My India My Home

Its been 63 years of independence with the population of 1.15 billion citizens; India got different ‘nicknames’, someone called it ‘Mother India’ and rest of all named it as the ‘Golden Bird’! Corrupted, poor, undeveloped & illiterate are the common ones we hear in our daily life. But for me India is My Home. A Home with its own tradition & culture, spirituality & simplicity, pollution & population, poverty & the purity, in short it’s a home with all its abilities & disabilities, a joint family of Tata-Birlas and the mango people.

It’s the home where waste caw dung recycled and used in the celebration of various festivals of different religion e.g. Lohri. It’s the home where population is more than its geographical area but still India lies on top when it comes for tourism. It’s the home where world’s richest man – Mukesh Ambani lives in a society of lower-middle class citizens.

India is the only country where every season has its own festival. It’s a country where rainfall is the symbolic of love & romance, where summer reminds me of cool watermelons & lemonades, where spring means outing with friends & swing on the rope, where winter ends with the hot popcorn and roasted peanuts! 

It’s the country where I feel free to ask about any desired location from a stranger, where every auto-rickshaw driver is my brother of the day. It’s the country where you can eat golgappas on every street corner and where every wedding includes crackers, DJ and spicy food! More on that It’s the only country where Whole Street named on a food item (Parathey Walli Gali – Delhi 6).

Its my country my home where I live respectfully & happily. It is the only place where I feel security & safeness. Where every human being comes alive during terrorist attack. Where my army brothers lost their life during Kargil war. Where I celebrate every festival with full joy & respect. Where I studied with my friends of different religion & shared knowledge.

And for me, the most important thing is it’s the only country where every talented person counts as an Artist!

It’s My Country My Home My India.

Citizen Of India:

Harpreet Rishi

People made Society? Or Society made people?

This article came-up in my mind while arguing with my Dad on the topic ‘Delhi’. One thing should be noticeable that we have divided citizenship according to the religion, no one have forced us or guided us but we did that by our own. Latest news ‘Allegations of financial irregularities in Common Wealth Games’ have helped me rising-up this issue. Many of my own relatives say that “This allegations has to be happened, at last its Delhi & Delhi people!” I want to know about these words ‘Delhi People!’ We have considered that ‘Delhi People’ are selfish, rude, and full of ego and are unfaithful, but what did Delhi done if its citizens are wrong? Delhi doesn’t have any special magical powers in its soil or water, which makes its citizen rude & unfaithful nor taught us any lesson related to corruption! Logically Delhi is the Capital State, people came from different region & religion and make itself their permanent address. Delhi is just a Metropolitan State in common words! 

In the issue of CWG financial controversy, my Dad’s reaction was “Its Suresh Kalmadi (O C’s Chairman) faults, and this allegation has to be happened as govt. selected ‘Delhi People’ to work internationally!” (O C stands for Organizing Committee in case u don’t know!)

Ok let me clear this, Suresh Kalmadi was born in Pune (Maharashtra, India), done his schooling & college in Pune itself, joint National Defense Academy again in Pune, was in Air Force Flying College that in Jaipur & Aallahbad and was in Indian Air Force as a practicing pilot in 1965’s war & 1971’s war with Pakistan. (I’m not writing an autobiography on Kalmadi, just want to highlight the states from where he had done his education part!)

As the conclusion, Kalmadi had never been to Delhi during that time of his learning days, but still he counted as a ‘Delhi People’ when he come under this controversy thing!

I’m not pointing/saying that Pune or any other state is wrong! I’m just trying to info u that ‘People make society nor Society make people!’ If citizens are wrong/corrupted it doesn’t mean that the whole nation is wrong/corrupted!

So next time when you say ‘Delhi People’ or ‘Mumbaikars’ or ‘Americans’ . . . Do keep in the mind that u r also a citizen of ur nation and can be counted among them also!

-Harpreet Rishi (Indian)

~~INDEPENDENCE~~

There's one question which revolve around in my mind whenever i read a newspaper..
"DID INDIA IS REALLY an INDEPENDENT COUNTRY???"

I Don't think so.....!!!

But our respectful brave Politicians says-"India is an Independent Country"...!

I guess for them INDEPENDENCE means beating the youth for the sake of showing their massive power n rights...
Or may be for them forcing and kidnapping small girls n trained them to become a CALL GIRL is called the INDEPENDENCE!!!
killing n destroying many precious life while making Delhi a pure Metropolitan State is the INDEPENDENCE for them...where we do not have guaranty of living long...

And no matter..

Killing women in the cases of Dowry, rape and girl-child abortion for them is the real INDEPENDENCE!!!

If these crimes, unfaithfulness n streets with blood marks on them are the symbol of INDEPENDENCE..then no doubt our lovable nation is an INDEPENDENT COUNTRY!!!!!

Faridabad- “My Style My City!”

It’s been 17years while exploring this fabulous city.

I have born here, nourished my childhood and shared my pain, gained lots of happiness and still feeling what is next?

 

A city with full rush-push, horning & hiring, crime & controversy…

Also have some positive signs like Singer & dancers, from doctors to IITians, from engineers to chiefs, from politicians to photographers…

It includes versatility as the heritage.

While being an Industrial city, most popular ‘SurjKund Trade Fare’ held here every year!

If I talk about myself… then it’s the city which helps me in developing my confident, which gifted me freedom to walk proudly, which shared my joy of living in a modern city with an ancient touch!

I gained fun as a child, education as student, respect as a girl, powers as a human being, maturity as a teenager & most importantly knowledge as a writer!

Here I remain what I was & what I am!

 

As every coin has two sides… Faridabad also has negative side!

E.g. Town Park, which use to be the only family park when I was in Play School… now it is a Pre-lover point of faridabad!

Badkhal Lake (jiske badne ke liye kal kbhi aaya hi nahi) has an erotic view with dried lake!

SurjKund with lots of Suraj (with their girl friends along) become a artificial kund & a lover point (sometimes)…

Ya we have Thermal Power station here near to the Mathura road, that’s another thing that it is the mother of over growing pollution & population… How population? Coz it creates a lot of noise during every mid-night, which results in sleep loss… so… it turns out in increase in the population production!

But still I gained a lot except pollution, population & corruption; I gained respect, independence, freedom, knowledge, education, love & life!

That’s My Style… My City… My Faridabad!!!