A well meaning, as always, thread by @GunduHuDuGa. My thought: I classify Indians as RIs, RNIs, NRIs and NRIs broadly. HIs - Resident Indians, Resident Non Indians, Non Resident Indians and Not Required Indians.
https://twitter.com/GunduHuDuGa/status/1386154613196292098
No one questions or cribs about the personal choices made by individuals on migrating for better opportunities. They moved not because they were anti-India but because of lack of opportunities in India (the early migrants from '60s and '70s especially). Let me amplify.
The RNIs and the Not required variety are the problem - who have problems (much of it deliberate), in comprehending and then giving the stiff upper lip to India - "Oh my God, Indians don't have traffic sense" varieties to "I have spent US $7000/- for an air-ticket types
to people, who genuinely feel for India and its causes. In my view, once a person has decided to settle abroad, they must support their new motherland and support, in principle, their original motherland instead of cocking a snook at India and Indians. "Coz, ...
many of them, are / were from middle class when their parents struggled, worked hard for their sons/ daughters to study abroad. Those who forget their roots, those who forget to stay on ground, one day or other....
will fall to the ground from a height that is directly proportional to their level of ego, derision, contempt that they have for Indian values. Thanks @GunduHuDuGa for this lovely write up and @SparesofWar for the pointer to this thread!
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