What I value about INDIA...

What I value about India is that everyone co exists.
What I value about India is that people of various cultures and languages pretend to be together yet apart.
What I value about India is we boast, “All Indians are my brothers and sisters.” But every hour there are rapes all over the country.
What I value about India is we speak of liberty and nationality only to report honour killings every day.
What I value about India is that it is a democracy.
What I value about India is in most parts I am compared to dogs.
What I value about India is we are an outspoken society today.
What I value about India is we have family bonds too strong to severe.
What I value about India is, today the name of Lord Shiva means ‘dope’ not ‘devote’.
What I value about India is I can build a home anywhere yet not be at home.
What I value about India is the rich are growing richer.
What I value about India is the time it puts in trying to be a first world country.
What I value about India is farm grown vegetables are replaced by cans on the shelf.
What I value about India is it is fighting its WARS.
What I value about India is it worships Mahatma Gandhi when reservations are set. But he is thrown out of the window when ‘ahimsa’ is concerned.
What I value about India is they value their gems more than the people digging for them.
What I value about India is the west is the only place for it to go.
What I value about India is know your rights but don’t assert.
What I value about India is it speaks of the Tata’s and the Birla’s…the Mumbai slums…the Goan beaches…the to be’s of tomorrows.
What I value about India is how we tutor ourselves in the various accents of the world.
What I value about India is the way we are holed up in our homes and not allowed to peep out.
What I value about India is the cushions we sit on are not allowed to poke us.
What I value about India is that the rich are taught never to be uncomfortable and avoid all that might lead to it…
What I value about India is that I was born here, only to be brought up in the same conditioning.

written on 26th January, 2011