Over the last one week there are few incidences which highlight one basic fact of life - We are all Hypocrites
First Incidence is the Savile Row suit of our Prime Minster with fine print of his name - There was a hue and cry about how the Prime Minister can wear something which had his name all over it. Good question, I also found it stupid.. Then realized two things - One I wear so many clothes which has the brand names visible - either big or small and Two I have a cap which has my name on it. Is it ok for me to wear those but not the PM? That is when I realized the basic fact of life - I am an hypocrite
Second Incidence is about case of Evangelist IAS officer Umashankar - Let us look at objectively, he is allowed to do what he wants in his private time. We all have code of conduct at work and in most cases organizations don't allow us to propagate religion or indulge in political activities during work time. However, we are not stopped from doing anything we want outside our work time. That is not questioned but being an IAS officer shouldn't he be treating everyone as equals? IAS officers and for that matter the politicians also should act as if all religions are equals.
Every individual has their own belief be it an atheist or fatalist or any religious follower believes that whatever he does his the right thing and is better than what others do. That's why the continue to do it. Otherwise, they would have changed their beliefs. That is precisely the main point of contention with what Umashankar has done.
Even our PM has openly displayed that he doesn't believe in symbolism of wearing a muslim cap which was offered to him (It is a different story that he was ok with wearing a sikh turban). Everyone made a hue and cry about it because we wanted him to be a hypocrite. So are we expecting the IAS officers and politicians to put on a show that they consider every other belief as equally good?
When personally we are OK with us believing that our belief is the best but when it comes to IAS officers and politicians we want them to act that their belief is nothing great when compared to other beliefs? Isn't that hypocrisy? Yes it is, we want our people in power (be it officers or politicians) to be perceived as treating everyone as equal.
After realizing the basic fact I just have one question, how much did the Savile Row suit cost and who paid for it?
First Incidence is the Savile Row suit of our Prime Minster with fine print of his name - There was a hue and cry about how the Prime Minister can wear something which had his name all over it. Good question, I also found it stupid.. Then realized two things - One I wear so many clothes which has the brand names visible - either big or small and Two I have a cap which has my name on it. Is it ok for me to wear those but not the PM? That is when I realized the basic fact of life - I am an hypocrite
Second Incidence is about case of Evangelist IAS officer Umashankar - Let us look at objectively, he is allowed to do what he wants in his private time. We all have code of conduct at work and in most cases organizations don't allow us to propagate religion or indulge in political activities during work time. However, we are not stopped from doing anything we want outside our work time. That is not questioned but being an IAS officer shouldn't he be treating everyone as equals? IAS officers and for that matter the politicians also should act as if all religions are equals.
Every individual has their own belief be it an atheist or fatalist or any religious follower believes that whatever he does his the right thing and is better than what others do. That's why the continue to do it. Otherwise, they would have changed their beliefs. That is precisely the main point of contention with what Umashankar has done.
Even our PM has openly displayed that he doesn't believe in symbolism of wearing a muslim cap which was offered to him (It is a different story that he was ok with wearing a sikh turban). Everyone made a hue and cry about it because we wanted him to be a hypocrite. So are we expecting the IAS officers and politicians to put on a show that they consider every other belief as equally good?
When personally we are OK with us believing that our belief is the best but when it comes to IAS officers and politicians we want them to act that their belief is nothing great when compared to other beliefs? Isn't that hypocrisy? Yes it is, we want our people in power (be it officers or politicians) to be perceived as treating everyone as equal.
After realizing the basic fact I just have one question, how much did the Savile Row suit cost and who paid for it?
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