India is my
country …………………… AND I am unapologetic-ally proud of it. So, some feel, I go
overboard with it, some say I ‘think’ too much. Either ways there is no
apologising for loving this country that gave me my identity, education, income
and shelter. This post isn’t about patriotism. It’s about the beauty of –
India. In school we’d say the pledge and I took one line a little too seriously
– ‘I am proud of its rich and varied heritage’. This line slowly grew on me. As
I read geography and learnt to connect it with the history [took a very long
time] and started travelling to various places, I began to appreciate this rich
and varied heritage. BUT, it is my cousin Sweety Rao who pushed and pushed me
to write my perspective about various places I ever visited. I was like – what’s
the big deal. What I see is my perspective, my understanding and experience. Why
is anyone interested in it? But, she is relentless.
Oh BTW 'Matrubhoomi prem' is an Indian concept. Oh yes it's ours!
