Patriotism


Having lived entirely in the city of Delhi I have grown up to have a certain amount of reverence for my city,maybe reverence is a misleading there are many things that are frustrating,broken and dysfunctional the environment,the condition of the poor,dejected,the women are the kind of things that we[this came naturally that is how much the city has overpowered me] need to progress on word. But even after all these issues,problems or disaster whatever you might wish to call them,i, being the hopeless romantic that I am feel a sense of belonging here.It is easy for some outsider[this term is implied for anyone who does not see themselves as a part of Delhi's future] to point out our follies and for us to sheepishly agree,but for somebody who belongs here,we know that problems don't solve themselves by pinpointing them of course that itself has become quite a problem these days.I feel this sense of belonging maybe because nothing about it feels alien to me,maybe because whenever i walk through the streets of this city a piece of my past associated with that city flashes in front of me,to say that i will never leave this city would be a difficult proposition but to say that this city is never leaving me till the day i die would be the correct thing to say and maybe that is what patriotism is.

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