@raksrulesaks

8 months ago

Not every NRI is an India basher. I say this from the perspective of an Indian so proud of her culture, despite being born and brought up in the states. My parents brought us to India every year, engaging us with the religion, the customs, the people. And I’ve always been so proud of being Indian. I have literally fought other Indian Americans and their parents who bash India and modi, asking what the hell they know. Despite being in the US we are pure vegetarians still, we practice the rituals… heck our house is a perfect Indian house in so many ways. My parents are moving back to India once my brother and I finish graduate school and start working. They never wanted to stay here but came when under the horrid Congress government, jobs were lacking. Being upper caste from the south, as the DMK continued not allowing Brahmins and kshatriyas opportunities to work, my dad had to escape to the Middle East just to work a job and send money home to support his family. Things are different today and I’m so proud of India. We lost 45 trillion+ dollars to the Brit’s, had British agents rule us and put us backwards at our founding. Yet our values and strength have brought us to this point. Despite being born and raised in the states, it’s my dream to come back to India. I’m a medical student and I want to open a medical clinic near some of the tribal regions of India, whether in Mizoram or Nagaland or Sargur, near Mysore. I want to serve the land of my ancestors and contribute to this nation I so dearly love. India is so special and I am so sad every day that I was not raised there. The self hatred of other NRIs and Indians born abroad is disgusting and I’m sure I alienated myself as a child with how strongly I rebuked their comments of calling India dirty, poor, or worthless. Yes. There’s poverty. But there’s poverty in the west too. And being a Hindu, there’s no place with more power and magic than India. Not all NRIs are evil. But the evil ones seem to be given the biggest voice.

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