Rediscovery of India

After being an NRI for around 14 years, I along with my family took a big decision to return and settle down in India. Well, I was away for almost a decade and a half and hence needed to rediscover my beloved country.
As I began settling down in the country of my birth, I began to realise that the world was unnecessarily spending billions of dollars in medical research when India already has the cure for all the diseases.It was indeed shocking to realise that the world was so ignorant to the medical advances India has made in the field of medical science. Be it AIDS, cancer, arthritis, complex heart diseases or other incurable ailments, the traditional doctors here had cure for all the diseases under the Sun. And the best part is you don't need to go to them. They appear live on national television and you just need to dial the given numbers and get the instant treatment. The remedies comes in various forms from not wearing black on a particular day to offering oil to deity on a particular day, to grounding your particular feet first when you wake up in the morning. And if your case is very tough, don't worry; there are specific herbs that will definitely cure you. One company offers you a magical oil to regenerate hair growth if you have gone bald. The oil is so effective that the company is forced to warn you to wash your hands after application to stop the hairs from growing on your palms. Other company offers a capsule that instantly increases your height. These companies did not even apply for Patent rights for their amazing products as we in India believe in the welfare of the entire human race. We are not materialistic after all.
As I travelled across the country, I realised that India has grown tremendously in the field of automobiles too. However, I have a complaint against the automobile companies. They did not do proper research before launching their cars in India. Manufacturers here need to remove turn indicators and Rear view mirrors from their cars as they are never used here. Instead, they should provide an additional horn in case the main one fails. Moreover, there should be a separate opening in the cars to dispose of the garbage from the moving car.
People here enjoy total freedom. Shopkeepers have the right to display their products on the footpath outside their shops. Once in a while, few narrow minded officials do try to evict them from the footpaths, but our patriotic local politicians intervene and ensure that guilty officials are transferred at once and the status quo is maintained.
Another good thing about us is that we don't believe in hiding things and therefore you would find people talking loudly at public places. After all we are not discussing a terror plot.
Minding own business? You sure are not an Indian. We believe in devoting more time for the society. All of us, except the prime minister of this country, know how to run the country. We are a cricket crazy nation. In fact our great cricketers are indebted to common men on the street who constantly advise them on the correct techniques of playing cricket. Elders too play a crucial role in our society. All of the young India would have forgotten to get married but for the constant reminders from the caring elders of the society.
Where do we go from here? Our nation has been on auto-pilot mode and will remain so in the foreseeable future. So let's have a gala time until then.