IT STARTS.....
WELL I RECENTLY MOVED TO A NEW CITY/COUNTRY WITH MY MOTHER AND MY 4 YR OLD DOG ROMEO......
IT HAS BEEN A EVENTFUL 3-4 MONTHS... PREPARING FOR THE BIG MOVE, I HAD TO MEET A LOT OF PPL ,BUY A LOT OF THINGS, VISIT PLACES.... IT WAS ONE CRAZY RIDE WHICH CAN NOT BE EXPLAINED IN WORDS.
I APOLOGIZE TO PEOPLE WHOM I PROMISED TO MEET ONCE BEFORE I LEAVE, BUT COULD NOT... I WILL MAKE IT UP TO YOU THE NEXT TIME I M IN INDIA.
WELL I MOVED TO A NEW COUNTRY SINGAPORE... MANY PEOPLE QUESTIONED ME ABOUT WHY DO I WANT TO LEAVE????? ... INDIA HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH , DON'T I THINK I SHOULD STAY HERE AND GIVE IT ALL BACK TO THIS COUNTRY.
WELL FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK LIKE THAT, I DO ACCEPT THAT MY HOME COUNTRY INDIA THE PLACE I WAS BORN HAS GIVEN ME A LOT... THE CORE VALUES THE AMAZING SCHOOL AND FRIENDS THE FAMILY THE FESTIVALS ... ALL OF IT.... BUT LIFE IS BEYOND THAT.... THE COUNTRY TOOK AWAY A LOT OF MY MAJOR RIGHTS MY RIGHT TO EDUCATION AND MY RIGHT TO BE FREE WHICH INCLUDE ME FEELING SAFE AROUND THE PLACE TOO.
I M CONSTANTLY NAGGED ABOUT THE FACT THAT I KEEP ON COMPLAINING ABOUT INDIA, BUT THAT IS JUST MY FRUSTRATION COMING OUT . I WASN'T GIVEN MY RIGHT TO GET ADMISSION INTO A GOOD COLLEGE BECAUSE I DINT BELONG TO A CERTAIN CASTE OR MINORITY... WITH 73% RESERVATION IN MUMBAI I COULD LAND UP NO WHERE BUT A DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM AS I WANTED TO BE NEAR HOME.
ARCHITECTURE WAS NOT A JOKE FOR ME.. I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS SINCE I DECIDED TO BE SOMETHING IN LIFE. WELL I THOUGHT IF I COULD NOT MAKE IT INTO A GOOD COLG IN THE 1ST YR I WILL WORK HARD AND GET INTO A GOOD PLACE IN THE SECOND, EVEN IF IT MEANS STARTING FROM THE START.
BUT NOT SO TO MY SURPRISE EVERY WHERE I WENT WITH MY GRADE(which were good enough to get into mumbai university) I WAS ASKED FOR A "DONATION" . WHICH WAS NO LESS THEN A FORTUNE AND MY PARENTS WERE STRICTLY AGAINST THIS MALPRACTICE AND HENCE I CONTINUED WITH THE SAME PLACE.
IS EDUCATION IN INDIA ONLY FOR THE RICH WHO PAY THIS "DONATION" OR IS IT ONLY FOR THE MINORITES AND PEOPLE FROM A CERTAIN CASTE... AFTER ALL THIS TO TOP OVER ALL THE FEELING OF NOT BEING SAFE IN YOUR CITY.
WALKING DOWN THE LANE WITH THOSE JUDGING EYES WHILE ALL U HAVE DONE IS WHERE SOMETHING U FEEL PRETTY OR COMFORTABLE IN..... THE CONSTANT EVE TEASING ON THE ROADS, STATION... AND GUESS WOT YOUR COLG TOO.....
THAT CHEAP THINKING OF THAT IF I WEAR SHORTS I M INVITING RAPE, WELL JUST FYI I DINT HAVE SUCH PLANS. WELL THIS TOPIC IS A NEVER ENDING DEBATE .
INDIA IS THE WORLDS 2ND MOST POPULATED COUNTRY... IT CUTS AROUND 35% OF UR INCOME AS TAXES..... ALL THIS MONEY THEN GOES INTO THE POCKETS OF THESE CHEAP, ILLITERATE , NARROW MINDED FUCKS... OUR DEAR LEADERS... WHO DO NOTHING TO PROMOTE THIS COUNTRY............. WITH NEVER ENDING SCAMS , THE FEELING OF BEING CHEATED CONSTANTLY...... THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT SCHEME OR ROAD YOU CAN TRUST ON.... IT FEELS LIKE A JOKE... ALL UR HARD EARNED MONEY GOING DOWN THE DRAIN .
THE EXCUSE BEING INDIA IS A BIG COUNTRY ITS NT POSSIBLE TO ORGANIZE IT, WELL IF CHINA BEING THE WORLDS MOST POPULATED COUNTRY CAN DO IT WE DEFINITELY CAN DO IT.
AFTER THIS WHEN ONE GETS A CHANCE TO GO LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE THEIR DREAMS ARE VALUED , A PLACE WHERE U KNOW U WONT BE CHEATED A PLACE THERE PEOPLE RESPECT EACH OTHERS PERSONAL CHOICE, WHERE U FEEL SAFE, WHERE U ARE NOT JUDGED ABOUT WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO WEAR, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY A PLACE WHERE I GET MY RIGHT TO EDUCATION .
THAT TO PURELY ON MY MERIT . IF A PLACE/COUNTRY GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WHAT I WANT AND STAND ON MY FEET I FEEL I WILL SURELY FEEL AT HOME.AND THIS IS EXACTLY HOW I GOT MYSELF TO MOVE FROM MY M OTHER LAND TO MY NEW MOTHER LAND WHICH HAS GIVEN ME THE THE POWER TO STAND ON MY FEET AND BE A WORLD CITIZEN. AND I DON'T REGRET ONE MINUTE OF IT.
SAID ALL THAT INDIA HAS A FEW GR8 THINGS... ITS DEMOCRACY THE WARMTH IN PEOPLE, THE VALUES , THE SMALL-SMALL THINGS THAT MAKES PEOPLE SMILE, PANI PURI... AND LATELY MODI... :p .....
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