Simple strange question to anyone who reads (or) may be familiar one anyone can associate with...
A question that dwells, in every mind, in every heart, and in every possible way.
This question always comes when you are trying to adapt and adopt and how others make you feel.
Instead of making the process easy you already tagged, perception already created about you, a general analysis is already made about you whether it is at work (or) society function (or) with friends anywhere...
This topic is close to me... (or) rather situations that always pushed me to this question .."Where do I belong...”, with little smile a thought quick raced my head... glad to have a very high level answer...HUMAN race...
Vagabond our ancestors were, they moved for better basic necessities for natural resources, and to safeguard themselves from calamities [human,nature]. They moved in groups in gangs, people with same thought (or) idea (or) needs.
What about if one person moved from one place to another, is that person accepted in new place (or) kind of abandoned from his old place...
In today's world this movement of people is a bit refined, can say movement happens for better job, lifestyle, better opportunities (or) and it is more of family (or) person moving from one place to another than a pack of families or race with like thoughts.
This not about nuclear (or) joint family, but may have fine line of difference though.
Often, I am asked where I am from... simple answer Indian but does not work. You would have chain of question following Indian yes where in Indian. If I say South...immediately you do not look like one. Now have to explain my long story in short Northy brought up in South. But does that end no..North which state (if the conversation with North Indian) and if South which state (if the conversation is with South Indian).Ah!! But you are in another state not where you are origin from and brought up why? this goes never ending...
Funny incident, casual friendly socializing and light conversation one can say...Not that I get annoyed with this , But it does bring to my notice how quickly people create perception, and analyse a person..
This conversation was just a small magnitude, when one talks about countries,it a bigger magnitude.
But truly I don't know myself where do I belong...does that matter....just adapting and adopting the good from different culture in our country...help me understand different languages in the country, maybe I cannot reciprocate back, but to extent understand. It has its pros and cons both. Personally take the pros of it.
Kind of revolution (or) a change never thought how an assumed typical north Indian (or) south Indian thinks.
But easier to associate myself with people like me belong to nowhere..Origin from somewhere born somewhere brought up somewhere and working somewhere...probably it’s easier to associate and understand, in terms of struggle to adapt and adopt.
Pros:
From childhood been a part of every major festival whether South (or)North, East (or) West, and have enjoyed so much have fond memories of them back of my mind. Watched movies hummed songs of any language (adding self made word to match the tune) and my favourite food list from various parts of India.Thanks to my Mom, truly best cook in the world no cuisines are impossible for her and Dad's different flavour of teas, I am fortunate to enjoy the cuisines and the tea.
It was hard to be a part of any gang (or) any particular gang say it friends or people. Preferred the whole world a big circle of friends.
But the question still dwells once a while in my heart. 'Where do I belong...' everywhere and yet nowhere....
