Marathi speakers will understand this title easily. For those of you that don't speak the language or understand it ask your friendly neighbourhood Maharashtrian!
But... hold it... this blog isnt about Marathi or Maharashtrians, it spreads wider.... in fact it spreads across the country! Because this blog is about patriotism.
Come 15th August and 26th January stores, malls and nukkads start playing patriotic songs like "jahan daal daal pe sone ki chidiya karti hain basera... woh Bharat desh hai mera!" Really? There are enough poachers who would pull out a calibre gun and shoot the living daylights of said sone ki chidiya for the sona before you can say daal!
And what about our like minded brethren who suddenly think they should "go Indian" and pull out pajama kurtas and sarees and the like! Where were these clothes for the rest of the 363 days, daarling?
Patriotism for me comes out of not spitting on the streets. Not taking a leak where ever you can't hold it any longer. Not opening the car window of BMW, Audi, VW, Honda City etc etc and chucking some unwanted object ranging from used condom to McDonald's Meal bag to any thing you don't want out! And patriotism definitely isnt about scratching balls and re-aligning penis in public!
We just aren't proud of the country we live in so we have chosen to filth it up and then comment on how filthy it is! Yes, throwing garbage out in whatever form is unpatriotic. Using plastic bags where not necessary and then chucking them is unpatriotic. If you care for your country you would keep it clean just like you keep your home clean. Oh my gosh... I suddenly sound like a 4th standard Civic lessons teacher! But then isn't that what its about??? Ok... let me tell you what else pisses me off... NRI's who have splat from here come back here and bitch about how dirty the country is. What, my dear friend, has been your contribution to cleaning up?
Patriotism unfortunately is a 24/7 industry. You can't choose to be patriotic on two days of the year and bitch about it for the rest.
Ok... coming back to songs of patriotism... lets for academic purposes take "sone ki chidiya" apart... not literally ... you know what I mean.
Jahan daal- daal par sone ki chidiya karti hain basera - nah... mostly crows... as crows are scavenger birds which bring us back to dirt and filth.
Woh Bharat desh hai mera - sure woh Bharat desh hai mera...
Jahan Satya Ahimsa aur Dharam ka pag-pag lagta hai deraa - really??? Satya???? Ahimsa????? Dharam???? Need I say more???? Excuse me is this song really about the country I live in???? What Satya (Truth)? What Ahimsa {non-violence)? What Dharam (Religion)?
Woh Bharat Desh hain mera - I give up ....
But... hold it... this blog isnt about Marathi or Maharashtrians, it spreads wider.... in fact it spreads across the country! Because this blog is about patriotism.
Come 15th August and 26th January stores, malls and nukkads start playing patriotic songs like "jahan daal daal pe sone ki chidiya karti hain basera... woh Bharat desh hai mera!" Really? There are enough poachers who would pull out a calibre gun and shoot the living daylights of said sone ki chidiya for the sona before you can say daal!
And what about our like minded brethren who suddenly think they should "go Indian" and pull out pajama kurtas and sarees and the like! Where were these clothes for the rest of the 363 days, daarling?
Patriotism for me comes out of not spitting on the streets. Not taking a leak where ever you can't hold it any longer. Not opening the car window of BMW, Audi, VW, Honda City etc etc and chucking some unwanted object ranging from used condom to McDonald's Meal bag to any thing you don't want out! And patriotism definitely isnt about scratching balls and re-aligning penis in public!
We just aren't proud of the country we live in so we have chosen to filth it up and then comment on how filthy it is! Yes, throwing garbage out in whatever form is unpatriotic. Using plastic bags where not necessary and then chucking them is unpatriotic. If you care for your country you would keep it clean just like you keep your home clean. Oh my gosh... I suddenly sound like a 4th standard Civic lessons teacher! But then isn't that what its about??? Ok... let me tell you what else pisses me off... NRI's who have splat from here come back here and bitch about how dirty the country is. What, my dear friend, has been your contribution to cleaning up?
Patriotism unfortunately is a 24/7 industry. You can't choose to be patriotic on two days of the year and bitch about it for the rest.
Ok... coming back to songs of patriotism... lets for academic purposes take "sone ki chidiya" apart... not literally ... you know what I mean.
Jahan daal- daal par sone ki chidiya karti hain basera - nah... mostly crows... as crows are scavenger birds which bring us back to dirt and filth.
Woh Bharat desh hai mera - sure woh Bharat desh hai mera...
Jahan Satya Ahimsa aur Dharam ka pag-pag lagta hai deraa - really??? Satya???? Ahimsa????? Dharam???? Need I say more???? Excuse me is this song really about the country I live in???? What Satya (Truth)? What Ahimsa {non-violence)? What Dharam (Religion)?
Woh Bharat Desh hain mera - I give up ....
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