I wear Indian Shoes and walked into the streets of INDIA , and I found a new world around me ...
WEAR INDIAN SHOES
This is a story about an Young , Energetic boy who committed suicide , left a suicide note with a message to INDIA arguing , " DONT WEAR INDIAN SHOES ".
An Invisible voice saying like this " My Dear Brothers and Sisters of INDIA. As Earth Stands Solitude in this Universe ,I stand Solitude in this Earth….. DONT WEAR INDIAN SHOES ". These words were the last words of my friend PRANAV from his suicide note says SIDHARTH.
PRANAV is a typical guy with patriotism is his respiration , helping is his habit. Everybody blamed PRANAV for his foolish decision he made , killing himself , but SIDHARTH started exploring the reason why his best buddy being his roommate , Gem of his age , committed suicide , even though DEATH is a guaranteed gift to him.
SIDHARTH tried to recollect the days where he spends most of the time with PRANAV. when ever boys of their age got leisure time in their hostel rooms, they used to chit chat, discuss gossips, which movie star is having affairs with whom , these kinds of unnecessary stuff.
But when PRANAV turn comes , PRANAV always speaks about poverty , secularism , politics and shares his thoughts on things we have to do to make India develop, these kind of social issues. Friends laugh at him for his philosophy , they used to comment him as a 60 year old guy. Every time SIDHARTH only gives support for PRANAV intentions.
PRANAV in his room always reads books of revolutionary personalities, Economics and books related to Meditation. No movie posters , no sports stars , no porn stars. There once happened an Incident , on a Republic Day celebrations , a politician came to the PRANAV’s college.
The politician started his presentation like this “ In India , funds from the Government is not reaching the common people. The real taste of Independence we can have for India is that , when there should be no one who is titled as a poor guy ”. The politician says that, every student of India should come forward , participate in politics , help as many people as they can and make our country a poor less nation.
Every body In the crowd , applauded the politician but PRANAV , left the auditorium crying. SIDHARTH happened to see that PRANAV left the auditorium. SIDHARTH asked PRANAV for his strange behavior , PRANAV busted at SIDHARTH and said “ Every one in this country are self fish , the idiot who just gave us a beautiful presentation about povery in India had a 500 crore property , he is a corrupted dog. I am seeing him know itself after the elections done ”.
PRANAV always feels that every body shows pity on the nation but no comes forward to make a solution. This incident made SIDHARTH eyes opened. SIDHARTH asked PRANAV that what he finds wrong in the current society.
PRANAV says that everybody is thinking at their positions , sophisticated houses , luxury cars and all. He urges that step into the roads of India , you came to know what the real INDIA is. Change starts in SIDHARTH , he went along with PRANAV to witness the dark side of INDIA.
When ever we saw an TV channel statement that 100 people killed in Terrorist attack , we feel pity for the 2 minutes and forgot the thing in our daily routine. We don’t take it to our heart. Nobody knows the value of a life , until its lost. SIDHARTH remembers the days spent with PRANAV . Now only SIDHARTH understand the intensions of PRANAV.
SIDHARTH had a thought in mind that SIDHARTH want to witness the real India , he stepped into the roads of INDIA . on witnessing the roads of INDIA , SIDHARTH literally half dead. For his shock the world which he had seen these days is completely different.
SIDHARTH witnessed the pollution devil which spreads over the lives of roaders , witnessed born babies on the dust bins by the sides of the roads ,witnessed children of school going age begging across the streets and traffic signals , witnessed drunken people laying on the roads with dust on their bodies as a cover sheet , witnessed people fighting with the kerosene shop owner for giving them low quality kerosene.
SIDHARTH witnessed people who are promoting pollution control with banners on their hands and he witnessed policeman taking bribed from a lorry driver who came on the wrong side and witnessed some people opposing the Government for increased the rates of daily commodities. For this a politician came in a Benz car to show his opposition ( how pity ).He witness boys of his age Eve teasing girls pass by.
A question raised in the mind of SIDHARTH, even though these were the daily routine in INDIA , why don’t we take it to HEART. PRANAV says in the suicide note that he came to know that SUPREMACY of person on the peer and many of us doesn’t mind others as if they are not from the same planet are the major causes for the destruction of INDIA.
PRANAV questioned the people of INDIA that , what differs the people here ? what made people hate each other ? what made people kill people ? Then PRANAV got a clear idea for all the above problems.
PRANAV says that people should be of 2 kinds. One who took a revolutionary step towards the bad happening in INDIA and the other people who do not have energy to oppose should DIE. PRANAV says that these 2 categories of people will have SIGNIFICANCE in LIFE as well as in DEATH.
Those who take these situations as not their cup of tea or when ever their turn to suffer comes then only they are wiliing to act . Frankly speaking these people are burden to the Mother EARTH.
PRANAV recollects what Vivekananda message to youth. Our INDIA is like a BIG Ship travelling on LIFE Ocean. We the people of INDIA are passengers. The journey was smooth but now the position is not the same. Selfish politicians , corrupted Employees , terrorist attacks made holes to the ship. Now the ship is going to sink. We people of INDIA ,should do what ever it takes to stop the water from the hole enter into the ship. Even we don’t think twice , if we need to cut our FLESH to stop the water coming in. If not DIE yourself by throwing yourself into the Ocean. Don’t be in the ship , if you are do NOTHING
PRANAV says that he is an HELPLESS warrior to save the INDIA from sinking in the mere future. For this he sacrificed himself. He know that he is not a COWARD like other people who don’t think beyond the circle and who are not ready to take risks for their Country. PRANAV knows that he is suffering from Chronic Blood Cancer and he is counting his days , in a month or two , he is going to face the death, but he told that he won’t be like an extra crap living on EARTH . The reason why he came to this decision is all about that he WORE INDIAN SHOES. PRANAV’s conclusion in his suicide note is that “ DON’T WARE INDIAN SHOES and DON’T SEE INDIA AS A TRUE INDIAN , as he see ”. this is all about ending my LIFE for a new BEGINNING.
After reading this SIDHARTH came to the conclusion that LIFE is more valuable than PATRIOTISM and SACRIFISE. He feel pity of PRANAV that he fail in choosing FACING FACTS is more easier than losing ones LIFE. SIDHARTH says that , he is gonna lead a new life from now. He said that he won’t be live like a COWARD nor DIE like a COWARD , he took a decision to made the change happen in the country starts from his family and to the society. SIDHARTH declares that being an INDIAN “ WEAR INDIAN SHOES and educate the people of INDIA surround you how to face the consequences ”
