What it means to be Bharathiya!?
I love travelling all over the world! But the best thing for me is when I travel to my india!
There are places in our own country where we have travelled because my dad was in army that many people may not have even heard the name! Like Missamari or Rangapara! Then you have the Cherapunji or Auroville or even leh and ladakh which are so beautiful! We were lucky to be friends with a colonel in the army who took us to this beautiful place called Landsdowne which would put so many hill stations to shame! Just a walk in the forest can make you feel that you are in a Bamboo forest of Japan!
We had recently been to Japan and it was a pleasant experience! Their enthusiasm in seing the mount FUJI was palpable!
Then on our recent trip to Palakad via road we witnessed the beauty of Eastern Ghats! Every mile is a delight! After you visit Japan you must go via road to Palakkad and then you will realise how blessed we are to have got such a beautiful paradise!
From the pristine beaches of Lakshadweep to the green forest of Chikmangalore or even the hills of COORG! We are so lucky!
In fact my aim is to see the whole world when I am young (er!!) and then spend the GREY years simply exploring BHARAT!
The only thing is that whatever good things I learnt from my trips I want to apply to my dear country! Start with oneself and hope that everyone follows!
First and foremost is the CIVIC sense! After visiting countries like Japan or Georgia, my family have become more clean! We do not make a mess when eat (or earnestly try not to!)! We do not litter all over the place and we try to keep our area clean!
After our Japan visit we speak more gently and respectfully and even my father has started Bowing when we say thank you! He says that it keeps te TUMMY tucked in! Then again we already used to bow and prostate ourselves when we used to meet elders but now we do it with more relish!
After visiting countries like Kuwait, abu dhabi and Dubai we have started feeling blessed to have such a lovely family! They give so much importance to children and family and so do we! Like them we thank God every minute and are more closer to our belief! Also we like to be clean and do stuff a little slowly and gracefully!
In countries like Paris or Italy; they have so much history and beautiful old structures which tell us stories! Just a visit to a simple place like Kanchipuram or Tanjore or Kumbakonam or even Varanasi; the amount of history and stories those temples and ghats give you will be count less! Every little town can be converted into a little Italy or Paris! Clothes or milk or an abundance of natural wealth is literally the definition of BHARAT!
Then after going to countries like Singapore and Malaysia we have started appreciating the need to follow rules! It is not FINE to break the law! Singapore has always been a FINE country! Rules in these countries are for our safety and everyone follows it! When everyone follows the rules then you get a smooth functioning country! Rules are obligatory! Even if one person breaks the rules then it is choas! Like the other day when I was stuck in the famous Bengaluru traffic for a long time only to realise that the whole issue was cause by a truck coming on the wrong side before 6PM!
Countries like Indonesia and Thailand look like our beautiful villages! We are so lucky to be blessed with greens and fertile grounds! We have now known to be happy and blessed to have such dedicated villagers and farmers who are the backbone of any country! We love going to our village and our temples and support them in any SMALL way we can!
Of course the first thing we must not do is COMPARE! If that was the impression then please forgive me! I only want to learn anything good and inculcate them!
We are lucky to be born in a country which has been blessed by nature, culture and history! We have stood the test of time and we have had one the oldest civilizations in the world!
Bharat will thus remain a beautiful amalgamation of culture and nature and I would always love being called an Indian!
The goosebump I feel when I listen to our national anthem or national song is a feeing shared by all Bharathiya including me!
Wherever I go, my first love will always be India!
Remembering a nationalist freedom fighter and guru on this independence day Sri Aurobindo!
Happy Independence day!
Jai Hind!
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