Label Free

I was born as a human being.

Then I came to know that I’m a girl. I was told to behave in certain ways. Be gentle. Be shy. Talk softly. Everything’s gonna be fine. 

Then I was told about my religion. To pray to a certain deity. To pray in a certain way. To know certain rituals and hymns.

Then I came to know about apartheid. They say I’m a brown. You’re white. He is black. That girl is yellow. And those kids there are red.

And then I stepped into my teens. And soon I was told about the ideal body shape! Flat belly, broader hip, thinner limbs and bigger breasts. 

No one had time to tell us about the ongoing changes in our bodies. Thanks to mom and biology book for educating us and not shy away.

Little did we know about the mischievous plan of these People. They kept provoking us and we kept pushing ourselves to achieve the Ideal Body Shape! 

They taught us how to hate. They taught us how to fight and defend. They taught us how to bring others down. They taught  us how to judge. They taught us how to discriminate. They taught us how be a Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jew, black, white, brown, red, yellow, girl, boy, transgender, pretty, ugly, rich, poor, and bla bla bla.
We were forced to trod on this venomous path to be socially acceptable. To receive some fake love. To console our poor hearts. 
They talk of dreams and hopes and sparkles. And here I’m trying hard to learn how to unlearn everything that I’ve learned. To unlearn hatred, to unlearn treachery, to unlearn expectations, to unlearn race, to unlearn body shape, to unlearn all the evils of life.

Oh, in the meantime we forgot to even realise that we’re human beings and should be label free!