Very often people say that India is my country, I am an Indian or I am proud to be an Indian. But is it really so? Do we really associate ourselves with India, as we associate ourselves with our family?
When we say ‘my country’ - is the word ‘my’ referred here with the same intensity as in ‘my family’? Do we really want name, fame and recognition worldwide on the cost of our family’s poor image? If not, then why are we so happy on getting name, fame and recognition worldwide through Slumdog Millionaire(SM)? Is it not on the cost of our countries poor image? We generally have so many dark phases of our personality or family life, but do we really want to show them to others? Doesn’t Slumdog Millionaire show the dark side of our country which we really don’t want to expose to others? But aren’t we using double standards by trying to conceal the dark phases of our family but appreciating the exposure of the same of our country in SM? This shows that how much we are in fact related to our country, our INDIA.
Those people, who don’t favor Slumdog Millionaire, are referred by others as ‘Pseudo patriotic’. But who is the authority to decide that is it patriotic or ‘Pseudo patriotic’? Today these people are adding the word pseudo for the patriots who didn’t follow their ideas. Tomorrow they might call the same to those patriots who have gifted us an Independent India to breathe in. Actually they are calling patriots as pseudo patriots, just because of their own views. But you know, one who has true feeling for his country never cares for these false titles (After all it is associated with patriotism).
Wake up everyone! Let’s show others that we can come together for our nation’s pride, no matter if our personal view differs from others. View of different people may vary but if someone raises an issue that brings down the dignity of the country, can’t we favor him, just in the name of our country? If we can’t stand besides or walk hand in hand, at least we should not pull his leg for his true feelings. Remember that we got this independence just because our people respected and supported each other’s feelings in the name of our country. Can’t we consider our country as a big family!
Every society has some drawbacks and we too are not exception but showing it to others (foreign people) will definitely bring some favorable change. Is it so? Just think twice.
Actually nobody is going to help us; we ourselves have to come forward to remove this, which is not really a one time job. It needs efforts of all citizens of India, irrespective of the class and creed. Let’s come forward and join hands to save our country so that no other Danny Boyle should dare to portray India in poor light.
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