Why I Am Not an Indian
Firstly, all apologies to Bertrand Russell for I half plagiarized the title-style of one of his many iconoclastic works. And with that, chances are manifold that you may have already labeled me a traitor, a nonstarter or at least a generally frustrated sadist. I respect your choice of adjectives or expletives -if any- according to your understanding, opinions and schools of thought. However I for one pity those who are patriotic, not by choice, however due to their inability to inquiry the norms and systems and seek answers by contemplation and observations. I pity those not who always can substantiate their beliefs and find cause in them. Religion and patriotism are probably the only two attributes which are non-natural in nature however are often hereditary. Aristotle chose to go off-the-wall here for he considered himself to be a citizen of the earth and not of Athens or Gree ce. The very notion of patriotism is a primitive animal instinct which we didn't yet cast-off in our quest of civilization and cerebral-development. Patriotism makes me prejudiced and parochial and blocks my thoughts beyond jingoism. Like Aristotle, I'd prefer to let the earth be my playground.
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