Most people who visit this blog often know that of late I have felt very discouraged about the state of things in India… And had I not been married to Manoj, who still sees India & Bangalore as home, I would have very seriously considered immigrating to another country. Not because things are better elsewhere… But because if you will always be a ’second class citizen’ in every place across the globe… Then, perhaps it is better to be world traveller on a second class ticket (lol)
And then today I came across this very special post. It reminded me that the good that comes along with the bad… And the good is worth fighting for because this is my country… And has been the country of my ancestors in all probability for the last 2000 years… If not longer…
http://thetimesofbullshit.blogspot.com/2008/11/dear-mr-terrorist.html
Thank you stranger… Who I will probably never meet… For reminding me that the good comes along with the ugly… But, that does not make it any less my country… And yes, it is worth fighting for!
3 Comments
December 1, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Gosh!! That just about encapsulated everything I feel about this whole thing. Thanks for sharing the link Chris.
December 1, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Thanx for bringing a smile on my face after a week full of depression!
December 6, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Thank you. Since the Episode of the Taj, I have had a slew of hate – mails from people that I least expected to be so blindly hateful; mails from random people who don’t seem to have thought when they sent out those mails.
And this, Christina, has managed to remind me, that just because we don’t hear the voices of clarity and reason, it doesn’t mean that they don’t exist – just that the ‘ambient noise is louder.