I'm not a Patriot !

Bush,Laden,Advani,.....no I'm none of them.Indeed, I'm a very ordinary person who's often referred to as 'Comman (Wo/)Man' and hence my view point on any (inter/)national issues will not affect anything.I know that but as the saying goes,as I perceive a few things do change on some tangent along the changes I make.So here's change!

Author of my vision

Till a few months ago, I was holding lot of things against Afghanistan ( and that was not the only place on my list).But reading the two amazing pieces of Khaled has mostly changed my opinion.


When I read  his books I learnt about his country which was no different than mine,people who were as harmless as mine except for those moral polices who sprang up around the late 70s under different outfits and continue to dictate the rest of the population in the name of religion.I feel sad for those who supported these groups initially and voluntarily hoping to have a better future but ended up being mere puppets.I wonder what would happen to all of us if we encourage our moral polices !!!!


I have realized one thing now. Nowhere in the world a common man population worries about the geographical area of its nation as long as there's harmony and peace between them.I don't want to be a patriot if it means being possessive of one set practices which may turn into terrorism for the people living on the other side of the border.If those people are like mine why would I want to hurt them and I believe all around the globe people aren't any different from one another.It's only a minor population who tries to be in power to hurt the other.

Thanks to Khaled for lending me his eyes to look at things differently and for giving me a worthwhile vision.
Now I can say I'm not a patriot but I'm just a human being who has faith in nothing but humanity.

I'm flying kites ! :-)

I bet we cannot explain everything we feel,reading ' The Kite Runner' was one of those things. It was a lovely feeling,I wanted to kiss Khaled on the back of his palm and say what a good job he had done ! It touched my heart and I felt emotional more than I thought I would.

The novel reflects so many aspects of life and it ends with a real positive note though it was a fiction.I heard SRK saying  '...Agar theek na ho to woh 'the end' nahin hai dosto, picture abhi baaki hai' in my head.

I loved 'Hassan' from the beginning. I know it's a fictional character but as one says 'art imitates life' it has to be inspired by someone from the authors life,I believe. How could someone be so pure at heart and yet strong like a rock...! I felt jealous of Amir (his friend and narrator of the story in the book) for having a friend like him,I felt jealous of his mother for having a son like him,I felt jealous of his son for having a father like him !!!! Why do I get so involved with a book...kinda hard to say :-)

 From making a mistake and feeling guilty all along the life to gaining confidence to overcome the weakness and standing up for the self and people,was indeed, a great journey and well portrayed by Mr.Hosseini.My next mission is to watch this on screen :-)