{"id":249805,"date":"2023-06-27T20:33:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T15:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=249805"},"modified":"2023-08-31T16:20:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T10:50:07","slug":"express-view-on-rwas-and-prejudice-pettiness-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/express-view-on-rwas-and-prejudice-pettiness-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Express View on RWAs and prejudice: Pettiness of power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source-<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201cExpress View on RWAs and prejudice: Pettiness of power\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d on 27th June 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: <\/strong>GS1- Social issues. GS2- Vulnerable sections of the population<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>&#8211; Issues related to domestic workers<\/p>\n<p><strong>News- <\/strong>A housing society in Bengaluru has barred maids from using common areas.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are significant issues raised by this notice?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The notice shows the elitist upper-class attitude towards workers.<\/p>\n<p>The notice shows casteism, class prejudice prevalent in society. Their prejudices and bigotries are presented as concerns for \u201csecurity\u201d and \u201chygiene\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Part-time politicians of the RWA impose their will on those who do not have the means to object.<\/p>\n<p>Lord Acton was right when he said that \u201cpower corrupts\u201d. Perhaps, petty power corrupts more absolutely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source- The post is based on the article \u201cExpress View on RWAs and prejudice: Pettiness of power\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian Express\u201d on 27th June 2023. Syllabus: GS1- Social issues. GS2- Vulnerable sections of the population Relevance&#8211; Issues related to domestic workers News- A housing society in Bengaluru has barred maids from using common areas.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/express-view-on-rwas-and-prejudice-pettiness-of-power\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Express View on RWAs and prejudice: Pettiness of power<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[263,10500,264],"class_list":["post-249805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-1","tag-indian-express","tag-society","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}