Things That Bang

The third episode of MTV Roadies: Hell Down Under in Udaipur (no Australia?) made for a sobering viewing. The ugly side of human nature was laid bare.There was slander and assassination of character, physical brutality, cussing, blatant racism and lack of respect of cultural differences. 

Yes, all the typical Indian vices were laid bare, where two people who spent time alone naturally became the target of gossip. A girl's character was assassinated, the girls judged the woman in question and the boys congratulated the man who had the supposed tryst.

We've all seen it play out in our schools and colleges. The woman is called a slut for being 'forward' or 'liberal'. The sexist game at its worst being played out by the supposed globalized generation had me shake my head. India still had its mind in the gutters.

Then came the term- Chinkie! I cringed. Chinkie?! And my mind went back to the recent conversation I accidentally eavesdropped on a few days back when a man had called a North Easterner a hot chinkie. We still have a long way to being politically correct in our thinking, words and actions.

The cat fights continued with a man thrown in like a wish bone to be fought over.

Then there was the snide immature politicking to get a guy beaten up by another hot headed jack ass. 

Weight jokes were made, a woman verbally assaulted an overweight guy and another man passed a sexist remark that she should be let off since she was a girl.

A man made a mockery of a folk dance and finally the hotel was turned into a hoodlum boarding house by the crew of the show and by the team members, who placated the hotel staff when they were asked to leave the premises..

I haven't taken any names here deliberately. These were acts committed by Indians , these were acts we see happen all the time in our society, we read about them, we fight over them and we find ourselves either perpetuating them or being the victims.

The ugly underbelly of India was laid bare in all its festering rottenness and the episode left a sour taste in my mouth.