India always has been a land of diversity but certainly it has become a land of hate now.

The country has become polarized and there is a lot of divide among people especially when it comes to religion.

Schools which are supposed to be institution of learning and meeting people of different communities has now become institution of hate and division.

In a disturbing recent incident in Uttar Pradesh, Muzaffarnagar, a teacher in private school instructed children in her classroom to hit a student one by one, referred to his Muslim faith, and talked pejoratively about “Mohammedan children” – ostensibly because he got his multiplication tables wrong.

The teacher is Tripta Tyagi of Neha Public School, which she owns and where the incident occurred.

What's really wrong and alarming to see if when the incident took place in classroom, a school staff kept on recording and the child kept on crying.

In the video, ordered by Tyagi, children walk up to him and slap the boy, who is in tears.

Tyagi is heard saying to a man off camera: “Maine toh declare kar diya, jitne bhi Mohammedan bachche hain, inke wahan chale jao (I have declared – all these Muslim children, go to anyone’s area)…” She then trails off as the man appears to agree.

Then, as one child sits down after hitting the boy, Tyagi tells him: “Kya tum maar rahe ho? Zor se maaro na (Why are you hitting him so lightly? Hit him hard.

She then asks, “Chalo aur kiska number hai (Whose turn is it)?”

As the boy cries, Tyagi says: “Abki baar kamar pe maaro… chalo… muh pe na maaro ab muh laal ho raha hai… kamar pe maaro saare (Start hitting him on the waist… His face is turning red, hit him on the waist instead).”

This incident absolutely shocking and this is just one incident which came into light, there are so many incidents and discrimination that people of different communities are facing each other in the country. It's a sad state of India we're living in!