Things we take for granted, make you long for them when they are not around.I have been pondering on this, ever since i landed in Sweden.The ad "hamara Bajaj" moved me to tears..so lively down to earth!The ubiquitous cows on the road the pani puri walas..they are so much a part of our life and traffic.Not that i miss the pollution and stench but i do miss the auto rides, the lip smacking pani puri,hot jalebis, the accessibility to everything, the knocking at a friend's door without having to take an appointment with him\her.
When my Maa complains about the rising temperature, i secretly envy, living in a cold place having to check the thermometer outside my window before I dress up every morning and decide how many layers of clothing do I need!I can not comprehend how you can complain about sun..I'm in dire need of it.Reminds me of people drying chillies, pickles and clothes in the sun.Yes, drying clothes too!
I wonder how was it to run around in BATA hawaii chapal..now it seems like FREEDDOM.
One needs to get out of India to understand the true value of India.When I see the foreigners in kurtas and embroidered bags, my heart screams thats Indian, from my India!
Chicken flavoured with mangoe chutney-Jai Ho!
Slum dog milllionare-Jai ho!
Never felt this sense of belonging to India, before. But now, away from motherland, my heart goes mmmm...mmmm..mmmm...
It is election time and I hope we Indians choose the befitting leader.Was so ecstatic to see sites like jaagore.com and bleedindia.com.
Indian youth is very much into it!Jai Ho!!!
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Ideally one should eat to live but reverse is true for me and it shows on my waist line.I am grateful to my Ma and Baba, I still appear slim...
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Yes, that's what I feel now. I do have a roof over my head but it's the inner quest to feel at home in a place away from home. There... -
As a kid I remember playing a game wherein we had to sing princess of the palace lost her shoe. It never made an impact on my mind, never th...
Jai Ho!!!
ReplyDeleteI think most of them are true.
ReplyDeleteBut, I beg to differ on some aspects still, the reason may be my not-so-prolonged stay outside India. There are certain things we could change but we move on with it, with the chalta hai attitude. We dont imbibe criticism healthily, try to manipulate things, coz honesty is not cultured in India, not even with education :(
Thats the sorry part of it and I want to change myself before taking a bigger step of changing others.
Jai ho is becoming a buzz word, thanks to the oscar nominations. Unfortunately, I have to answer at times, does it really happens like that in India, as it is showed in Slumdog? Its difficult to spill the beans and say no but yes. We need to improve standards in every aspects of life.