Strange but true - being away from the country makes one positively patriotic. How many times have you gone visiting rest of the world to return(even if for a vacation) to your hometown towards the end only to turn euphoric at the very sight of the roads(you cursed for traffic), malls(you spent days together talking of noting but the visa), alleys(your gang had exclusive lease over).
So, revisiting the point of patriotism, it should also be mentioned how every desi news portal & blog is devoured in a desperate hope to keep abreast of current 'affairs'(pun seriously intended) back home.
On a nothing unusual therefore mundane morning, an article in the paper catches the eye - SECOND HONEYMOON - under the 'News from around the World' column. Funny as it may sound to an International audience the Government's move is welcomed as a measure of taking the right direction to provide basic amenities to more than a minimum number of people. Having interest thus spurned by Reuters every desi online news portal was scanned eagerly hoping for a bit of first hand news. However, it was a shocking disappointment to realize such news was a turnip in comparison to someones breakfast in Mumbai Jail !
A few days later one did find a mere mention of the article in discussion(NO! Not the b'fast) and sighed, turning back to the monitor to continue yet another day of living away from where one's heart belongs..
So, revisiting the point of patriotism, it should also be mentioned how every desi news portal & blog is devoured in a desperate hope to keep abreast of current 'affairs'(pun seriously intended) back home.
On a nothing unusual therefore mundane morning, an article in the paper catches the eye - SECOND HONEYMOON - under the 'News from around the World' column. Funny as it may sound to an International audience the Government's move is welcomed as a measure of taking the right direction to provide basic amenities to more than a minimum number of people. Having interest thus spurned by Reuters every desi online news portal was scanned eagerly hoping for a bit of first hand news. However, it was a shocking disappointment to realize such news was a turnip in comparison to someones breakfast in Mumbai Jail !
A few days later one did find a mere mention of the article in discussion(NO! Not the b'fast) and sighed, turning back to the monitor to continue yet another day of living away from where one's heart belongs..
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