Why being Indian is awesome

Hello, people. Reading this post is going to make you filthy rich. No, really. My name is Pratik, and I study at Raha International School situated in the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. I love competitive programming, problem solving and playing football. It's my first year at RIS, and in 2 weeks, I've already found out what to do in the next 2 years. For this year though, my goal is to get tint the football team as often and attend as many MUN meetings and conferences as I can. The journey always begins at home though.

 I am from India, which is a very diverse country. It is divided into 29 states and 7 union territories. Each state in itself is like another country. The food is amazing and varies from the south to the north. Being from the western part of the country, I hope I'm able to provide a cultural viewpoint on Indians and our culture. First and foremost, we love celebrating festivals. Be it Christmas or Diwali, we always celebrate with pomp and splendour, such is the unity in our country (with a few exceptions). 

Most of our trips to India are during the festive times. The massive festivities have developed me into a person who likes to celebrate small achievements or events. They have helped me to develop a positive outlook towards life.

Being brought up in India, I really wasn't exposed to a lot of cultures outside India. But after coming to RIS, my outlook has become widened. I have been able to talk with people from all over the world: Spain, Greece, Slovenia and Australia to name a few. Here, in Abu Dhabi, language and culture has played a vital part in the set up of the city. The main city is mainly constituted of people from the Indian subcontinent, due to which all the shopkeepers in this area have to know some form of Hindi. Whereas in the majority of people from Europe and the Americas are living in the outskirts.

As I'm returning to finish my blog post now, I was just praying. This is where most of us get our inspiration from. We work hard, so that we can be successful in life, and help the unfortunate. We also love our country. During events such as the Independence day and the Republic day, you can feel the raw tension and the endearment that we have for our country. We love and respect India massively, and always make sure that India's identity is in no way tarnished. Basically, we love our country. Faith is what has moulded me into the person I am today. Devotion has me disciplined and hard-working with good moral values.

One of the reasons India is loved so much is because of its food. Wherever you go, you will find people eating Indian food. We take great pride in preparing our food. Naan bread, butter chicken and Idlis (rice cakes) are just some of the few great ones. The diversity and difference in culture has led to such different food being made all over the country.

As I'm approaching the word limit now,  I will have to stop. But I felt the the patriotism running through my blood while writing this blog post, and I'm sure I will be back writing one pretty soon. By the way, you are now rich with knowledge about the Indian community. Now to go back and have that amazing tuesday night dinner.

*By we, I mean we the Indians, who actually love our country.

P.S. No offence was intended to any person/culture/Indian/religion.

-spratik