As it comes to Republic Day celebration for Indian Australians, it simply assumes double significance, because of the fact that January 26, pleasantly and coincidentally, also happens to be the Australia Day, an official national day, a day of festivity and celebrations.
The fact that an American President is visiting India within less than 6 months of an Indian Prime Minister's US visit carries a lot of symbolic significance!
Majority of NRIs living abroad find new roots in adopted lands, raise families, work and pay taxes and enjoy the facilities and privileges as much as locals do.
All one sees on the streets of Paris are black, white and brown coats hustling through one another. Their pace implying an urgency of their presence at maybe a scene of crime, at the end of the street.
A few hours to home, I am actually writing this on my plane, sitting restlessly in my passenger seat.
I sit in my apartment in Singapore, reflecting back on the last few weeks. It is hard to write in spite of the deafening stony silence.
Living in India, I had never felt the urge or need to drive. After moving to UK, I realised driving is a necessity and driving to work is done by majority. In fact using the public transport to commute is not a preferred mode here.
Often NRIs land up in India for their further studies and suddenly face a reality check. More often than not, they find it difficult to cope up here, atleast initially.
The Central West region of New South Wales is in the grip of severe drought. The drought not only affects the farmers but affects the whole community and the local economy as well.
I grew up in a world where women are respected, educated, loved and protected; a world where my father spends time in the kitchen and my mother is instrumental in the running of family businesses.
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