Kholeea is non maa khantlee....eendia ees maa khantlee !
(Korea is not my country...India is my country !)
A korian nationalist who works in my office 150km down south Chennai in a small town for last 8 years feel the need to say this on every occassion he gets !
He is 40 years old which means only 1/5th of his life belongs to India..
We live in a state where people from another city 100 km away are called as wallakaras ! (Foreigners)
We live in a state where people speaking Telagu (The most similar language of their own) are considered as underdogs !
We live in a state where all regional things are considered as universal !
There is a French-Canadian in my office who can speak fluent Tamil just like Madurai Tamil ! (Chennai tamil & Madurai tamil are two seperate languages just like Pune Marathi & Nagpur Marathi) !
There is an italian who can not speak single word of any indian language & even english he has learnt after coming to India 14 years back !
He does not hesitate to say that non of Italian in the town are his friends because they are crooked minded but then ask him who are his friends ...he counts with "Baskar, Palani, Govind, Murugan, Ayyapan, .... so on !
& there is one Tamil who is not willing know even about Maharashtra ! He never asks me how is my city like...What is our food...or anything !
We all go for lunch together... The korian doesn't like to eat much...so he takes 1 Roti & Daal... The Italian takes little rice, little salad, little curd, & lot of pickle... The french canadian usually skip lunch but whenever he takes... he never use spoon & eats rice just like you & me...
I try to take little Pasta, & have roti, vegetable as usual... &............. The tamil guy has never tasted Roti in his life... Never tased salad, pasta or anything other than Rice & Sambar....(Thanks to buffet where he doesn't starve to death ! )
Kindly note... This is not about food..This is about attitude...
All foregners love this place, food, atmosphere, clothing etc... And almost all indians, local people hate or complaint about it !
He reason is simple... Whoever loves, admires, atleast thinks about his own country.... he can love, admire or atleast think about any other country...!!!
We neither love our own country.... nor care for it... !!!
I don't remember when I said loudly (or thought in my mind) that ..............................
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