There are couple of things that I don't like, or should I say that I am allergic to. I am a kind of person who is born and brought up in India but certainly don't have attitude and thinking like any other 'normal' Indian.
What defines a person's nationality? Generally, people would answer your birth do so. However, if you ask me, there is a lot of things that goes in that.
I believe that every nation has their own culture and history. It is necessary that the current generation take that legacy to the new level. If you visit any foreign nation, you would observe that they take pride in their culture. They grow with their culture.
It's not in India. Indians take some different kind of pride; the reason I failed to understand. I have spent my 27 years in this nation, closely observing and understanding people. I was born in a small town in the Eastern state of India. If you're an Indian, you would understand that you observe people breaking rules and regulations, easily.
Indians feel it's good to break rules and regulations. At an early age, without being taught, I understood that rules are not to be broken, but to be followed. I discovered at an early age that I am different than my entire family members.
My family claim to be liberal but they're not. There are moments when I felt that they are dividing people on the basis of cast, religion, state-wise, language, and other things. I, personally, don't believe in these bifurcations. For me, a human is a human.
Being a Hindu, my family believes in worshiping idols. I, on the other hand, believe that God is everywhere. These are only two examples. There are many such things which separates me from my entire family.
Coming back to India, I think Indians take pride in things that doesn't exist. I have travelled few states. Every state I went, people would look at me like a foreigner. When you introduce yourself, the first thing that they will ask you, "Which state you belong to?" This will define your friendship and initial conversation.
If you're from a different state, then you are going to have a tough time making friends. And if you are not from their religion, then certainly you're an alien. I am not talking hypothetically, but I have personally gone through this. These moments are hard to take in.
For me, things get worse as I follow rules. I am just born in India but not purely an Indian. I believe in Hindustan culture. I believe in following rules. I believe these things that separates me from people around me.
I am proud to be born in Hindustan. India is not at all Hindustan.
