The Nobel American and the Noble Indian!

The one most dreadful trait of the common Indian has come to the fore yet again. And this time, for the Nobel prize. I was reading a post on similar lines by a fellow blogger, and felt that this “dangerous mind” should express its views on the issue too!
I simply can’t find a reason why we should celebrate Mr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan’s achievement, just because of the trivial reason that he is of “Indian Origin”. And I am very clear in my views- I am not undermining the work of the Nobel Laureate. I just do not want people to feel happy as if the prize was won by a citizen of India. The man is a complete citizen of the United States now. Mr.Venkatraman would take the prestigious Nobel prize to the US of A or the UK. He most definitely won’t give it to India. But we, as benevolent Indians, laud him with praise and give him a cover story on papers and a headline on TV! The situation is nothing short of pitiable!
I simply cannot digest the fact that a person, who grew up with the food, drink, clothing, education, what not from India, gives all the laurels to another foreign country, which gave him just money and a career.
This is not the first time that we witness such a thing in India. We took privilege in Kalpana Chawla’s lunar voyage for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the US of A, and rejoiced at the occasion of “Slumdog Millionaire”- a British movie winning at the Oscars. We lack clarity. Is it very rare for an Indian to achieve something? Are we suffering from a nation-wide inferiority complex? Because that would be the only acceptable reason for hailing and commending a man of Indian origin.
Wake up India. We invented the Zero, we calculated the value of Pie, we computed the length of the year, we performed the world’s first cataract surgery, we gave the Raman effect. The feats of our own, ‘completely Indian’ scientists are astounding. "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made!" – these are the words of the greatest scientist- Albert Einstein. Take pride in this. And not on an American’s achievement.

Living the Lie

I was wondering for more than an hour, confused a propos what to name this post as!!
Eventually I decided that this would be the apt title for it.
If you look up the word “lie” in wiki, you would find diversified kinds of lies! But as far as this topic is concerned, I only muse upon the masks we wear on our day by day chronicle of life.
I was very much worried with myself for having to live multiple lives almost everyday.
Just then “Dexter” came along. If at all, there is one ‘close to the real life’ show on TV, this would be it. Only then it struck me, that not only ‘me’, but each soul in this world has the compulsion to put on masks just to continue their existence in this rapidly evolving world of ours.
Why do we wear these masks? Is it to make others around us happy? Are we such ‘good good’ people who wear these masks with utmost difficulty, just to see smiles amongst the people we spend time with? I really doubt it! Masks are the only things which make us ‘civilized’ human beings in this world. If a person ever has a chance to live by instinct,
there is absolutely no qualm that his entire way of living would turn on its head!
Is wearing a mask bad? I still don’t have an answer for it. And I am pretty sure I would never find it. But still, this is the question which keeps ringing in my mind! Till I find it, I will continue Living the Lie!