I don’t care if they shoot me down after this. I don’t care if the Government bans me from writing on public blogs. I don’t care if you guys reading this verbally abuse me. I don’t care if I am banned from my nationality. For the millionth time I just wanna tell the world that I am not proud to be an Indian.
I am no different. I am not out of my mind. I’m just like each one of the billion people who call themselves Indians. The same people who abuse the country, it’s politicians, corruption etc. countless times during the day and once an year they chant, ‘Vande Mataram’.
I am no different. I am a part of the lakhs of students in the country. The same set of students who work very hard in studies just to sit for an exam that could be their ticket out of the country. These same set of students feel for India. These are the same students who go sentimental after watching Rang De Basanti. These are the same students who then forget all morals and commit crime. These are the same students who work at top notch MNCs, buy from International brands, eat at Mc Donalds. And they still say, ‘Mera Bharat Mahaan’.
I am no different. I hate all the bad things like corruption and prejudice. I don’t pretend that I like the nation, like you. I hate the national anthem being played at movie theaters. I hate the roads filled with dirty water. I hate the filthy politicians. I hate our so called system.
Article by Neetu Kaur
Neetu has written 22 awesome articles on HarryJerry.com.
About: I am the Princess!
Tags: corruption, country, India, jobs, mnc, nationality
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Oh hell! One day this World will be full of Indians. Indians and Indians everywhere. One day America’s president shall be of Indian origin. Indians will rule the World. One day!
Indeed, I am no different.I’m just like each one of the billion people who call themselves Indians,who abuse the country, it’s politicians, corruption etc. countless times during the day and once an year they chant, ‘Vande Mataram’… who work at top notch MNCs, buy from International brands, eat at Mc Donalds. And they still say, ‘Mera Bharat Mahaan’
N still , I ,get sentimental after watching Rang De , feel elated when Abhinav Bindra Snatches that Gold on that last shot , proud when Tatas & Ambanis takeover companies overseas , when New York Times marvels @ the $2500 Nano, even when BBCI bullies ICC to bend all rulez in its favour … At times ,I miss ghar-ka-khana when there’s a Mcveggie lying in front of me , watch a mindless 70’s hindi flick 10th time over , mail my entire friend list to vote for Taj Mahal ,cringe when BBC airs
“INDIA : Economically advanced,Socially backward ? ” just after the Delhi Bomb Blasts , mildly hopeful when they say India will be a Superpower by 2020 …
WE all know the List doesn’t end …
No doubt India’s going places it never thought of before , & absolutely no doubt , the state of the country’s not getting better by the day… Some say The Glass’ Half Empty , Others’ think its Half full … Whatever it might be , I love that half Filled GLass !!
I agree with the point Pratik just made above. There are two sides of the coin we’re looking at. India can be called both good or bad. Too see you getting frustrated is very astonishing.
This is my first time here..and it was disappointing to see that Indians aren’t proud of being Indian.
Its okey if you say you are not proud of India but not being proud of being an Indian that tells that you are a puppet of White people or Black maybe.
I guess you would be happy to still be under the British rule in India,cleaning their dirts..i hope you would be proud of that.
Disagree..strongly disagree…i think you have never been out of India…probably you have not been to places all over India…India is a 1000 times better place to live than 90% of the countries of the world..where isn’t corruption..don’t we corrupt when we feel the necessity..?..its unfair to blame the nation when we as a citizen aren’t responsible enough…i am not saying you should be proud of being in India because India is a great country but you should be proud of it because its far better than most of the countries..!!
Where else can you see people belonging to so many religion moving in the road as frens…where else can you see so many festivals happily celebrated by all Indians though its of different religions..Where else would you see such Freedom to move..You say the infrastructure is poor..well i accept but its not gonna be the same forever…and tell me what steps did you take to improve that..because of some idiots ruling the country at the top without enough knowledge and only aim to earn money you can’t blame the whole country!!..You Just can’t…may you be not proud and i am proud to say that I am proud to be an INDIAN!!!
Whatever u say…. just don’t say u hate national anthem…..
My suggestion, on this topic, keep your mouth shut. It feels offensive. I know we all are using angrezi though angrez ruled us, though I feel more alienated in Chennai than in Los Angeles, but what the #### man, I love my India, you do not dump your parents if they look ugly.
The author is outta her mind, may be she is dumped by her Boy Friend and she came into this blog to throw her frustration by abusing the country she is from. No wonder she must be hating her parents too coz they are not perfect as she thought. MY ADVICE TO YOU NEETU- DO something worthwhile for your country and then speak a word about its current status. Any country is not like a 5 star hotel where u pay and get the service in return. Get outta your building and see what India is..
@Rajiv: Seriously mate, one day you’ll see Indians everywhere. Provided the LHC doesn’t mess things up on our agenda.
@Pratik: The half empty glass doesn’t exist. How many times in a day do you end up cursing the country for all the right reasons? Ask yourself.
@Ishy: I’m more than just plain frustrated.
@Alpesh: So what are you proud of? I say you’re one of those “Proud to be Indian” NRIs. You people stay abroad, curse the country all the time, still have a small part of your heart telling you how great your country is. So why don’t you come down and live in the dirt?
@VKay: How free are we on the religions front? Why are churches being burnt in the country? Why do we have riots? How free are we and how proud are you in terms of religion?
We ourselves are responsible equally for the state of affairs we’re into right now. I’ll drink to that!
@Abhi: I don’t ‘hate’ the national anthem as such. I respect it. I just don’t like it when they play it before movies in a theater. How relevant is that? Tell me please! Someone?!
@Kumar: Offensive? Try getting your ass kicked from one desk to another in a Government office one day. You’ll see what offensive means. That’s India for you.
@Jeet: I’m not into relationships. Secondly, we all wanna do something worthwhile for our country all the time. We see movies, we feel strong about the subject. We come out. We forget it and move on to the latest masala Bollywood has to offer. We don’t care a damn. How many times have you helped someone out of a situation on the road? Someone fixed in a fight, stuck in an accident? Have you? No. We don’t care. We only care to care about ourselves.
@Neetu:
I have experienced that also, I have only studied in Govt Institutions, got my Passport, DL and other documents w/out any hassle and w/out paying any bribe, mind it.
Do you want to see change, change yourself. What are you doing? Can you tell anybody here what have you done for India?
Regarding everything you said, visit US of the A, the country everyone admires and try to find out what exactly happens there. We benchmark Us for everything. We are just not developed according to US standards. I dont want my country to be USA.
I do not intend to blame you, its obvious you are frustrated and out of your mind, as Jeet pointed out, or may be its you garam khoon. I will suggest you to apply for a study abroad program and leave India.
I will leave the country. Every freaking citizen wants to just press the ESC button all the time. You, me and everyone knows what the situation is. I don’t know why you all still bluff your way through claiming you’re still proud to be Indians?
ist of all thanx for appreciating my blog unconcernedthoughts.blogspot.com…
luk if this was a satire to the system, to the present day Potinkin’s village, then its very well written with strong hard hitting words.
but on the other hand i wud like to say i hate the ppl n the systen which makes our nation termite infested n m certainly not proud of them…any such thing…
BUT I AM VERY PROUD OF THE SOIL WHICH ADORNED ME….THE SOIL AND LAND CAN NEVER BE FILTHY…ITS THE PEOPLE LIVING ON IT WHO DIRTIES IT…BELITTLES IT…AND SOMEONNE SAID YOU DONT THROW YOUR PARENT SIF THEY START LOOKING UGLY…
Diya
so u think by hating ,u can achieve anything or had you .
by only hating ur own country think once,think twice wat good it made to you .in you .have u felt good a litle bit more than before…we all know wats happening .what is the political, social position of ur country ,but by hating the scene u are not adding anything constructive..just try to lead ur life normally by that i mean do all things wich u think all should be doing ..first be an idol for urself and then u can think about someone else…
Sayonara.das vidaniya/al wida/khuda hafiz/buh bye Neetu
Nice way to gain TRP..
Gals DUH!! they neva understand anythng easily..and they want to talk about them..
Lets take an example..Politics..u said u hate politics..but do u kno how many political parties we hav in India ..without using Google..
oki if u kno how many r thr..then hv u heard about the chief minister M .Karunanidhi ? if u dont then plz read Reader Digest,July,08 page no. 58-59…u will kno the real politics..
hmmm lets talk about the other big developed countries(USA), i am not specific here [:P]..An Av.Citizen of tht country(USA) may hate the political system or anything else ..but he/she will neva make a blog on Internet(s) to tell the ppl around the world..tht he hates his/her country..
But u did..cause u can do it..we r democratic..we hav the rights to speak….and we r letting u to speak or write anything…
Or kya bataon mian India ke baare mian…the prob is tht u dont want to beleive ..
@Diya: CAPS won’t change my opinion baby. You can’t compare the country with people like your parents. You can still live with ugly people but not with dead people. You burn/bury dead people, you’re scared of dead people. That’s exactly the position our country is into right now. DEAD!
@jaskaran: I am not gaining anything from hating this country. I am just penning down my opinion. If that pricks you hard, just live with it man, coz that’s what the gravity of reality is.
@Kumar: Whatever!
@Ajay: This is not an Ekta Kapoor show. Look ma, no glycerine! And I seriously didn’t get your point. Try hard. Try explaining.
DUH!!
I was trying to gain some attention…I really dont care wat u thnk about India or any other country…
i gave my id so tht u can add me in Gtalk..
PS : I am from No man’s land
I don’t see why anyone should be proud of India. I’m Sri Lankan/Australian and Indians are the most hated ethnic group here. You do the most menial of jobs, stink so much because you don’t shower, speak in your horrible accents so fucking loud in the trains, play your stupid music for everyone to hear and still think India is a superpower. Why does everyone want to leave your country if it’s so good? All the Indian students who come here want to migrate.
The reason we hate you is not because we are jealous of you. It’s because you are cheap, untrustworthy, dirty people from a smelly shithole of a country where people shit on the streets.
Heh … good to hear views about INDIA from someone whose own nationality includes a slash(/) [:P] , dude please sort out where you are from exactly , before commenting on us …
common Neetu grow up. If eating at Mc Donald’s and working in MNC’s makes you un-patriotic. Then ask your friend to use his actual name Harjinder/Harminder and not Harry (I’m sure his parents did not name him Harry).
You are too little to understand this.
i dont think any of indian should be proud of india it sucks and i don’t care if anybody does anything 2 me. this is the truth and everyone should accept it that india is not even great than pakistan
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you are gone crazy for sure….which country gave you birth, instead of thanking it your just going on doing nonsense…
now,tell me…does any one hate here his/hers own mother…NO..why..??’coz shes a mother..??
no, but she gives you birth etc etc etc..
same… India is our MOTHERLAND..
i strongly agree with you i m an indian and it is a F being an indian
Yo’ i do not agree with you. i know im too young to comment, but this is OUR country, nation and NATIONALITY. If we dont be proud of it then who the hell is supposed to be? It is right that there is corruption but it is WE the people who toss this aside like thrash and dont give much of importance to it. if we, the YOUTH put our heart and soul for our soil we will be the LEADER OF THE WORLD. and being the leader doesnt mean powerful in war n stuff….it is about being the most influencial power of the world. You are expressing your views and its all rite…but u should be a little respectful to our country. If we respect our nation, respect ourselves, people look at us with respect. thats all i had to say…rest is up to you…
PROUD OF OUR NATION AND PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN!!
Rushaki Ghosh
13 Years
INDIA
It is impossible not to be astonished by India. Nowhere on Earth does humanity present itself in such a dizzying, creative burst of cultures and religions, races and tongues. Enriched by successive waves of migration and marauders from distant lands, every one of them left an indelible imprint which was absorbed into the Indian way of life. Every aspect of the country presents itself on a massive, exaggerated scale, worthy in comparison only to the superlative mountains that overshadow it. It is this variety which provides a breathtaking ensemble for experiences that is uniquely Indian. Perhaps the only thing more difficult than to be indifferent to India would be to describe or understand India completely. There are perhaps very few nations in the world with the enormous variety that India has to offer. Modern day India represents the largest democracy in the world with a seamless picture of unity in diversity unparalleled anywhere else.
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Max Mueller, German scholar: “If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India.”…
Evryone has there views, but JM biatch, u wer totally outta place…go mind your own country(which i m not sure of),,,:
if Sri Lanka, – den, Waste production of the households measured seems to be in the range of 100-300 g per day, not including waste materials that were recycled or re-used. Households in more rural areas often seem to use their organic waste as animal feed (not necessarily for their own animals) or for composting.
The average composition of the household waste we measured (by weight), seems to be roughly as follows: 15%-30% plastics, 30%-40% paper, 0-30% organic fraction and 10%-30% rest-fraction. The plastic and paper fractions make up most of the volume of household waste, but can be significantly compressed. The organic fraction makes a relatively large contribution to the total weight, due to its high density and water-content.
Packaging materials make up more than half of the plastic and paper fractions, both by weight and by volume. A significant part of the paper-fraction is already made of recycled materials. Only a small part (less than half) of the plastic fraction would be easy to recycle mechanically. Most packaging materials produced in Sri Lanka do not state the material type.
Restaurants and eating-houses produce a lot of food and kitchen remains, which are usually collected by local pig farmers, who use it as animal feed. Retail shops produce mostly packaging waste.So, this is worse den d shithole (which u conveniently called India!)…so wats Sri lanka??? the shit dat comes out of the hole…
If Australia: How would you go about fixing these problems that have been dominating the headlines of late in Australia?
1.Bikie gang wars
2.NRL players always in trouble
3.Economic crisis ( Worse den India!)
4.Drought
5.What about the social unrest from Mundine not fighting the best??The increasingly vicious resort by both federal and state governments in Australia to police repression to deal with deep-rooted social deprivation in Aboriginal communities was on display in a chilling riot squad operation last month.
n neetu babes, well forget it…if u didn get how gr8 India is all ur lyf, a few lines here n der wont help either!!!
itz courtesy indian democracy u can cum up wid such shit…try it in China…heard of d tiananmen square???
@neetu Taking pride in being an Indian isnt about fake belief of accomplishment or fake pride.. its about the things our fellow Indians that made us proud.. and the positive stuff we have in our culture.. n as of the downsides.. i know there are lots…. infact truckloads of them.. but that doesnt mean u’ll start hating it jus for the heck of it.. change is coming.. even if u cant see it.. it may be slow.. bt it certainly is there.. wot ur final opinion is gonna be.. is upto you.. but thats wot life is about.. being glad about the good things.. n trying to make the not-so-good things better! n.. which system is perfect btw??
@JM you belong to a nation of loosers.. being torn of wars.. and jus because u live/were born in Austrailia doesnt make u great or smthing! the fact is you are not at all in a position to comment on Indians.. jus go see ur own backyard first.. then talk about others.
@Indians: Jai hind!