India is a country where -
- Success is relative. More the success, more the relatives.
- On the streets, everyone seems to be in a hurry but no one is ever on time.
- All over the world time is precious. In India, it's auspicious!
- People fight to be termed 'backward.'
- The only question asked by our relatives "So is your son an engineer or a doctor?"
- Éclairs and Melody are given as "change."
- People first become engineers and then figure out what they want to become.
- They don't cast their vote, they vote their caste.
- Baba’s are more famous than Scientists.
- We have two birthdays, official and original.
- People worship "GODDESS" for a "SON."
- Arranged marriage is often an agreement between two broken hearts.
- If its scientific competency is under question, India reminds the world about the invention of zero.
- Given a law, we'll find a loophole.
- Given a situation, we'll make a superstition.
- Given a name, we'll make it lucky by adding letters (numerology).
- They build roads and dig it again for constructing underground drains.
- People look for dusty cloth to clean dust.
- Every neighborhood aunty and uncle turns into an expert counsellor as soon as the results are out.
- Millions sleep without a roof on their head, but have built the Taj Mahal for the dead!
- 'Miss Call Communication' was invented.
- SIM cards are issued free of cost, while food is not.
- People put their parents in old age homes, and expect their children to worship them.
- People worship the “Goddess”, still rape girls.
- Every nook and corner will have a recharge shop, but people will still give missed calls.
- People become inquisitive on gossips about film stars, forgetting one’s own home.
- Two talcum powder bottles are free with one talcum powder bottle.
- People watch the news channel in-between the serial advertisements.
- Men sit on the bus seats declared for women.
- All the water taps have leakage problem, still fight with neighboring states for water.
- People thank our national leaders only on national holidays.
- There are more engineering colleges than hospitals.
- People bargain on shops where there is a “NO BARGAIN” board.
- Shopping mall is not only for shoppers also for nomads.
- IITians are considered as the only brainy creatures in the universe.
- People go to malls for a photo-shoot.
- A guy’s CTC is directly proportional to hisnumber of marriage proposals.
- A most expensively-built mall is situated on a dirty road.
- People ignore serious issues, debate on film stars growth.
- Pizza reaches in 30mins but Police/ambulance/fire-brigade reaches after 3hour.
- People have a religion called cricket and Sachin is its God.
- Higher the gold rates are, crowded the jewelry shops are.
- Dead national leaders have memorials built all over the country, but homeless live home-less.
- People become mad when talking about corruption, but bribes in the temple for special darshan.
- If there is a “Photography Prohibited” board, people stand there and click pictures.
- People are not aware of the national game or any sport except cricket.
- Every house will have a dad who searches the newspaper before the morning coffee.
- Every teashop will have newspapers spread over the benches outside.
- Government officials are late all occasions.
- Fight with our neighboring states, but still our children at school will pledge “ALL INDIANS ARE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS."
So what, I am still an Indian. And I am proud of it :)
