Why to Feel Proud to be an Indian !!

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“I’m proud to be an Indian”. We often say atleast on Independence and Republic day if not all time. But haven’t thought that why do we feel proud to be an Indian. Do we feel just because it is our country and we born here? Is it just because that we don’t have any option but to live in India.

Just curious to know what other members feel that why do you feel proud to be an Indian. is it just an emotional attachment or there are any rational reasons behind it. Have you ever thought that it would be much better, if u were to belong to any other developed country instead of India? Is India so dear to you that you even can sacrifice the citizenship of a developed country which promises you all success?

Do you ever feel pity on being Indian if yes then why? What are those things which let you feel down? Please just give your rational views.
 
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Wo kayi baar hame lagta hai na ki, doosre ki stylish maa se apni desi maa bhali ...... doosre ke mahal se apni jhopadi badi ....

Aisa hi kuch lagaav aur judaav apne desh se ho jaata hai ..... janam se hi, apne aap ....

Aajkal jaise ki hamaare anek 'bhaav' tezi se badal rahe hain, hamaari soch 'swaarthpoorn' hoti ja rahi hai (I am taking about the whole human race in general) waise hi is bhav me bhi parivartan hota ja raha hai .... ye bhi ab utna 'strong' nahi raha ... par ye bhav sabme hota hai kahi na kahi, apna desh hi kya apna sheher, apna ghar sabse hi ek judaav hona ek swaabhavik kriya hai.:)

I am aware of many good and bad aspects of my country and I do pity that inspite of the resources, possibilty of a brilliant infrastructure, brain power and the likes we havent achieved what we could have achieved easily. But that can never form a reason to leave the country.

Can you leave your mother if she is sick most of the times, or if she is suffereing from some disorder ? May be some people can, or may be they have some problem or limitation owing to which they have to take this step, but not everyone.

And so is the case with country. There is surely an inbuilt bonding, a deep concern and something really special which keeps us close to our motherland. :)
 
Ma ma hee hoti or wo jesee bhee ho hamarey liya Vandaniya hai.

Jis tarah eak ma ney hamey janm diya or sadiav hamarey liyea Vandniya hai usee perkar yeah Bhart Mata bhee hamarey janm say maran tak humey sab suvidha perdaan karti hai isliyea usee tarah vandniya, Pujniya or samarniya hai. Jis perkar keesi bahut hee sunder or sampadawan ma key milney per bhee hum aapnee ma ko nahi chhod saktey usee perkar keesee purn viksit desh kee naagrikta milney per bhee apney Bharat Mata ko chhodna sambhav nahi hai.

"AAj jo hum is baat per vichar ker rahey hai kee hamari estithi kya hai or viksit desho ke kya yeah samjhney ka gayaan hamey is bhart mata ney he diya hai."

Aaj hamey prarambhik suvidhai yahan say nahi mili hoti to hum videsh key vishay mein soch bhee nahi saktey they.



mukeshkumar007 said:
“I’m proud to be an Indian”. We often say atleast on Independence and Republic day if not all time. But haven’t thought that why do we feel proud to be an Indian. Do we feel just because it is our country and we born here? Is it just because that we don’t have any option but to live in India.

Just curious to know what other members feel that why do you feel proud to be an Indian. is it just an emotional attachment or there are any rational reasons behind it. Have you ever thought that it would be much better, if I were to belong to any other developed country instead of India? Is India so dear to you that you even can sacrifice the citizenship of a developed country which promises you all success?

Do you ever feel pity on being Indian if yes then why? What are those things which let you feel down? Please just give your rational views.
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I too feel same sometimes. Anyway, i dont feel that both of the above posts answered Mukesh's question. The question was something else. Hope in coming posts will get some gud and relevent ans.
 
Bro, I think there's nothing like Home & Home Country, so be it Indian, Pakistani, American n all other citizens of respective countries, they all've Emotional Attachment with their countries just like their families; So its nothing but the Attachment!! :)

Well, I second ur lines that nowdays Indians feel pride of being Indian only on 15th Aug or 26th Jan, cricket match or Pakistan bashing, thats it! Nobody seems to care about Civil Sense n Duties for the Country!! :rolleyes:



So it doesnt make ny diffrence if you say am proud to be Indian or not ! :rolleyes:


Rock on
Jit



mukeshkumar007 said:
Just curious to know what other members feel that why do you feel proud to be an Indian. is it just an emotional attachment or there are any rational reasons behind it. Have you ever thought that it would be much better, if I were to belong to any other developed country instead of India? Is India so dear to you that you even can sacrifice the citizenship of a developed country which promises you all success?
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I am proud to be an Indian on all days of the year just by default .
Because I am born as an Indian . Otherwise, everyplace and every culture on the Earth is just as fascinating as Indians are.
It feels good that we are born in a country where moral values still have some value.
We are just balanced, neither too much orthodox nor too libral.
I feel proud when I see that India is being recognised in the world over.

Ya, sometimes I feel let down too , when I see our civic sense in public places.
It makes me sad , when I see corrupt and indifferent politicians.

Inspite of everything , I am Indian and proud of it.
 
check out this video on youtube all ya all!!!
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just paste it on and watch. 6mins after lemme know how u feel!
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bad aspects outweigh the good ones
its just the sense of posessivenes that makes us protective for our nation
Else,,i reckon nthin worth bein proud of,,,Indians need a lot more time to evolve!
 
Emotionally Confused...!!

Mukesh, I've not read your post beyond this point (underlined below). I have got one question ... Why do you love your family and how would you relate the below-underlined statements to this question?

Not that I am trying to relate or differentiate a family and a country here. The intention is to twist the discussion a little. Please don't mistake the motive.

P.S.: And neither I've read any response to your question yet.
mukeshkumar007 said:
“I’m proud to be an Indian”. We often say atleast on Independence and Republic day if not all time. But haven’t thought that why do we feel proud to be an Indian. Do we feel just because it is our country and we born here? Is it just because that we don’t have any option but to live in India.
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I just glanced through the replies. Of what I could gather, my dear friends have reasoned out(if I am right) this question with one's love for his/her country and his/her family. I think Devender is very much correct in saying that its not the answer to Mukesh's question.

And, that's why I gave this question a twist in my previous post. Forget India .... just answer me the family-attachment mystery. Alright, let me narrow it down further.

Why do you love your parents and how would you relate the below-underlined statements to this question?

From Mukesh's post: Do we feel (as Mukesh felt in his post) just because it is our parents and we were born to them? Is it just because that we don’t have any option but to live with them.

 
The things/persons/places (Including country) you love will always be proud of that especially if those things/persons/places belong to you.
So if you are an Indian and love your country then definitely you will be proud of being an Indian.
If you do not love your country then it is other way around.
 
I might be proud of certain individuals like:

The soldier who died on the frontier
An honest journalist
A businessman who created wealth for a large group of people
A social worker who honestly works for poor people.
An educator who mentored a couple of generations of individuals who went on to do great things
The guy incharge of the Delhi Metro Project
The scientist who makes amazing discoveries

The list is too long for the things I am not proud of.

The things I am not proud of are a result of the vote that majority illiterate , backward people cast for the politicians. This keeps any change from happening that the educated minority might want.

I will refrain from blaming the politicians because they are just a reflection of the people who vote for them. If a politician is corrupt, chances are that majority of people who elected him also share the same values. Most Indians condone corruption or even glorify it.
The ill-informed majority runs over the decent educated people. Thats why I always stress on individual freedoms to be imbibed in the constitution.
To quote Ayn Rand - BTW I am not a big fan..
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

In India nothing happens if you are not part of a group or a rioting mob

I think in the near future, the negatives will reduce.... but since a large mass of people are illiterate, poor and backward, it will be a long time before a criticall mass of well-informed people will form to affect drastic positive change.

Honestly, I do not understand the overt emphasis on national, regional, ethnic pride etc.,

PS: The SMS-txt msg styl of riting is also somthng v cd do away wid as a cntry. Its gting so bad tht in a few yrs 10th class NCERT eng bk will b SMS styl......... lol ...omg..lmao... rofl!!
 
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I feel proud to be an Indian because I am an Indian. We can hate our corrupt political and admistrative system, we can hate the way in which we are trying to grow, we can hate our law system and there maybe many other things. But we can't hate our country as it's our identity, our pride and our esistance. Can we deny our existance ? Just try to tell anyone that you are Indian and you feel ashamed of being an Indian ...... and analyze one's reaction. Again i agree that there are so many things about India that we feel ashamed of but that's not because of the nation but because of the people here. A nation is always a thing to pride

Nationality itself is the identity and only proof of one's existance as a human being on this planet by default. At global level you are just recognized as an individual from some country. That country is your identity and individuality as a whole.

It depends upon all us individuals as a human being that how we take things and analyze them accordingly. Two people are fighting out there ...... one will say person x is right while some other will say person y is right. So, there is nothing absolute right or wrong as most of the part of our lives have a grey shade.

One can say we are one of the most corrupted countries in the world, on the other hand one can say that we are among first 7 countries who possess Nuclear Power. One can say that we are amongst one of the poorest countries in the World while one can say that we are among one of the top fastest growing economies of the world. One can say that our people are still living in the stone age while some other will say that we are the best software developers all across the World.

All depends how you think and is your series of thoughts convergent or divergent ?

Why don't you feel proud of your Nationality ?

Just try to ask a soldier who is dying at front that why he is dying for his country and whether he is feeling proudy or not while dying for INDIA. Or would he feel much more proud if he would die for some other country ?
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apart from that....
MANY things..
(At the risk of sounding a whinger),,but better to say it upfront..
the things i m NOT proud of are:
(n mind u these r just sum of them-not ALL, as m blessedlyrunnin outta time, so country worshipping guys- u may thank my uptight schedule 2day;))

well, the worst thing is 1.Attitude of the common people(much of the politician-bashing has already been done,,n i dont deal with them DIRECTLY as i do with a layman each day!) -Man,,,they r all (ok-mostly) sick, pervert,fake n PRUDES!
2.They r insecure/selfish.
3.Narrowminded-lesser said the better
4. depressed/depressing/dismal/ held-back/manipulative


ouch!---duz it hurt?!!

well, some day i may write gud things as well, wen i wud b in very gud mood,,to make up for it!

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I might be proud of certain individuals like:

The soldier who died on the frontier
An honest journalist
A businessman who created wealth for a large group of people
A social worker who honestly works for poor people.
An educator who mentored a couple of generations of individuals who went on to do great things
The guy incharge of the Delhi Metro Project
The scientist who makes amazing discoveries

The list is too long for the things I am not proud of.

The things I am not proud of are a result of the vote that majority illiterate , backward people cast for the politicians. This keeps any change from happening that the educated minority might want.

I will refrain from blaming the politicians because they are just a reflection of the people who vote for them. If a politician is corrupt, chances are that majority of people who elected him also share the same values. Most Indians condone corruption or even glorify it.
The ill-informed majority runs over the decent educated people. Thats why I always stress on individual freedoms to be imbibed in the constitution.
To quote Ayn Rand - BTW I am not a big fan..
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

In India nothing happens if you are not part of a group or a rioting mob

I think in the near future, the negatives will reduce.... but since a large mass of people are illiterate, poor and backward, it will be a long time before a criticall mass of well-informed people will form to affect drastic positive change.

Honestly, I do not understand the overt emphasis on national, regional, ethnic pride etc.,

PS: The SMS-txt msg styl of riting is also somthng v cd do away wid as a cntry. Its gting so bad tht in a few yrs 10th class NCERT eng bk will b SMS styl......... lol ...omg..lmao... rofl!!
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