ExpertDabbler

You leave me speechless at times. Your concern for your homeland and patriotism gives me goose bumps. You are forever obsessed with anything and everything Indian –  cricket, bollywood, kollywood, corrupt politicians, carnatic music, and everything else which one would associate with the word INDIA. 

But somewhere in this love affair, you lose your objectivity. Your obsession for anything India gets transformed to a nit-picking campaign which you brilliantly blow up to ridiculous proportions. For example, if a kid gets lost in an Indian city even for a moment, for you that’s a sufficient enough evidence to conclude India is unsafe for children. Going by this logic, if an adult loses his way in an Indian city, I guess we should all conclude India is unsafe for adults too.
 
Every third post in your blog would be about the lack of discipline in Indian roads, the corrupt political system, the unscrupulous bureaucracy, the snail’s pace functioning of government departments etc. If only the rating agencies like Standard and Poor or Moody’s got a chance to read your blog, I guess India would be downgraded from ‘Sumaara Irukku’ to ‘Naasama Pochu’.

It is an irony that in this very nitpicking campaign, you betray the same Indian trait which you decry with all your heart among your resident brethren. I mean, you sit safely in a developed country and keep on gossiping about your underdeveloped motherland. How useful is that? Look at it in another way, you make a living in a foreign country and all but obsessed with your home country when you could do a lot to better your adopted country - typical Indian trait again.

We salute your love for India. But why don’t you show the same prudence and selfishness with which you decided to settle down in Amreeka or UK? I mean, devote sometime to worry about your own backyard. After all not everything is great there.

Have you ever cribbed in public about the inordinate delays in getting the coveted green card nowadays? I am sure some US government department is handling that too? 
Why don’t you try to do something about the subtle racial discrimination you experience day in and day out, especially if you are in Europe? 

Why don’t you work towards eradicating the gun culture in your US of A. 
Most of my resident Indian friends who’ve been to the US have either heard or experienced first hand mugging instances, please do something about it. After all, that is much more dangerous than the fleecing auto-driver or the saavu dance amidst traffic jam in Chennai.

I also heard your White House is killing young American soldiers in the name of war while your President’s family and the notorious terrorist’s family are striking oil deals in the Middle East. I’m sure your blood boils when you read this. Please share some of your anger and agony with us through your blog.
 
The plight of an average resident Indian is not very different from the plight of the programmer who has to maintain a COBOL code written 35 yrs ago with a sev. 1 issue. We crib and complain because it’s tough to wade through a vast history, but yeah we can sort of handle it. You decided this was not worth your time and chose the easy way out. Fine, we respect your prudence and the premium you place on your time. Unlike you, we pay our taxes here. We’ve lived here all along and know how things work, with or without you and your cribbing.
 
If you still find India is getting on to your nerves, please stay where you are. I mean why
get into a country which is run by criminals and where the citizens are third rate when you have your place secure in paradise aka USA?

Just one friendly advice, don’t venture into your notorious troubled neighborhood during odd hours; you might lose your way for ever. But otherwise Amreeka is heaven, we know.