HY INDIA

HEY INDIA

Hi India!
Hope you are having a relaxed time after some troubled days. I can understand this. Even though terrorism is not new to you, you look shocked when it appears before you. Same is the case when it is some financial crisis. Take it easy. I have something pleasant for you. Many praises. At a time when everyone is out to criticize the things inside you or around you, I hope it will give you a great relief. I am giving you the same copy’s copy that she gave me. Even though it was more than one year ago, good things are always welcome. Especially when good things are slipping faster than sands in one’s hand.

As a foreign student, I have not seen much of India. Still I am trying my best to put together the things that I know about India. India is a democratic country with a massive population. Due to this(population) planning for country’s development is always a big challenge. Government is doing good effort in this direction.
India has a rich culture. It has its own way of living, thinking and doing. Its traditional ideas and values are very different from the western countries. Indians’ lifestyle always reflects their identity. It is apparent in their ways of dressing, way of speaking etc. Indians may live in foreign countries but they keep their own way of living. They have great nationalist feelings. They love their country.
I have found that Indian people, especially the educated youth, are trying very hard to improve their country. Moreover, they are progressing in several fields like information technology, education, medical science, military prowess etc. I have read in a newspaper that a doctor operated one person’s kidney and liver during the same operation. I feel that
Indians have good intelligence.
India has lots of natural resources and it has a huge force of skilled and unskilled workers. Technical development is quite phenomenal. It has the latest weapons and now it wields nuclear power as well. India is moving fast and fast.
Indian tradition of classical plays/dramas has some similarities with that of the other Southeast Asian nations. Rama legends are a quite a strong bound with among them. It is one of the most civilized countries of the world.
No country in the world can be out and out good. Similarly, India also has some demerits or drawbacks. Class division is a major one. It would not be a problem if everyone accepts this. But the continuous class conflicts pose a serious problem. Economic disparity needs to be addressed in a positive way. Another problem is the working culture of India. I must be more precise to talk about the working culture in the government offices. It is sometimes pathetically slow and irritatingly irresponsible. Lack of co- operation is often a problem. As a foreign student, I have faced this aspect of India with some unpleasant surprise. If Indian people can change this habit, they can fight against all the odds and emerge as the best country in the world.

As I am little informed about India and the related issues, my article can look silly sometimes. However, it is not so much about the facts as it is about my feelings. Hope my readers will understand this.


I know that ignorance can produce or help to produce the most beautiful feelings, thoughts or things. Your admirer is blessed with this disadvantage. And now look the beauty of her words. From an informed vantage point most of her ideas may sound ironical. I have seen you crying often –“brain drainage, brain drainage”. When farmers were committing suicide in Orrisa and Madhya Pradesh, you had several sleepless nights. Always worried about how to cover the things or how to escape the questions. Do you remember the day which is still mourned as “Bhopal Gas Tragedy”? only some days ago some physically handicapped people, still existing victims of that tragedy, were protesting in delhi for some compensation or something else and how much labour you had to put in acting “Deaf”. How difficult it was to give five thousand crore rupees to those worthless farmers who had lost all their crops when it could have been better used for the country’s industrialization by funding the industrial families. I know things are not so easy. I appreciate your tact. Purchasing arms from the U.S.A. or Russia is not only adding to your power but also wins you good friends. People keep crying for education, health care, financial security etc. I see how difficult it is to be patient with them. So much outcry on the issue of economic disparity when your rational wisdom knows that lions and ants both can exist in the same world without ever complaining. However, I often see behind your strong and determined exterior a guilty and apprehensive self, which has lost control over itself and knows not what is right to do.
Hope you will enjoy the time reading this page. Nothing is better than an admirer who knows you the best. Nevertheless, even one knowing little about you must be welcome when you know that it is difficult to admire you after knowing everything about you. Have a nice time.

Yours ……………………….