The people in my school hang on to the belief that if they do not accept the dark truths about India, they are patriotic.
At the beginning of the year, when the campaigning for the Student council was going on, we were all sitting in the Assembly Hall. a boy in ninth grade called Hussain Kachwalla was starting his speech. He was opting for the Health and Hygiene post.
"Good Morning, dear friends and teachers. I am Hussain Kachwalla, and I am campaigning for the Health and Hygiene post.
As we all know, the health and hygiene of a person is vital in life. It is like the tiny feather balancing you from life and death. we are all painfully aware of the lack of proper health and hygiene in India-----"
His sentence was obstructed by a primeval uproar. Every student in the hall was yelling at him, telling him that he was hateful. The poor boy stood there, not knowing what to do. A mere revealing of the horrifying truth caused such a riot- how could he continue his speech?
An eighth grader, Aditya Das(who doesn't care about India), took this as an opportunity to win some votes. He started booing and sticking his thumb down at Hussain, until he was controlled.
Is just telling the truth a cause of such anger? This is not Patriotic; this is simply ignorance. You can talk proudly of the magnificent culture of India: but you cannot deny the lack of proper health and hygiene as well as the corruption that prevails in it.
At the beginning of the year, when the campaigning for the Student council was going on, we were all sitting in the Assembly Hall. a boy in ninth grade called Hussain Kachwalla was starting his speech. He was opting for the Health and Hygiene post.
"Good Morning, dear friends and teachers. I am Hussain Kachwalla, and I am campaigning for the Health and Hygiene post.
As we all know, the health and hygiene of a person is vital in life. It is like the tiny feather balancing you from life and death. we are all painfully aware of the lack of proper health and hygiene in India-----"
His sentence was obstructed by a primeval uproar. Every student in the hall was yelling at him, telling him that he was hateful. The poor boy stood there, not knowing what to do. A mere revealing of the horrifying truth caused such a riot- how could he continue his speech?
An eighth grader, Aditya Das(who doesn't care about India), took this as an opportunity to win some votes. He started booing and sticking his thumb down at Hussain, until he was controlled.
Is just telling the truth a cause of such anger? This is not Patriotic; this is simply ignorance. You can talk proudly of the magnificent culture of India: but you cannot deny the lack of proper health and hygiene as well as the corruption that prevails in it.
When the results were announced, everyone in my class(except for me) was relieved that Hussain hadn't
won.
You forget me, srikar. I am painfully aware that India's level of hygiene reminds me of George Bush.
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