Apartheid...

I was reading this news in the paper today about two pop stars getting married the Indian way. It’s the latest fad to exchange wows the traditional way, especially in the West. More and more westerners have come to love the Indian culture lately, and more so are following the suit. I don’t know if our traditional system was so popular before or is it that the media is more active now. I like to believe the former, that our culture / tradition / rituals are more in vogue now. Then why is it, even though you come to the country indulge on our lavish hospitality, but end up cussing the ‘bloody Indians’. With recent cases like the two pop stars who came few days back with a host of wedding guests, couldn’t forbid themselves from making remarks like “bloody Indians, f**k off”. Australians before dumped a refrigerator out of the 8th floor house from the CWG games village. And host other of incidents we keep hearing of racism in the so called up-market countries.

I am enraged to say the least. These guys never leave a chance to show us the inferior ones. Yet most of the Indians would love to give their right arm anyday to settle abroad. With this kind of humiliation and even otherwise I am happy being here with whatever little money I have.

I fail to understand, what’s the big deal about studying abroad, when we have the best of education here. Or is it the competition, thanks to our mounting population everyday, that we look for greener pastures in the outside world. Personally speaking for me there is no place like my own town if I have the money and power. And I wouldn’t even like my son to go abroad for studies or otherwise no matter how big the university is or how big the name tag is. I know after you get that ‘studied abroad’ tag how companies start running after you. It could be a too good an offer to resist, but I would never like to avail it unless a dearth of it otherwise in the home country. I am sure most of you are laughing your ass off saying who is offering you anyway. Still I profoundly believe if we can afford the best of education here and why not.

So many of my friends who are settled abroad for various reasons, have gone through racism in one form of the other still we are ready to lick their feet for little money. I think no one likes to leave there home town unless ambitious otherwise. I know of so many people who hailing from small town say that they would love to go back to their home town, even if its half the salaries for them. But sadly in India I do agree that most of the towns accept metros don’t offer much of a career scope. Though this is not the case otherwise , I mean for India vs. abroad. Indian companies are paying at power in comparison to all those high flying lucrative jobs outside. So then why leave, that too, at the cost of your self respect. We cannot stop people from coming to India and misbehaving but atleast we can curb their chances of misbehaving with us by being here. You know what I mean.