Firangi’s and desis

“Atithi devo bavah”

No matter how hard we try I guess we as Indians were and always will be biased to this saying. A guest is a guest irrespective of his/her nationality. We are always fascinated by the westerners their skin color accent and sensibilities. When I travel abroad or even see these firangi’s at the airport I always wonder what makes us fancy so much about these westerners.

As a child I was made to believe that the westerners are perfect in every way. I believed it too. Spotting a westerner was like spotting god himself. But now during my trips abroad or even during my stay there what I found from my interaction with them was they r just like us. Similar imperfections, similar prejudices and similar thinking. I spot foreigners drinking shouting aloud peeing in public and using a similar foul language that we do. However they are glorified and imitated by us in India. Sad but true. We want to eat the way they do copy their accent color our hair and follow their tradition. Wonder what’s wrong with ours.

What we can learn from them is their positive attitude towards life and work. Unfortunately this comes only later.