Pravasi- The unclaimed baby of the country
This is no pros and cons arena. This is no why and why
not conglomeration of the ideas. This is just a simple fact of life that people
do exile from their countries and settle outside. After all, we believe in
rational thinking and like God is one, Earth is one. We have demarcated it with
our beliefs and hence we have every right to live anywhere.
People do leave their mother land. Some for money, some
for the milieu. Some for harsh harangue of life and some to create harbinger of
their dreams.
People talk a lot about patriotism, like they talk about
religion. People are ready to die for their countries. But why does a country
matter so much?
You contribute towards your nation, why this has been
ingrained in our minds?
Earth is one. We can live wherever we find peace and
happiness. Because life is about being happy no matter what the circumstances
are. Life is about living it with full solace and comforting others with no attachments
(I am going towards moksha now). But why? Why belonging to one country is so
important. Why there are jokes in how I met your mother where Barney fears to
be a Canadian? Because people are different in different countries and you don’t
really relate to them? Because they wear weird attires, dances peculiarly, eats
insane food and talk we-don’t-know-what?
People are different. Isn’t that why life is so full of
surprises and makes us look forward to? If everybody would have loved burger,
how would have pizza come into existence? Doesn’t the difference among people
bring them closer? Everywhere you go, you find a different culture, a different
way to live and love life.
Life is simple and merry. Life with the people you love
and live with them who you don’t love! Religion, country, attachments,
languages are just restricting you to love life to the fullest.
Be free. Be happy!
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ReplyDeleteI love this post! Can totally relate to this! I do not get the deal with religion or patriotism either.
ReplyDeleteThere's a George Carlin quote which goes like this -
“I could never understand ethnic or national pride. Because to me pride should be reserved for something you achieve or attain on your own, not something that happens by accident of birth. Being Irish isn’t a skill, it’s a genetic accident. You wouldn’t say ‘I’m proud to be 5’11”. I’m proud to have a predisposition for colon cancer.’ So why the hell would you be proud to be Irish, or proud to be Italian, or American or anything?”
Yes Srijon! I feel, these are just restrictions in the human mind...
ReplyDeleteIf all this is erased, our world will one big family where differences of culture and language will be enjoyed rather than compared or looked down upon!