Proud Indian Essay

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Why am I proud to be an Indian? I am a citizen of the world because I am an Indian! A very, very proud Indian! The pride of being a majestic son of Bharath Maata is raging through my veins like a river of fire! I am proud to be an Indian because I am aware that it is a great privilege and an immense responsibility in one. I am proud to be an Indian because I know what I represent. I stand before you, with my heart full to the brim, of joy that is unspeakable and my eyes moist with a sense of gratitude that can never be expressed in words. To start with, my pride was just raw, as in the case of most of us. Today, it is not so. It is a temple of understanding, an altar of conviction and a sanctum sanctorum of the light of love. How did this happen? I was brought into this world, into India to be precise, by my parents. But, I was really born in the palm of my beloved, my refuge, my Master, Satguru Sivananda Murtygaru. Yes, it was after I came to him that I was born! All that I did was sit before him, at his feet, sipping a cup of coffee and listening with ceaseless amazement to the cascade of wisdom that gushes out of him. He showed me what India is. What have I realized as an Indian? I am not an improved-ape. I am a descendant of Maharishis. My ancestors were not groping in darkness. As beings, they were humans. As for prowess, they were godly! Maharishi Viswamitra is one of my grandfathers. He ate and slept and lived like you and me. But, by simply raising his Yoga danda, he could create a set of parallel higher worlds, with all the constellations, asterisms and even the presiding deities! Maata Nalayini is one of my grandmothers. She could arrest the rising of the Sun because it meant the death of her husband. King Harischandra, who could walk out of his kingdom for the sake of a word, is one of my uncles. Kannagi of Madurai, who burnt a city to ashes because the

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