Happy Independence Day and Chak De! India

Happy Independence my beloved country and to all Indians across the world! I might not have hoisted a flag high up in the air like I wanted to, I might not have joined in the local independence day parade like I wanted to, and I might not have worn a shirt that adorned the Indian flag but I had in me the joy, the pride, and the spirit of a nation called India!

Did I mention I also watched a movie that is very much like our country. Not completely flawless, or nothing really extraordinary, and yet you can’t help but love it and root for it. Read the rest of this entry »

Decisional Snafu

Sometimes I wish I could move back to India, but then what would I do there? I would have to start everything over. Memories of India bring back days full of fun and bliss. I was much younger (yes yes even younger than I already am) then, and everything revolved around making it to the sports meet, dance club, elocution, TV, movies, friends, and maybe a little bit around grades. And maybe thats why I sometimes wish I could move back because I associate India with a sheltered life full of fun and merry and no vicious circles of life to get caught in. Now that it wouldn’t be just all that anymore, my heart strings still stretch out and tug at me with every thought of moving to India. Actually not just back to India but away, away to anywhere! I am just craving change, anywhere!

Its some sort of an identity crisis, where I have no idea where I am going. I recently talked to a friend, lets call him N. Read the rest of this entry »