Shande of www.naanushande.com fame brought up a nice post on Independence Status Messages about how status messages varied from person to person living in and out of
When I was young, the only day I thought about "PATRIOTISM" or the feeling of being an INDIAN was on 15 Aug. Listening to "Hai Mere Watan Ke Logo" by Lata Mangeshkar or "Mere Desh ki Dharti". Watching the parade on TV, the hoisting of tricolor, eating chocolates and sweets and ofcourse idly vada for breakfast etc. I thought patriotism was only sacrificing once's life for the country as the jawans do. This was how we were taught in school isn't it?
In 6th sem File Structure class, lecturer mentioned about author Raghuram Krishan, using INDIAN names in his examples and mentioned about he being PATRIOTIC. I never got it.In WC2003 Sachin in his Man Of Match award interview said, "
All these things made sense to me when I came to US for my Master's. I began to follow more and more about INDIAN news, movies, and Kannada movies to be precise. All the bomb blasts and road accidents touched my heart. Any news involving an INDIAN name in global market like L Mittal, I Nooyi, S Jha etc would make me feel great and privileged. Finding an INDIAN in top official names in my company always made me feel good.
Now can some one tell me if this is PATRIOTISM or just DESIGIRI as some would claim?
Only a James Anderson can appreciate when the ball swings and gets an outside edge in the flat sub continent pitches.
3 comments:
It is just like there is a saying in kannada "doora idhastu peruuthi jassti aguthey anthey angey"
hey it happens in many cases. when we meet a friend after a long time, we usually tend to talk a lot. But same doesn't happen when we meet him/her everyday.
PS: thanks for referring to my blog.
Hmmmm... Speaking of patriotism - Every human being likes to have a sense of belonging - gives him pride, security and something to be proud of. While this belonging is generally not required when u are "in" the country itself, however its natural to try n belong, when u are away..
Whatever the exact reason is, we are all very proud to be Indians.. arent we.. so why worry about what, why, how :)
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