Equality – are we really ready to accept it?

Our constitution says all are equal. Our parties says the same. We as society and community also says the same. But how true is it and how ready are we accepting the same. If some one is given equal treatment, does the others accept it?

I am stating here a real time experience that I had. This is not of any backward village or uneducated and illiterate group of people in India. This happens in the so called middle class society group get together in the capital of India, ie New Delhi.  Mostly all those present  are  highly educated – Post Graduate plus and all follow the so called Equality ideology at-least in thought and discussions.

This is a group of friends along with family getting together to celebrate the luxuries they have acquired during the last year! It is basically a show off meeting and all the friends have been known for more than 20 years ie. they have been together during or after education.

The ladies had food together and most of them were surprised when the only maid/servent who was working there was asked to sit along with other ladies who were presnt. In the beginning one or two persons started staring at the girl. Then one by one the comment was – why? is it allowed? is it not  bad? is it our tradition? and many more questions. Is there any where other than in this house that it is done?

It ignited a point in my mind. Why not.  what is so unusual here? For me it was not new thing. My grand parents who were all alone in their home used to have one help who used to sit with them and have food. Later now my parents also follow the same principle. What is there for the hue and cry?

It is the attitude which cannot be changed by education but by the emotional maturity and growth. I could find that the rich who have huge bank balance and runs huge corporates are not the real rich in terms of emotional richness.  They just are very poor in emotional richness and ie why they amass huge wealth which does not have any use for them after their exit from the planet.

Few takeaways from this are

a. Some who wants to treat other equal finds road block from their on near and dear ones

b. It needs lots of courage and emotional maturity to venture in to and accept the reality

c. We cannot expect all to be equal mature in behaviour and attitude