India undivided

Its 16th august, 2008 and I am in Boston, USA. For the first time in 23 years, I celebrated our Indepandance Day in the capital. But unfortunately, not in India but in US of A. I had never felt so patrotic ever before. I dint attend the flag hoisting ceremony because I was pretty busy with my oacking and shopping gift for my sister,who is in Boston, for Rakhi; but I did understand the power behind "Proud to be an Indian" for the first time. Not that I hated India but you always understand one's importance when you are away from them.

Due to differences in the time zone, India saw the Sun of 15th August before USA did. Thanks to my friend, i realised India will always be ahead of USA in time. I challenge anybody who could change that. I would lose a million dollars.Ooops!!! I mean rupees. Although its only time, but its such a great feeling. "AHEAD IN TIME!!! " Woooow....Its so nice to hear and imagine.

Going a bit off topic. If you go to college in your own city, you tend to ask your colleagues, which part of the city they are from in a hope to find somebody from your own locality. If you go to a college in education town, you tend to ask which part of the country they are from to check out if they are from your city. Here we tend to ask "Are you from India?" and you get a broad smile when u get a reply in affirmative. Indians here take India as a whole. they dont distinguish each others as North Indians, South Indians or Mumbaite, Delhite. You are just plain simple......INDIAN!!! And thats a great feeling. INDIA UNDIVIDED!!!

Going a bit more off topic... The Papparazzi and the media in India keep on cribbing about smallest of things. Rats death is a breaking news. There is so much negative about our own selves that you watch as soon as you turn on the television. Not that the media here is easy on people but you dont constantly hear bad about India. So, you feel more proud to be an Indian...

Here all the Indians have two lives. One is the American and other is that of an Indian. Usually American life tends to takeover Indian lifestyle, but they deep in their heart regret about it and that shows how much ever American or western you become, You'll always be an Indian...You might drive out your relatives out or ignore them but they will definitely stop by to hold an old person who slipped by...I hope you get my point...Same with the accent.They might get an American accent but they still speak their mother tongue as clearly as they always did. They still teach their children the same values they received...

I do miss India very much; more so every afternoon which is when I used to have Vada Pavs everyday. I miss my dad the most. and everybody I knew...