Suddenly, the NRI who rushed for the American green card, the Australian citizenship or the British passport insists on Indianness. On his/ her Indian cultural heritage. Tracing back the generations and lineage in eager longing to establish the link.
Is this a rush to identify with looming success. As they say, success has many fathers.
Being Indian has a rapidly emerging (and I argue, still largely undeserved) cache. Of intelligence. Street smart - Jugadoo. Starting to be successful (sic). Innovative even, to an extent. Of the future. Of Bollywood. Of IT. Of Yoga and mysticism in sync with software and the Nano. Vital, flowing, India.
I do not wish to judge. But if the same person once and earlier always insisted on being called Trinidadian, Kenyan, British etc. rather than Indian s/he is being convenient. Here was a person distancing him/herself from India ashamed (justifiably) to be tagged Indian. Now eager to hitch his/ her wagon to the star. To achieve by association rather than achievement.
A rising tide lifts all boats. And the NRI wants to move up too. Even if by tenuous heritage. Best of luck. Which way the wind blows, the straw bends.
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