I was in a deep slumber .Suddenly, I was jolted into a rude awakening . A thought-numbing question scarred me....
Do I really belong ?
As I collected my thoughts ,i could only fetch this much in my defence..
I am your so-called 3rd generation Indian born in the times of double-digits inflation & resounding economic growth .India is my nationality ..this detail is my saviour when i fill forms ( college registration ,voter identity ,passport...) & jot down India as my country by birth & descent .
I don't have in-your-face patriotism .It doesn't ebb out from my veins.I need reminders like the one from who-else but king khan "mujhe states ka naam na to sunai deta hai na dikhai..mujhe sirf ek mulk ka naam sunai deta hai .. INDIA AAA..."
I am your ordinary 20-something who goes mall-hopping ,who celebrates 'friendship day' & who is riding on the IT-Wave. I pride myself as one of the 'sons of the new India'..and take great pleasure in scowling at the rampant corruption, the pitholes & stray cows..(ills ridding the society huh!..as we call them)
I hurl choicest of abuses at the system..'saala system hi kharab hai..ye India hai India .. yaha kuch nhi badlega'..But if given a chance , would soar across the Atlantic craving for an American Dream at the first possible opportunity..
I am one of those who will make loud declarations that i was touched by the impeccable 'Swadesh' but will also add with a lighter undertone..'yaar practical nahi hai yeh..aisa to koi ch****ya hi karega ..haa agar gayatri joshi jaisi koi mil jaaye to socha jaa sakta hai..(laughs all round..period!)'.
I hail from a crowd which never misses a chance to take pot-shots at our colonial medieval police service..'saale bawaal hote hi harkat me aate hai...usse pehle to maa ch***te hai.....' Expletives are a way of life to me..they come to me thick and fast ..
I listen to news of explosions rocking my fellow countrymen,will spare a moment for reflection but then would prefer to talk about it in figures rather then lives ( 'what was the death-toll yaar'..). I will rest in peace until & unless it (read death ) comes close ..too close for comfort..until it knocks at my or my near one's doorstep..
I am the one teething with patriotism when i come out looking dazed after watching first day first shows of 'lakshya ,border..'..'yu to kuch kar guzarne ka man karta hai..yaar army me bharti ho jaaye kya '..but within few moments..reality dawns and i become my usual self craving for the big-bucks via the IIT,IIM route...
Am i eligible ? the choice rests ..
17 comments:
mast hai bhai saab..........par yaar ye star wale words samajh nahi aaye.....kindly throw sum li8.....
2sre c me 1 * kam hai dost
@aman..thx a lot fr ur valuable & insightful suggestion..dude..
@prem ..its self-explanatory..prem
aaj ka sabse bada sach
[:(]....chalo smbody z honest n throwing light on it..nice try...par ye gayatri joshi is scene se door hi acchi hai[:x]
too real!
well every indian at r age is trodding the same path, so as much as u we belong here!
nice work!! maturing with each post!
delhi ke bomb blast ki aawaj yahan tak suani aa rahi hai....nice work but a kindly advise "never sensor ur thoughts".[;)]
Very reflective...u have construed the paradox (that has become such an interwined part of our lives that we have stopped pondering over it!) soo well...it couldn't have been more honest...keep the good work coming!!
the real question is DO YOU WANT TO BELONG???
but it was a matured effort the boy finally comes of age!!!
Its easy to get frustrated yet so important to remain hopeful.
There is nothing wrong in earning big money(India is world's largest receiver of remittances) but keep doing your bits, if u can't inspire a revolution inspire little ones.
P.S.- Expletives generally mean a lack of reason so...
really nice nd quite thoughtful too....
i agree with tushar...
also even if a single person can't make difference...we gotta try....coz else we won;t know the consequences
besides...very one criticizes but no one tries to make it better
Oh yeah we all belong here... the problem is that the divide between the practical and the ideal is huge here...
And yeah I agree there's no bad in making big money.. not doing your bit for the system is.. the least we can do is try whatever is possible.. coz like us most young indians would just think to do some gud.. atleast we can begin by doing the least possible...
Baaki to duniya bhagwaan bharose chal hi rahi hai [:)]
So true and so well put...but then who DOES belong here...the well informed money minded youth who will not miss a chance to abuse the SYSTEM..and get away with it... or the ones who are a part of an ABVP or an NSUI who take changing the SYSTEM to another level.. whatever it may be .. we belong no where else but in the biggest democracy in the world where we can bask in the freedom of speech and expression...(MNS should get their concept right on this one) and wait for the system to change untill one day the Mohan Bhargav ( taking the risk of translating from memory) in us is " jolted into rude awakening" .. :).. till then ... we continue discovering and questioning ourselves....
i think, we can do things go better........we can come in the system through civil services or through politics... (perks and power are much better than corporate life)...and last but not least.... we can be the policy makers of this nation....."WE CAN SHAPE OUR INDIA."...
gr8 bro..
iska hindi sanskaran kab prakashit hoga??!!!!!
hindi sanskaran ka kya karna hai bhai??? "tatva" ko samjho aur follow karo mere dost....
I THINK SUCH KIND OF ABUSIVE BLOGS SHULD B BANND CMPLTLY..ND WHT D HELL THESE MO.... FU...THINK OF THEMSELVES....POLICE DEPARTMENT KI TO M..HI C..DI LADKE NE....WHAT A SHIT MAN........KEEP IT UP HAHA
:-)
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