IT'S MY LIFE

Chapter 1:

It’s that same old sound I hear every time I wake up in my room in Atlanta, but there is a difference this time, I am on it. Yeah, I am driving the truck, the fire truck. I am not in U.S. It’s my home town. Where am I going? I have no idea. Following me, I find that I am on my way to my school. There is a bomb threat to my school. I am patrolling the area and making sure that everyone is safe. You should know how people react when they hear a bomb threat. Kids are no different. There was chaos throughout and I was trying to calm the crowd. All of a sudden, my left ear goes dumb. I heard a huge sound and it’s all there. What the politicians said, what the police claimed (that the city is safe) have been proved to be false and people’s worst fears have come true. There is a bomb blast in my school. I lost my nerve and started to run towards the building. I can see a kid limping, can I reach her, Will I be able to save her……. Lose control………..What…why am I hearing a song from rang de basanti while running……..Oh shit, that’s my alarm. Its 7’0 clock, wake up dude, time to run………

Chapter 2:

“What’s your future plan?” was the question asked by my friend who is working with me…..Well let me think……”I will work for two or three years and then go back to India” – this is what I told him. I got a reply I expected….”You people always say this…..Once you smell money, you will never go back”…… Why we always try to stereotype someone else? …..Why do we don’t allow people to be different. No clue…… I was about to say “ It’s hard to say this dude, but, I see you as a aimless creature brought up with the only sense of chasing money”…..

Chapter 3:

It’s all about conversations…Now the conversation is “Why a lot of Indians are settling in U.S”

Hari: “Indians are not smart. Americans are smart. There is a myth existing in this world that Indians and Chinese are smarter people as they are taking up jobs in U.S, but I would say otherwise because Indians are not smart enough to see opportunities in India”

Karthik: “Indians are not patriotic. Indians don’t have the courage. We don’t really feel that we should do something for our country. We don’t really realize the difference between the amount earned in dollars and amount earned in rupees. Rupee is always cheaper to us. We don’t hold the pride in saying that we are Indians. We always chase money and we always end up losing our culture, heritage, mother tongue and probably everything. We are shapeless”
I am not taking a side here…its upto you

Chapter 4:

I am running…This time, it’s definitely not in my dreams. I am jogging around north park at around 6 30 PM with Sony headphones plugged into my ears. It’s this song…this one song that makes me feel nostalgic….Makes me feel of the days where I would just act as if I was sleeping so that my mom will wake make up…It makes me think about the dinner that would have all the items that I love even though I have never said that I want them. I am thinking of that moment when my mom cried that I was hurt badly in the bike accident. I can never see or probably think that there will be another person in this world who will love me the way you do…..never…Missing you mom…and to everyone…Dare to stereotype........

Signing of…………….meet you soon…..