I ve never been this ashamed of myself as I am now...for being a Kannadiga for being an Indian. Call me disloyal, call me treacherous- I rather be disloyal to a country that hold so much intolerance towards its own. Put the non kannadigas out of karnataka, throw out the biharis from Maharastra....what is this madness? In high schools we are all tought of this great nation that found its secular and united identity on a August midnight. You can not venture out of your own state hopeing to be welcomed or even tolerated by your brothers in the next state. Who are we? Are we just acting out to regionalism because it was deep down inside of us all the time or as a result of divisionalistic politics of this great democracy. I am ashamed.

Think about it, a 19 year old girl is already ashamed of her country, for many reasons besides this, what sort of an illusion are we living in. There is no "india", there is no "bharath", this is karanataka, gujrath, maharastra, tamil nadu, i see no india. It doesnt exist to me anymore. I wish i could baptise into other country like how one can to other religions. I wish i cold run away and never return to this place. I think earlier the youth went west ward to satisfy their need for riches now its time to leave for some respect for who you are rather than what state you were born into and what is your language. Atleast when out of the country people will see you as an indian rather than a kannadiga or a tamilian.