Being an Indian

Hi Guys, I am back again . Actually night shifts give me lot of time to write , usually i get time only after 3 a.m. becaue by that time most of the work is over(normally).

So here it goes..............

How many of you call yourselves Indians? I guess all of us, isnt it? How many of you call yourselves TRUE INDIANS? I guess all of us would proudly say that, but did you ever think what does it mean to call yourselves a TRUE INDIAN?I feel like calling myself a TRUE INDIAN, but I am also not sure whether the real life incident which i narrate you is proof enough to call myself a TRUE INDIAN or not?I still remember one incident in my life , I might be 12-13 years old, I was at my native place watching an INDO-PAK encounter with all my relatives and some guys from neighborhood. We were chasing well when one of our top batsman got out and triggered a collapse from where the Indian team didnt recover and lost the match, I have always been an Indian supporter so I was crestfallen due to the outcome of the match, but some guys out there weren't sad , they were happy that Pakistan won the match and were bursting crackers, this was totally unbearable for me and I went to one of the guys who was happily bursting crackers and I gave him a tight slap on his face, I didnt run away from the scene , but stood staring the guy in his eyes. And I guess he too understood the message which I tried to convey with this slap , he didnt reciprocate, instead he walked away from the scene. I got bashings from my father for my behavior, and was ordered to go and apologise to that guy................. I havent done it till date because I thought I wasnt wrong. I agree that all of us have freedom to support the team of our choice , I have no hassles if you support Pakistan or any other team in the world but dont make fun of My COUNTRY. The guy was shouting"India is B*** S*** , Azhar is *****, Sachin is ****" as he was bursting the crackers . That was the only reason I slapped him. Today I feel proud about my behavior. Because I think I showed everyone around me that how much I love my country and how much I hate hearing bad things about it. I still feel country is a priority over religion. Maybe the other guy prioritised religion over country , which i feel isnt correct (no debates here plz , I have my own views which I am expressing, some of you might disagree with me).Some of you might debate saying that it wasn't love for the COUNTRY which was speaking , but it was love for CRICKET which was speaking , I agree that it was more of CRICKET which spoke , but if CRICKET can instill so much of patriotism in someone then the message is clear enough.Please comment on this...................