Phir bhi dil hai Hindustani...

         There is a warm feeling of affection I get when I say I am an Indian...

   
        There is a feeling of oneness when I see a hundred people at a movie theater, coming  from different walks of life, who have made it on time to watch a long awaited movie, yet patiently rise and wait in silence as the National Anthem is played...

   
        There is a feeling of pride in every Indians heart as we watch 11 men in blue representing the nation, holding up the WORLD CUP!!!

   
        We are Indians...approximately 1 billion brown people crammed together, who still wont complain about the others body odor.

   
         We are Indians, who will push, curse and nearly throttle each other to get a seat in a crowded bus but will automatically bow down and touch the other person and then touch our chest as a gesture asking for forgiveness for just having even brushed our toes against the other person.

   
        We will sit back and watch as a minister loots us, then create havoc and just an apology will be enough to melt our hearts and elect him as a minister once again..

   
         We will eat at the most expensive restaurants, get that half a bowl of left over rice packed and take it home along with a napkin loaded with the mouth freshener that came with the bill..C'mon!!We paid for it!!

  
        Window shopping!!!Our favorite pastime..Roam around designer boutiques, make the salesperson pull out every piece available. Scratch and stretch the garment when no ones looking, ask for the price and say "arrey!!yeh same to same piece waha Ramlal ke dukaan me 200 me mill rahaa hain..chalo kam karo!!"

  
        Despite all this and the differences we have when it comes to standing up for each other...We are quite selfless...

    
        Because cheap or large hearted, rebels or tolerant...Jo bhi ho..phir bhi dil hai Hindustani!! 

    

   

  

Change is Constant!!

     "your not the child i once dotted over any more..","you were once a bright student..whats happened to you now..", "your not the person i once fell in love with...", "it's no fun with you any more..."...lines like these...how often have you  come across them?? never??then your the person saying these lines...

      Change..they say, is good for us...good for the society...then why is change the very reason for people to go away from us...Why is it that we lose trust, faith, love because of "change"!!

    Parents want their children to be the same little one's who once listened to every word they said, and did everything they asked them to do..But do they not realise that as they grew up..they made decisions for themselves too??Didn't they once upon a time NOT listen to their parents too??

      My dad for instance..He had the best time of his life when he was young...but now that he's done and seen everything, he says "why do you want to do it? Its no fun..i am telling you...don't waste time on silly things like that..."..How will i know whether it's fun or no unless I do it myself.?.How can i tell whether the rain will give me a cold unless i go get wet in it? How will I know whether I am allergic to that roadside junk food unless i go eat it..?Isn't it by falling umpteen times that i learnt how to walk?Why didn't you stop me back then? If you knew that id get hurt why didn't you let me just crawl around?Because you knew it was necessary...so is this..So let me change...let me see for my self..I am your little daughter and you have to trust me enough to know that I will come back to you when I fall:)Why, instead, am i being labelled a "REBEL"?

    When in school I scored well and my teacher praised me...she looked at me with so much love and affection..Then why, when I grew up and screwed up a particular exam,did that opinion about me change? Why did she look at me with disgust instead of sitting me down and asking me whether something was keeping me from concentrating on my academics?Why did she just give up on me and find another favorite instead when she knew my potential?Why was I labelled "WORTHLESS"

   When in college I fell in love..Found someone who laughed at my silly jokes, When I thought the two of us would keep each other laughing and smiling forever, Why when at some point of time when I was low for a few days,did that person fail to understand me?Why did he say "Its no fun with you anymore!!you've changed..YOUR A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON NOW!!" Why did he not try to figure out what was troubling me and cheer me up??Why was i labelled "INDIFFERENT".

   Constant..is what they want from us...Constant good behavior, Constant performance, constant sense of humor, Constant Love..blah blah blah...Change is what people do not know to deal with..change is what they are afraid of...They do not realize that they have to deal with it some day or the other..because change is a part of life.

Change is Constant!!!