The true patriot

I am not considered a patriot, and I thank the heavens for that. Wasnot it Oscar Wilde who said- 'patriotism is a virue of the vice'. But who cares, Salman Khan/Amitabh Bacchan/Shahrukh Khan.....none of them ever said it...that makes it unimportant enough.

And no, it is not my being in the west that makes me a belong to the 'not patriot' category, a category of true minority.Believe me, the zeal/strength of patriotism of apna bhai/behens here is something I had never seen when was back in God's land. I amnot thought to be a patriot, because of, amongst other reasons- not expressing enough indignation at the facts that girls in the west marry more than once....and sometimes go on to have children out of wedlock......

Maybe if I had said that these girls should be made to fast on Navratri and wear Sindur like our great women back home, I would have become a patriot.

Lest you think my bhai/Behens here arenot a progressive lot, let me tell you- they drink wine openly together... no mean feat, considering my behens of course wouldnot smoke...that is something only Western women with their low morals can do.
Pre-marital sex? What is that? I probably have to go to graphic details, maybe self indulge a bit, to make my fellow bhai/behens understand what that means. These lowly western terms donot have any Deshi translation you see....
And then there are a few other silly things that I keep talking about...you know , things like about 80% of Indians subside on below 2 $ a day...and that Maoists go around blowing up bridges and killing police....that for almost every investigation that the noble Doctors order, they get/expect a commission....that the majority really/really cannot afford to go to the Apolos and the Batras......that little kids still die because their dads do not have money to get the hole in their hearts repaired, and worse still, those dads arenot brave enough to stab a millionaire and get the money that the holy doctors need to repair their children' holes in their hearts....and worse of all, that I actually say that I wish that the educated in india would realise that being educated doesnot mean ONLY getting a car/plama TV/flat....it ALSO means, caring for the people around you, for taking the weak's hand and helping him......now that is nasty of me...isnot it?
All these, and the fact that I actually keep saying that once I have trained myself well enough, I will go back to the hills in Himachal ( isnot that stupid? I mean going back...and even if I were to go back, not planning to work in the Apolos and Batras..)....all this makes me the true non-patriot.
Am happy to be branded so though......makes me know the that fire has still not died...and it probably will never die.