Hi All,
Many of you might know me from my many avatars - maybe as accountant, fellow traveller, best friend, enemy (hoping not too many of those) etc etc.
The reason I started this blog is very simple. The story starts something like this.
I must have been 8 or 9 years old. Having a very patriotic father - he would make me go to every flag hoisting on Independence Day no matter what country or what city we were in. ( I grew up in the Middle East). So we were in the car going to the Embassy and I was like Dad, why do we need to stand in the sun and listen to the anthem and some speech where I know I am going to doze off in 40 deg heat anyway.
My dad who by then had got used to my irreverent and thoughtless questions said, being an Indian is who we are and that's why. It didn't make much sense when I was 8 years old and nearby passed out in the middle of the Prime Minister's Speech.
But it does make sense now.
I have had many numerous conversations with close friends about where our country and this blog will be my tiny contribution to the debate where we are headed as a country. And other random thoughts of course!
- Intensely Patriotic Indian.
Many of you might know me from my many avatars - maybe as accountant, fellow traveller, best friend, enemy (hoping not too many of those) etc etc.
The reason I started this blog is very simple. The story starts something like this.
I must have been 8 or 9 years old. Having a very patriotic father - he would make me go to every flag hoisting on Independence Day no matter what country or what city we were in. ( I grew up in the Middle East). So we were in the car going to the Embassy and I was like Dad, why do we need to stand in the sun and listen to the anthem and some speech where I know I am going to doze off in 40 deg heat anyway.
My dad who by then had got used to my irreverent and thoughtless questions said, being an Indian is who we are and that's why. It didn't make much sense when I was 8 years old and nearby passed out in the middle of the Prime Minister's Speech.
But it does make sense now.
I have had many numerous conversations with close friends about where our country and this blog will be my tiny contribution to the debate where we are headed as a country. And other random thoughts of course!
- Intensely Patriotic Indian.
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