I had written this in a fit one day last year, on hearing a temple was being planned for Godse. Today is January 30th, the day when Godse killed Gandhi. Something to think about :
India is a land where people need not necessarily stop for a red light, but would always make way for the ambulance.
India is a land where people talk about caste and creed all the time, but make space on the pavement when another poor soul wants to lay his head for the night.
India was a land where kids were told to put something on their head when they go out on a cold night(read as never below 20 degrees celsius)as they might catch a cold, but would be allowed to drink water straight from the tap in school.
I could go on..
India had its quirks, but it made India human.
India was all heart.
There are many things I took for granted, growing up as a young girl in India.
I took for granted that Gandhi was the Father of the Nation.
I took for granted that Gandhi was a hero.
I took for granted that the man who killed Gandhi was a murderer.
I took for granted that Gandhi was the idealist, and even if no Indian could be like him, every Indian loved him.
And then,
When India elected leaders from the party that killed Gandhi, i thought India does not have a choice. Complacency from the Congress was not being borne.
When a much loved IPS Officer jumped ship for more power, I thought India will see through this. Hypocrisy will not be borne.
When the PM claimed plastic surgery and interplanetary travel was already invented in India eons ago, I thought India will laugh. Idiocy will not be borne.
When every Thiru, Dinesh and Hari wanted Hindu women to fill the earth with their prodigy, I thought India knows these guys just want the publicity. Foolhardiness will not be borne.
When India's elected called India a land of the Hindus and called to convert the rest, I thought India will stand for its citizens. It will not be borne.
But what happens when the hero falls? And the murderer becomes a God?
Will it be borne?
