Happy independence..oops..republic day
Its 12:07. The phone oscillates madly.
"hey ppl! Its d republic day! v'r indianz! lets celebrate it! I'm proud to be an indian! Jai hind!!"
?
Whoa. Take it easy brother. Patriotism generally finds an outlet only on these selective days when we get a day off; and when the day off is compounded with a hugely extended weekend, patriotism overflows. But considering that neither am i particularly patriotic nor glad that there is another day off, such messages do one vital thing - piss me off.
When i say i am not patriotic, i also say that i dont hate my country either. Just that the notions of 'motherland' and 'swades' dont go down well with me. And i'm very sure i would have been equally non-patriotic--if i may use the term--had i been born in some other country. When you say you love your country, what do you mean? Do you love that one page map in the atlas? or do you love the boundaries that require a passport to cross? Our forefathers were patriotic. They loved their motherland. For a typical person living in, say, Karnataka before the partition patriotism would mean the love for India.
After partition, however, the love is restricted to the territory left behind by our holy neighbours. Keep dividing; keep reallocating the territory..remove Haryana..Punjab..Uttaranchal..and with each successive division the area being 'loved' would keep diminishing. Hail the patriot who loves his motherland! only that his mother may have been born in a land that now belongs to someone else..but hail the patriot nevertheless! for he's the one warrior..who'll love the motherland till he dies..however so you may divide it...keep dividing..and you reach till his city..his colony..his block..his road..his house..his room..his...okay; lets spare the gory details..so come on...shout it out loud..HAIL THE PATRIOT..FOR HE'S THE WARRIOR...HE LOVES HIS MOTHERLAND..
P.S. : Ever heard of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam? Try it out brother. Helps. And you dont need to send out SMSes celebrating it too.
"hey ppl! Its d republic day! v'r indianz! lets celebrate it! I'm proud to be an indian! Jai hind!!"
?
Whoa. Take it easy brother. Patriotism generally finds an outlet only on these selective days when we get a day off; and when the day off is compounded with a hugely extended weekend, patriotism overflows. But considering that neither am i particularly patriotic nor glad that there is another day off, such messages do one vital thing - piss me off.
When i say i am not patriotic, i also say that i dont hate my country either. Just that the notions of 'motherland' and 'swades' dont go down well with me. And i'm very sure i would have been equally non-patriotic--if i may use the term--had i been born in some other country. When you say you love your country, what do you mean? Do you love that one page map in the atlas? or do you love the boundaries that require a passport to cross? Our forefathers were patriotic. They loved their motherland. For a typical person living in, say, Karnataka before the partition patriotism would mean the love for India.
After partition, however, the love is restricted to the territory left behind by our holy neighbours. Keep dividing; keep reallocating the territory..remove Haryana..Punjab..Uttaranchal..and with each successive division the area being 'loved' would keep diminishing. Hail the patriot who loves his motherland! only that his mother may have been born in a land that now belongs to someone else..but hail the patriot nevertheless! for he's the one warrior..who'll love the motherland till he dies..however so you may divide it...keep dividing..and you reach till his city..his colony..his block..his road..his house..his room..his...okay; lets spare the gory details..so come on...shout it out loud..HAIL THE PATRIOT..FOR HE'S THE WARRIOR...HE LOVES HIS MOTHERLAND..
P.S. : Ever heard of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam? Try it out brother. Helps. And you dont need to send out SMSes celebrating it too.
posted by Abhimanyu at
3:20 AM
2 Comments:
Nice one. real nice one. a word for all the patriots though- why love your country alone. why not this precious earth, our solar system, our galaxy(the milky way for those who arent aware) and this huge infinite universe we belong to. think about it. Do we JUST belong to INDIA???
haha.... oddly and wickedly humourous....
precise....
loved the usage of brother....
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