Being prejudiced

That day i got in the bus and saw it full...wished i had the magic of Harry and could turn myself thin like silk then probably i could pass through the crowd of men standing in the bus...somehow i managed to get the way by saying "excuse me" to all the men standing in my way...and found a little space to stand, a man and a woman sitting on the seat next to me.

I had hardly managed to stand and there came a man with a big belly, mustache, white half sleeve kurta and a plastic bag in his hand and stood in center. "Seems to be a bhaiya" I thought. Standing in the center he blocked the way. One man wanting to get down on next stop asked him to give him way and he shifted towards my side and was standing near me...."oohhh" I felt. I was struggling to balance myself and was uncomfortable with this man standing next to me with all that picture of a bhaiya i had in mind. I thought he was staring at me and i wondered what all he was thinking!

People kept coming in and my struggle to achieve balance became more difficult and i was pushed on the seat near me where the other man and woman were sitting. Seeing me struggling hard, the bhaiya asked the fellow sitting, "ladies ko baithne do". I was surprised !! The man stood up and gave me the place.

Sitting there i was thinking about the bhiaya. How quickly i had judged this man when he entered! My prejudice! I used to think that I don't tend to get prejudice, he proved me wrong. Prejudice leading to generalisation and judging. Our prejudices are so deep that we are not aware of it. This was one incidence and there are many like this where we get influenced by our prejudice. We jump to conclusion about people based on our prejudice and whats worse we don't accept that we are prejudiced! Try telling someone that you are being prejudice, they will not accept it and i don't think would be willing to give a thought to it. Many problems arise out of our prejudice and we don't realise it, if we do may be we would be able to avoid some of the problems if not all.