India and its DemoCrazy

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Before u start calling me all bad names, let me clarify that I have nothing against India, the country. I am an Indian and am proud to be a part of such a glorified country. But what enrages me is the problems that we have here. And it enrages me because it is all man-made and not something that we cannot solve or work upon. I’ll be frank; I know nothing about the politics here, just maybe the names of a few players in it. And I've never had an interest in it either. Why should i? I have been taught to stay away from things that are bad and the Indian politics is portrayed in such bad light that I've always wanted to stay miles, kilometers, rather light-years away from it! I read once that Rahul Gandhi stated that the ‘Indian Youth’ (it’s like his trademark now) is the only solution to cleaner politics. And I totally agreed with that. But then nothing happened. You still have old, aged, senior citizens (no disrespect to anyone) moving form one position to another, but still in power of what is still cited as a DEVELOPING country! 63 years of independence and we are still DEVELOPING?!!! What the ****!

Now, I’m no Bhagat Singh or some revolutionist (and neither I intend to be one!) but all this outburst is because I've been questioning myself for the past few days; is this what we term Democracy? Is that what India is known for? It may not be believable, but I've still met people who think of Indians as snake charmers or ladies draped in sarees or worse, people with largest families! That should NOT happen! Does one come across people who talk of Americans as racists or people who enslaved black? No, they are talked about how great their country is! Then why not for us?! Why are we called upon for our services around the globe and yet mocked at the end of the day?!

Of course, this write-up won’t bring in some revolution. Of course tomorrow even I won’t give a thought to all this. But then today, I shall sleep with all these questions, and with a hope that someday, SOMEDAY I will laugh at this all and pride upon being an Indian in every aspect.

Jai Hind (???) till then.       

THE WORLD I LIVE IN

I live in a world that is like a coin, two sides to every thing. There are people here who you just cannot trust, and some that you can trust with your life even! There are emotions that are defined crystal clear while some emotions just stay nameless, yet equally dominant in our daily lives. There are some words that express your views in just the right way, while some words, no matter how long,  never do justice to your thoughts. The choices you make here will speak louder than your actions, and your actions will dominate your words. Your character and personality is judged here not by what you say, but by what others say about you. There are people who you think are close to you but are not actually, while there is always some stranger whos got your back. There are people who you think love you but actually don’t, while there is always some unknown person who crushes on you secretly. No matter how confident you may be, there will always be that one factor that can bring you down. And there will always be one face that will bring a smile on your face the minute you see it.

That’s the kind of world I live in; beautiful outside, ugly within.

IRONY

I watched a Korean Drama a few days back ( yes, u read it right! ;) ) and the characters in it inspired me to pen down something. Following are the lines that I felt many would feel related to....

IRONY

Funny, how every time I try to let you go, I end up thinking of you all the more.

Ironic, how every fight that we’ve had, makes me smile every time I think of it.

Sad, how every paranoid thought I had about you, turned out to be true.

Tragic, how the only person I really want to be with, is the one I can actually never have.

Weird, how every moment I think I’ve moved on, brings me back to square one, back to your thoughts, back to your memories.