good as gone!!! We may be down for a little days, but well,, that was our fate….

But talking about fate… here the interesting thing that happened….

So, my mother had got some attire for our family friend, and she gave us the money for the thing that she had asked for. My mother told me to keep the cash in my wallet, and I did keep it, but then I found that my wallet has swollen because of all the cash so I put it back again in my mom’s wallet!! Now I am literally cursing myself for putting in back in her wallet!!

And yes about the cell phone….

I usually keep it in my back pack or in my pocket…. But I don’t know why, today, while we were in a hurry to get out of house to catch the train,, we put in my mom’s purse!!

Just think about it,,, two things which was never supposed to be in a place,, gets in that place somehow,,, and get stolen!!!!!!  

And yes,,, do we have any suspects??

Well we saw a porter inside our coach who seemed a bit odd. Now I know it’s wrong to put allegation on someone without knowing the truth,,, but guess what? We asked the passengers around us about that porter… and to our shock; everyone said they didn’t hire any porter!!! One of the passengers told us that it may had been that the pickpocket was disguising as a porter. We don’t know what’s the case,,, but to my fellow Indians travelling from the Indian railways… beware of such people…..

But my question remains the same….

Oh fate! Why art thou so cruel!

Finally,

Three cheers for the pickpocket

He/she really was smooth in getting his/her job done  : /

World Environment Day:

Hey there everyone,,,,, today is World Environment Day….. a day when all of us will shout the slogan of going green and then promise to be more “sustainable” in future and then we may even click tons of pics while planting a sapling, which will sure to get you more than hundred likes in Facebook and Instagram or Retweets in Twitter! So? Did you click your “green”-fie today and then just went to sleep forgetting to water those sapling of yours…?

Sorry for being sarcastic but I know we all are a bunch of hypocrites…who would only like to shout on these things, and blame government for everything ( that’s the easiest way out I suppose).

We can’t ignore about environmental issues, I mean we REALLY can’t!

First thing of all,,, my habit of knowing the significance of a date. Well as per Wikipedia ,5^th June is celebrated as world environment day because on that day United Nations Conference on the Human Environment began way back in 1972.

Every year they come up with a slogan for environment day and this year’s is

 'Seven Billion Dreams; One Planet; Consume with Care' ,again thanks to Wikipedia.

If you think I am going to give you a lecture about global warming and pollution, then you are absolutely wrong. Just a humble request , if you really care for environment do something for it… and those who don’t, then please don’t pretend to be Mr./Ms. Green in front of your friends .

And my fellow Indians…. Two facts for you:

13 out of 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India.

Ganga and Yamuna ranks in top most polluted rivers in the world

So we really need to act NOW!!!

Finally,

Three cheers for Planet Earth!!