When you see good , you hate bad
I just came back from a trip to America, the country of my dreams and believe me or not, every minute I am spending in India now, I am hating it. Not because I am not patriotic but because I believe that I can and will do extremely better by being in US. I can be the person I want to be and can give my family the life I want.
The complexity that the life in India presents and the daily hassles, take the juice out of you to do things that you want to. Just imagine life in a well built highway with defined lanes, rules etc vs a patch of land which people call a road, road with no lanes, no rules defined.
In a highway, you can choose the speed at which you want to go and choose the lane accordingly. With the landscape clearly defined and with signs that guide you through your journey, you focus on reaching your destination and reaching there,the quickest you can. You have one goal of reaching your destination and that is it.
In the patch of land, so called road, you first of all struggle to survive let alone you being able to think of moving forward. You need to fight your way through chaos, beat unorganized traffic, guess your road to destination as there are no signs to guide you. You will be glad that you made it at the end safely, not at all regretting that you took years to reach your destination. You are the lucky one to survive and your family celebrates your survival and not your success. They celebrate that you are live. That's the basic and unfortunately the most important difference between life in US and India.
I just came back from a trip to America, the country of my dreams and believe me or not, every minute I am spending in India now, I am hating it. Not because I am not patriotic but because I believe that I can and will do extremely better by being in US. I can be the person I want to be and can give my family the life I want.
The complexity that the life in India presents and the daily hassles, take the juice out of you to do things that you want to. Just imagine life in a well built highway with defined lanes, rules etc vs a patch of land which people call a road, road with no lanes, no rules defined.
In a highway, you can choose the speed at which you want to go and choose the lane accordingly. With the landscape clearly defined and with signs that guide you through your journey, you focus on reaching your destination and reaching there,the quickest you can. You have one goal of reaching your destination and that is it.
In the patch of land, so called road, you first of all struggle to survive let alone you being able to think of moving forward. You need to fight your way through chaos, beat unorganized traffic, guess your road to destination as there are no signs to guide you. You will be glad that you made it at the end safely, not at all regretting that you took years to reach your destination. You are the lucky one to survive and your family celebrates your survival and not your success. They celebrate that you are live. That's the basic and unfortunately the most important difference between life in US and India.
No matter how patriotic you are, if your goal is to create a larger impact in life, you aught to be out of the local road and travel on an international road to be able to maximize your chance to success. Do not infer that I am being greedy or that I am seeking monetary benefit only. My definition of success means being able to live the purpose of my life, being able to live a better life and being able to provide a better life to my family and my kids. I am so sorry to say that India cannot provide me what I aspire and who I want to be.
I do not want to be a victim of another failed India story. I am no Murthy or Premji. Most importantly, I do not want to live in chaos, mess, madness , amidst gloom, in a country with crumbling infrastructure and ever decreasing human value. Why will I live in a country that still cannot provide the basic amenities to its people?
Sadly so, another patriotic and hopeful Indian has given up. Well, at least for now. I have always been extremely optimistic all my life but for this one occasion. I fail to be. It will take a century for India to be even an inch closer to where America is and that too when there is a stronger political and people will.
Inner me tells, one day we will be able to give a quality life to all of our people regardless of how much money they have in pocket. My dilemma is I may not be alive for that day and hence do not want to not have my life counted. I will go where ever to achieve the purpose of my life.
P.S: Hehe, friends, good news is, I am not going anywhere tomorrow but hope to be finding my way into US, Amen....
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