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PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN...!

Article By: Slender Smile
Editorial and Opinion


This was the article I posted on my Group when India won T20 last year.
What I have written here is what I had to face then.
I know its too late to publish it now but i wanted to do it. View table of contents...

 

Submitted: Aug 18, 2008    Reads: 71    Comments: 6    Likes: 0   


"Are you sad,that India WON over Pakistan in the T2O?

This was the question I have been facing since India has won the International Trophy..!

Granted,there are some people-Muslims AND Non-muslims - who are sad about it-reasons known only to them.About 5% of the Muslims-all over India,take the side of Pakistan.But,what about the other 95%-who are all "INDIAN" from head to toe?This question made me think- How many people out there are facing the same thing in 'OUR' country?

My cousin,who loves to join us at Hyderabad at the tiniest chance he could get,was travelling when an eve-teaser was teasing a girl,with the girl ending up crying.This ended up with the whole bus being directed to the Local Police Station with the comolaint against the culprit.

Turns out he is a Muslim..!

Reaction from the Police Department-

"ye saare musalman aise hi hai."

              saare musalman?!?My cousin was shocked.He couldn't say a word..!

How a person behaves in public and how a person behaves with a lady-depends entirely upon his upbringing and the environment he was brought up in.

Can anyone say with a sure-shot confidence that only muslims are the eve-teasers and mischief makers?

Eve-teasers and mischief makers are found everywhere,irrespective of their caste,creed and religion,respective of their environment and upbringing.

India 'was' known to be a country following "Unity in Diversity",but today the situation is completely opposite.Infact,you could say its "Diversity in Unity" now.

You can see that when you go to states like Karnataka,Tamilnadu,Mumbai, and Delhi.

When you go to Karnataka and Tamilnadu- the hostile behaviour you face from the localites make you rethink,if you are standing on a foreign land.Thay are not ready to accept people other than from their state.Known for their academic excellence,these places make any Indian non-localite feel 'unwanted'.

And people from the places-Mumbai and Delhi- refer every South Indian as 'madrasi',even if they are not.

The movie "CHAK DE INDIA" has showcased some of the scenes beautifully.

One-where a girl from Andhra Pradesh gives her introduction and is brushed away by the clerk as a 'madrasi'.When the girl tries to correct him-saying that she is a Telugu girl.The clerk asks her sarcastically-is there any difference?

And the girl answers correctly,

   "utna hi jitna Kashmir aur Kanyakumari mein hain...!"

The second scene where two of the girls from the State of Mizoram give their introduction and are invited by the clerk as 'mehmaan' to our country.

When the girls stares at him,he asks-

     "kya hua?kya aap log khush nahin hai?"

And the girls answer him back-

     "koi apne desh mein mehmaan bankar kaise khush reh sakta hai?!"

Wow! Yeah right..! Who could be happy when you are being categorised and disowned in one phase of life or the other?

Thankfully,there are still people out ther who celebrate Christmas,Diwali,Eid,and many other festivals alike.And hopefully,this continues,subsiding the irrelevent and irrational differences that are arising in some people too self-absorbed with their high-handedness about themselves,their religion and their region.

But,one thing I have decided I would do, and I think everyone should do-when being literally categorised and disowned, is to stand up to myself. Just because I am a muslim, no one has the right to say something against- me being an Indian- and antagonise me.

I would definitely bark at them-

I WAS BORN AN INDIAN

I AM AN INDIAN AND WILL ALWAYS BE.....NO MATTER WHAT...!

AND I AM PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN...!

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A/N: Most of you may not understand what some of the sentences above mean.So....

Koi apne desh mein mehmaan bankar kaise khush reh sakta hai?-  How could a person be happy when they are treated like guests in their own country?

kya hua kya aap log khush nahin hain?- what happened?aren't you people happy?

musalmaan- muslim

utna hi jitna kashmir aur kanyakumari mein hain- the same difference as much is the distance between kashmir and kanyakumari.

ye saare musalmaan aise hi hote hain- all the muslims are the same.

madrasi- people from the city madras/chennai


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Vic Vhara
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Really interesting article. I had no idea there was so much regional antagonism in India. Good for you for standing up to yourself.

In the US we have subtle stuff but people in general get along. At least that's how it seems to me.

Posted: Aug 18, 2008

Author Comment:

Yeah.What is shown to the world is a lot more different than what really is going on. I am sure it happens in the cases of almost all the countries. We have issues which need to be solved coz its high time. Who else better than the younger generation? Whatever b d scenario, i still love dis country. Its in my blood.:)

Well it'd make sense, since India does have 1bil.+ ppl with different dialects and religions, in all that, just hanging on to what u believe, feel comfortable with seems sane, brush out the rest!

I mean Indians are not Paki, and racial profiling should happen the least there

But its all around, Africans are all black, Asians are those of china and japan only (duh india anyone), Pakistan and India are one country...list goes on

Posted: Aug 22, 2008

Author Comment:

Yup...it does.
But dont u think there's a saturation point for that?
How long will certain people who have to face it in their day to day life will take it?

YES i know how u r feeling right now...MUMBAI MERI JAAN movie depicts the dillema of the Local train bomb blast and it's effects on a Hindu, a newspaper reader, a common man and police men and also on a poor tea seller ( Madrasi)...
so sad...pathetic....but the end of the movie is SO SO SO POSITIVE....i felt like hugging you if u were there....

Posted: Aug 30, 2008

Author Comment:

Oh i'll defntly watch d movie as soon as i cmplete my university xms.

LET's CHANGE INDIA BUDDY TOGETHER HAND IN HAND...coming??

I will come back too...inspite of the fear factor....running away from reality is NOT a great mission...
i am lonely and sad here and MISS INDIA, MY country, it's work culture, it's food, the aroma of all religions, movie theatres, restaurants...u name it....

and this article is my personal favourite for ever and ever....going to read all ur posts soon...

i had a bad experience with a Pakistani female in toronto...i had to stop talking to her but after meeting you, i realised that it HER menatlity and low thinking...it had nothing to do with her being a muslim...

THANKS BUDDY for entering my life at right time...

Posted: Aug 30, 2008

Author Comment:

Hi pratibha :)
thank u 4 ur undrstnding and support. And i am glad it helped and changed ur perspective of understanding another person.
Yes! Lets change those aspects of india where it needs a change...2gether.

as you are probably aware , we have many nationalities and religions in england , we do try to get along , bad reporting doesnt help but i have to say i'm noticing that the youth in our country , whatever background they come from do seem to be more aggressive
respect for each others point of view doesnt seem to resonate . i hope we all learn from the sentiments you express here , brilliant piece .
terry

Posted: Sep 3, 2008

Author Comment:

Thank u terry

You are so right... Racism is VEERY common these days.. I mean if we won't learn ourselves, than who are we going to love? "Unity" is an outlandish word these days...

Posted: Sep 13, 2008

Author Comment:

So very true.



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