Jai Hind.

Jai Jawan, Jai Kisaan, Jai Vigyaan. 

I am a proud Indian. I am one out of over a billion other people in this vast, multi-hued desh. There is so much of it to see, so much of it to experience. Once again, i will refer to my historical Yatra and thank the experience for waking me up.

I love my country, i always did. How much i love it, how deeply-connected that love is with my life choices, is something that has been poking at my conscious off-late.

We are so damned overpopulated and under-developed.
Most of us are poor, illiterate and unwell.
70% of us live in villages that have little or no access to the most basic facilities.

We have so much hidden talent, and so much potential to grow, that it would scare the shit out of me if i were a foreign nation looking into India for the first time and realizing her strength and capacity.

No wonder the firangs are fucking with us !
No wonder o'l Obama's getting freaky with the outsourcing stuff, there are call centers in remote parts of Orissa now.

It is my dream to do something for this country that will make it stronger, healthier and happier. I don't know what that something is, but before i die, i sure as hell want to do it.

When i was a kid, i wanted to be a cop, detective or a prostitute. The cop, for obvious reasons "shoot the bad guys"; the detective because he got to shoot AND look cool; and the prostitute because she danced, helped nab the bad guy and found love/sympathy at the end.

Today when i watch the news and see Uddhav Thackeray make an ass of himself on NDTV while his lawyer shoots his mouth of on NewsX, much to the amusement of the surprisingly witty newscaster, i wish i had a gun so that i could shoot these jokers down, once and for all.

Im scared for Rahul Gandhi's safety. Not because i met him last year and fell head over heels in love with him, but because of the unfortunate trail of dead family members behind him, all of whom died while trying to implement things that were actually good.

Rahul Gandhi has potential. Oodles of it. And if i do ever decide to join politics, i'll be right by his side with a nice, warm gun in my hand.