Anecdotes and Realizations

 I am a patriot. I would blindly pick India over any other country and would probably be very judgemental and nitpicky if I was packed off on a flight to a foreign country. Where are the long lines? Where are the crowds?  I am proud of how this unlikely country made up of a diverse group of people manages to stay together. How despite the unending list of divisions we stay a fairly united group. A sense of brotherhood that ties us together. What else could keep this amalgamation of people together? Not food, certainly not religion. Language? Lol. Culture? Not really.  Indian Culture is an interesting thing. No one can agree on what it actually is. Indian culture is a totally different thing for everyone. Its basically the worst game of telephone (or as it is racist(ly) known as Chinese Whispers) ever. I think thats pretty fair though. What exactly is purely an INDIAN thing? The Indus Valley Civilisation? The Aryans? But claiming to be of Aryan descent is not going to be g...

 "Who is your role model?" "My parents, ma'am" Oh, shut up! Don't go all Aadarsh Vidyarthi on me! Parents, it seems. Parents are great, but really, role models are the people who are legally required to treat you decently?  But, role models is an interesting concept. I mean, there are people who like certain people so much that they want to BE them. Like, that's the epitome of humanity for them. And don't go "Elon Musk" now! He's a capitalist!  I just don't believe in the thing itself. If I spend enough time with any person, I will start finding faults. Many many faults. People all suck, up close. Like, keep your distance. And there is always something I will disagree with about a person, because there's no one who thinks exactly like I do, or there is no one like moi. And I cannot bring myself to completely idolise someone, people will always do something I don't like, and that's fine, they're different.  But, I do ...

 I recently became Head Girl at school. Yes, a buttload of talking to people, bringing passive-aggressiveness into friendships and general merriment went into this. You can stop with the catcalls and the fanfare, honestly, I just want to have some 'me' time from the paparazzi.  The short gap between winning the election and getting to work got away from me, with a photography contest, a republic day blog post, anchoring, best out of waste contest and more. Of course, my incredible friends are so incredible that it truly is a group thing. But, it's been a lot, dealing with kids, dealing with teachers, dealing with council members and dealing with my brain that went into overdrive about two weeks in. I'm much better at managing my emotional releases and understanding what I need when I need to take care of my mental health, but it's a lot.  Sona when listening to my lectures Recently, a bit of a civil war broke out within the council and things got messy. I try to be ...