(Patriotism Index: Nepalese are not very patriotic, compared to Americans, Indians, Venezuelans etc.)
And you begin detesting the very insides of me as if I insulted the “nationality” in you. You don’t realize that I have my personal right and dignity not to be a patriot. No, I am not stamping on the ground I stand on. I stand firm respecting national integrity. I stand firm as a citizen to this nation. There is a certain attachment, an emotional hint, and yet the feeling goes nowhere close to patriotism.
As I see it, to be a Patriot is a beautiful approach to patronize the rest of the goddamned world. You call me a traitor to my land. You love the soil of your country. You feel your country belongs to you.
I only judge the soil by its fertility. My country is a different entity for me.
You see in Bhagat Singh the courage and the sacrifice and proudly claim, “He passed the ordeal and fought for the nation and the revolution and died fighting it.” He is an example of a true patriot.
I see in him the incomplete intellect that left the world early because he attempted to make the “deaf hear”.
You love your nation so much that you can die for it.
I live for myself and die for myself.
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Many such YOUs helped Hitler rise in power.
As I crossed the border from India to Nepal, I suddenly felt a smile stretching across my weary face.
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