Saturday, April 2, 2016

What makes me anti-national traitor

     Today I received an old forwarded message via whatsapp saying Indian National Anthem was awarded the best National Anthem of the world by UNESCO. The interaction that ensued thereof made me think where I stand in my communication skills and where India has reached in terms of patriotism and nationalism. The conversation is given below, with my friend’s name changed to 'Real Indian' as I was portrayed the antinational by him.

biNxWiz: V dont need a reason 2 b proud of India. If so we'l hate India for many other reasons, jus like singing glory to our cricketers wen they win and throwing stones when they lose. The message about National anthem is a fake one. Let's not get carried away with lies. Let us love our nation as it is, no matter how great or how worse it is.

Real Indian: Binny do u hate india?? Let us know y….

Real Indian: You can share ur feelings to hate india.  There is nothing wrong

biNxWiz: I wud like 2 know on wat context u say i hate India. Wen u say i hate India, which i dunno, u shud tel me. I'm afraid u dint understand wat i'm telling, or i failed in my communication

Real Indian: U said above national anthem.  Even I m too not sure whether that is correct information

Real Indian: If so.. then u have many reasons to hate india

Real Indian: This msg been forwarding since long back

Real Indian: I don't think we can react on such msg..

Real Indian: In my opinion. These kind of msg been forwarding daily. .

Real Indian: U have no reason to react like u hate india for many reasons

biNxWiz: That message is a fake one. I do a search before i believe in wat others say. Wen i received the same message frm my aunt i searched and found it was wrong

Real Indian: Yes I didn't said its correct. .cos every one don't know the truth. .

Real Indian: Like this der r many fake msgs every day

Real Indian: But do u have any specific reason to hate india

biNxWiz: It's not abt reacting. If someone says something wrong should we let them believ in it?

Real Indian: No need to believe. .for that u replied u have reason to hate

Real Indian: India is a big country der r many good n bad thing. . Some things Favor to some ppl n not for some ppl.

biNxWiz: I never said i hate India. I was taught 2 lov others, even my enemeys and how can I hate India? Have i ever hated u, tho i'm frm Kerala? I still dunno which part f India u belong, n i never bothered 2 find out, cus i lov u as u r. On wat basis r u accusing me f hating India?

Real Indian: I don't think v can say I hate india

Real Indian: U said u have reason to hate

biNxWiz: That's the real problem India is facing now. One person say somthng, anothr person understand somthng else n it turns out 2 b a fight between Indians

Real Indian: I m not accusing anyone. . Some ppl forward msg as it is without thinking. .

biNxWiz: I'm sorry 2 say, as i said earlier, either u dint understand or my communication was wrong

Real Indian: That msg doesn't hurt anyone. .

Real Indian: It may b wrong info

Real Indian: U could have aware ppl that it's wrong msg

biNxWiz: V r educated enough 2 find the truth rather than believing in lies

Real Indian: Yes

biNxWiz: Hav u evr thought that such fakes can turn a nation upside down? Beyond that, if v spread such lies who wud believ in the truth v say?

Real Indian: But I would like to suggest u.. I don't like if u think u have reason to hate india for silly msg

biNxWiz: C'mon boss, evn aftr sayng so much y r u not understanding?

Real Indian: Educated ppl like u and others never accept lies

Real Indian: This info may not be feel proud an Indian.. but don't u have any other reason to feel proud?

biNxWiz: First, pls clear ur mind of that misunderstanding abt my msg. I dint say i hate India. Please read that message few times. Stil if u dint under pls consult someone else 2 xplain it.

Real Indian: I read it..you said we ll hate for many reasons.

biNxWiz: Boss, didnt u read it starts with 'if so?'

Real Indian: Its not to hate india. . It's to hate to particular person or things..

biNxWiz: I'm sorry, i fail 2 make u understand wat i meant

Real Indian: Ppl are making mistakes and and troubling others. . For that reason v can't take India name

Real Indian: Don't take the name of India. .

Real Indian: This false information forwarded by humans. .

Real Indian: That's it I can said

biNxWiz: Ok fine boss, sorry 4 saying v shudnt lie n believ in lies.

Real Indian: I m not saying to belive lies

Real Indian: U react the person who spreading fake msg

biNxWiz: Ok, sorry for saying its fake

Real Indian: U didn't answer that don't u feel proud an Indian for any other reason?

Real Indian: I would like to hear that if u comments on such msgs that u also accept good part of India. .

Real Indian: Leave fake things and accept good things to feel proud. .

biNxWiz: The answer lies in wat i wrote 1st. No matter wat i say i am not able 2 communicate. So i give up

Real Indian: I need straight answer
Leave about that msg.. Don't u feel proud for any other reason ?

biNxWiz: No matter wat i say, when i'm not able 2 communicate, wat's the point? Abov all i can giv any answer, but how wil it make sense wen i can evn lie?

biNxWiz: Any1 can say anythng, but wat if he doesnt mean?

biNxWiz: The straight answer is there in wat i wrote 1st. Sorry, I dont kno how 2 make it clear

Real Indian: In india all types of ppls are there. . No need to worry about it. . Ppl who want dey love

Real Indian: Who doesn't no need to bother

Real Indian: India ll b always India. . Jai Hind

biNxWiz: :-)


      With that, as the conversation ended, I read my first comment again and again to find out where I mentioned that I hate India and where I belong as, me being an Indian, another person asks me not to use the name of India. Once, while discussing with one of my friends, he said that he didn’t read any of my messages and that he doesn't want to read any of them either. I wondered what was he chatting with me about until then. With today’s chat I realised that the so called patriots and nationalists are people who argue without even listening. I’m not sure if there is any future for thinking capability and debate in this country. Our future generation is going to be dumb in terms of common sense even if they will govern the world with their knowledge. But if I’m wrong in what I have written, then I don’t know when I will learn with such poor understanding capability of mine. 
      
     I would like to add a small story, which was written in Malayalam by someone and was shared through facebook. The story will deviate from the original a lot because it was some time back that I read it and I don’t recollect it well. The story goes like this: 
  
    Once there was a mother with two sons. One of the son will wake up everyday and go to the roof top and start shouting at the top of his voice: “I love my mother. She is the greatest one in this world and there is no other mother like her.” Every now and then he keeps shouting the same.

    The other son, who goes to work and take care of the mother, according to his brother, hates his mother because he doesn't say everyone that he loves her. One day all of a sudden there was a commotion with all the neighbours gathering in front of their house. The matter was that the mother started coughing and the ‘hating’ son said to the ‘loving’ son that she is coughing and we need to take her to doctor. The ‘loving’ son got enraged with this. He called all the neighbours and said: “See how much this fellow hates his mother. He says she has got cough. How can a son say such a bad thing about a mother? Shouldn’t he be beaten up for that?”

    The poor ‘hating’ son couldn’t do anything but keep quite with sadness in his heart. Days went by, and the mother’s situation was getting worse. Once again he approached his brother to take her to hospital. This time he gathered all his neighbours and wanted to kill him because it was too much for him to bear. The poor mother sat there coughing not able to understand what is going on. 

     I felt this story is apt in explaining what is happening in India of late. This chat with my friend made me feel as if it was with Arnab Goswami that I was doing it. Who is the one who loves and who is the one who hates. The wise and unwise will judge in their own way. Wish if wisdom prevail.

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