Been reading a lot about the differences between nationalism and patriotism. Tried choosing one of the two slots that I fit in best. After a fair bit of struggle, I realized that I fit in neither.
Even being a patriot doesn't appeal to me. To me, patriotism means that I approve of something - even if it is the people, culture, boundaries, language --- which is Indian. I approve of it over anything else which is in the world. Now how can that be. What else is bias? If it is good, it is good. If bad, then bad. Just because it belongs to something I am affiliated to, doesn't make it better than something I am not affiliated to. Once I start doing at, all evil starts. Things in my circle stop bothering about getting better or right. They already have my vote - so why bother?
If a limiting boundary is at all to be laid for my approval, why should it be the national boundary. Why not Asian? Why not the state or city?
Can't tie me down. Vaudhav kutumbakam ( The world is my family).
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