We The 'Mango People' Of India

We The ‘MANGO’ People Of INDIA

Why is it that we feel a sense of __________, when we see a tricolored flag waving with all its pride! A sense of pride it is…..or is it?

Is desh ka kuch nahi ho sakta; Sab chor hain; Mere akele karne se kya hota hai! –the second thing that comes to my mind when someone recites (as if these are learnt by heart) these lines is, “we do not have time for all this”. Maybe that is the case with many of the young readers here and hey I have met some of them already.

We the aam junta of India don’t give a damn why are we not provided with a 24 hour electricity for which we have paid and instead, leaving all our works aside, find pleasure in staring a couple in public as if they are having sex. A person once said that “those who don’t have anything important to do, they try to do everything useless” (that person is my dad and this is not what he actually meant then. It was rather because of my 12^th boards, you got the story now, right?).

Let’s face it, we are a deshpremi on the cricket pitch and deshdrohi when it comes to praise the way we are i.e.
“imp-perfect individuals”. One of my friends cannot stop complaining about our military forces whereas another friend is joining the same this year. ‘Diversity’ was believed to be our biggest resource back in 1947 and now we are just left with questions about the country’s Prime Minister’s ability to fight with the ‘silent mode’.

Ironically, when all the doors of hope seemed to be closed about the future of Indian politics (as if we really care) from nowhere a crepuscular ray named Arvind Kejriwal seems to be brightening up the already faded grass. A modern leader with some very common demands will try not to get involved in the already defamed politics and will try to stick to the basics. Best of luck Mr. Kejriwal!

A change is what we seek for. A surprise does amuse us all. Everyone wants to live in a ‘bright’ world but none seems to sacrifice their part of ‘light’ for it.

“We the mango people of India”

(P.S. - the “first thing” in the second paragraph was the dialogue from RANG DE BASANTI.)

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