Where was Buddha Born??
I was on a client meet the other day. There I met a guy, from Biratnagar, who worked at the office that I visited. During the meet, the ED called him to his cabin and addressed him as “Bahadur”. Should I have been offended by it?? When I thought about it, I was not. The ED was addressing my fellow Nepali by a respectful name- “Bahadur”. It means brave/ courageous in Nepali language. Rather than calling someone who works in a pantry as “Abe” , he chose a name; a proper one!! Should I see any wrong in that?? Time to introspect now; what about us calling people “Dhoti”?? What does that word even mean?? Aren’t we ourselves judgemental on the basis of nationality?? Isn’t calling someone “Dhoti” offensive?? No one can beat us, on being overly sensitive coz our “pride” is like an open wound. It gets infected; too fast too easy. Some hot chick in a TV serial makes a random statement about “Buddha being born in India”; and what do we do?? Start a big demonstration in the streets; send ...