Have you ever thought of the non-resident, <br />Dwelling in foreign countries, <br />Foreign, not in India, <br />Outside India, <br />Homer hearing the music of humanity <br />Sitting ashore, <br />The lore of the shipwrecked brothers? <br /> <br />When even far from one's own house, <br />Here in India people will, none but the tenants <br />And kith and kin will capture it, <br />What to say about foreign? <br />When outside of home for so many years, <br />Relatives may forget you <br />And when return you back to after retirement, <br />You will appear to be an outsider <br />Even in your land. <br /> <br />There was a time when the people moving to foreign, <br />Crossing the seven seas, <br />In their return people used to boycott <br />After getting the heads shaven in life, <br />But now-a-days it is a matter of prestige <br />If one's degrees are from foreign <br />And it does not whether he knows or not, <br />But foreign is not so. <br /> <br />Oh, I deviated and digressed from, <br />What was I saying to? <br />Now it is on mind, <br />O, I was about the non-resident Indians! <br />When the non-resident Indians away for so many years, <br />Return back to as for a bonhomie, <br />They fail to strike the chord, <br />Establish the rapport, <br />India seen from far and closely are different from. <br /> <br />The bar, the cafe, the resort and the restaurant culture <br />They may not find in middle class conservative homes, <br />Kiss, hug and embrace, <br />Partying and picnicking and free mixing <br />They may not, <br />The other thing is this that the theatre and the discotheque <br />They may not in small towns, <br />The gap between Indian culture and foreign culture <br />And the last of all, the drinking culture is there <br />But in the lower segregated classes.<br /><br />Bijay Kant Dubey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/india-in-the-eyes-of-the-non-resident-indians-just-a-mirage/
