What you’ve just read is niether computer’s error nor your eye’s. Yes, you’ve read it correctly, I feel ashamed to be an Indian sometimes. Give me 2 minutes before you judge me or call me a traitor and trust me it was as hard for me to write as it was for you to read.

The question here is why do I feel ashamed. Remember in my last post I asked you 5 reasons to feel proud of being an Indian and I know we all came up with a pretty good list. Now let me change my words a
little bit. Give me 5 reasons to feel ashamed of being an Indian. Take your time and then let me know……….

No reasons, right? Now let me help you.

Around 50 people went to a pub and beat 20-30 girls – Manglore pub attack

We kill each other even kids, rape women on the name of religion – 2002 Gujarat violence

‘Cultural police’ beats up couples on Valentine’s Day for exchanging cards and gifts – Shiv sena attacks on Valentine’s day

We elect politicians who spend Rs 2000 crore for their own statue on the name of minorities while people from same minorities are dying in hunger – Maya raj: Rs 2,000 cr for statues

We worship politicians, actors who are involved in attacks to our own country – Sanjay datt’s involvement in Mumbai blast and many others

There are many such things that I feel ashamed of and I think every human being should feel ashamed of these incidents. So what should we do? Can we do something and even if we can, why should we do? It’s not happening to us, right?

Just sit quiet and let these people whom we call “leaders” destroy our lives and this hollyland. Let them make an “Indian taliban”, let those “Cultural police” rule this country. Yesterday they beaten up some girls, today they banned jeans in universities and closed pubs. Who knows what they will do tomorow, they might even sacrifice our life in the name of religion.

Let’s welcome a new india; a ” talibani India”.

A. Yadav

Everyday, every moment we feel proud; proud to be an Indian, proud to be a part of this hollyland. No matter where we are and how we are, when it comes to our country, we all stand together.

India is the best. Our nation is far better than any other country and will be the next superpower in 10 years.

I hear these statements almost everyday either from a politician or from an actor and sometimes even from myself. We feel so proud when we say it, well let me ask you something, what do we feel proud of?

Take your time to think and then let me know atleast 5 good reasons, why you feel proud to be an Indian. When I asked the same question from myself, I came up with a pretty impressive list like most of you might have come up with.

After I came to America, it took me less than a month to find out and at-least 3 years to convince myself that we actually don’t have much to feel proud of. Even if we do, the list of reasons for getting
ashamed of being an Indian is far greater than list of being proud. I know its hard to believe for a true indian.You might be getting angry at me or may be thinking that I am one of those so called “Indian foreigners”, who goes to a foreign country and who starts to think and talk anti-Indian just to get fit into the western culture. People who laughs with others while talking about India, thinks that India is not good for living, there is no electricity and way too much corruption and poverty.

I am not saying you shouldn’t be angry at me for feeling ashamed of being an Indian. That shows the love for your country and I respect your hate towards me, which reflects your patriotism.

But if I admire your hate towards me, why did I change my attitude towards my country? why do I feel ashamed of being an Indian sometimes?If so, what’s the difference between me and those so called “Indian foreigners”.

As a matter of fact, there is a reason for this and definitely there is a clear difference between me and the “Indian foreigners”. The difference is the love, the belief and the honor that I have for my country, regardless of feeling ashamed of being a citizen of this country.

That’s why I am here and that’s why I created this page. I don’t want to be one of them who just complaints about corruption, terrorism, poverty and many other things( that if I start writing, this page will be out of space).However, when it comes to do something, we point at others and try to defend ourself by saying “why should I care, its not about me”.

No, I don’t want to be a part of them and I know neither do you. All we need is a little bit of strentgh and courage to build a new India, an India which you truely feel proud of.

Yadav