Look who's complaining ..

I am really pondering about where and how to start off....After all, its my India... my pride, my country, my identity...

I feel India in my heart, my hands...

I see it with my open eyes, helpless hands and a painful heart!!!!

I feel India as I walk past those old huts , still rooted at the same spot, as they were 10 years ago...

I see India in the faces i smile at again and again.., the same faces i have been smiling at the 'kirana' or 'stationery' stores where i bought my toffees and pencils since i was a kid...The dry smile never seems to fade, the emptiness in the eyes is eternal..but there is a difference- an extra pair of lines(read wrinkles) drawn across the forehead and under the eyes...

For most of these people, life never changes...it just goes on and on!!

I see India in the rugged hands of my 'kaamwali baai' ...... in the tears of the lil' girl with messy hair and torn clothes,who stops by my car window asking for a rupia or 2... in the queue of beggars outside the temple with 'katoris' in their hands and.. in the group of kids running behind a cycle tyre(or actually, i must say-the plastic tube) trying to make the best toy out of it!!!

While some of us complain about not having the latest mobile phone/gadget, or do worse-'brag' about havin them,flashing and endorsing them... there are still a few those who dont know wat it feels like to have or feel a mobile/phone in their hands or hear voices thru distances... I feel India in those hands and ears which are yearning to do so.

I see India in the autowalas who look more of 'goondas' , fighting for a rupee or 2 , for change-'chillar' as they call it, and demanding almost double rates or as they wish!!!!

And oh yeah, how can I ever forget our very own magnificent and endurance-proven 2-wheelers supporting 2 adults and 2 kids, or 3 kids is it????(talk abt the Indian-automobile manufacturing wonders)!!!!

The oh-so-exciting Bollywood and the so-called 'news' channels that cant stop talking abt it.....redefining 'news' and making it synonomous with 'gossip'...

I still see most of us complaining.. blaming each other... throwing away responsibilty and expecting some one else to be a Hero or a Leader

And when we dont find one, we are ready to WAIT as its our life-long habit, an Indian trait!!

Wait, to fetch buckets of water, to get rashion every month, at govt. offices, at banks, at the signals.... well,almost everywhere!!!

We dwell and enjoy, rather relish our mediocricity, taking pride in our snobbish and lazy attitudes....

Well I need to stop now... I can go on and on and on and on abt it...

Or may I could write a bit of the conclusion that I've got- 'Yeh India hai boss'

Well, tats the conclusion I have got from others... NOT WHAT I HAVE MADE...

Cos I being ME, can never lose hope...

MY CONCLUSION- India is rising... The Golden bird is about to take off...

I wanna be a part of it!!! DO YOU??????