I am disturbed staying in a country where it’s a norm to blame women’s dressing sense, behaviour for crimes on them and also foist them on a pedestal as Devi Goddess, Gau Mata ( Cow Mother ) or Ganga Mata ( Holy River Ganges )

I am disturbed staying in a country where rapists are welcomed like heroes and felicitated and on the other hand lovers are hounded out under the garb of honour of the family , community and in extension the society.

I am disturbed staying in a country where lynching is considered to be a way of showing the dominance of one community and ironically the conviction rate of offenders is absymally low .

I am disturbed staying in a country where patriotism is worn more as a sleeve than in hearts and where our religious, caste , state identity overrides and submerges our Indianness.

I am disturbed staying in a country where the constitution importance is left only in academic circles and none of our basic fundamental rights are enforced anymore .

I am disturbed staying in a country where getting bail is as difficult as getting justice.

I am disturbed staying in a country where movies are systematically destroyed by ludicrous calls of boycott and yet any promotion for a movie results in stampede and cancellation of the event due to uncontrollable crowds.

I am disturbed staying in a country where women have to behold the family , community honour on their frail shoulders amid female infanticide and bride burning dowry deaths leading to unequal gender ratio

I am disturbed staying in a country where we give more importance to inane matters like what a celebrity said donkey years ago than the hate being spewed in and around us by our so called leaders .

I am disturbed staying in a country where a cricketer is worshipped and feted and then brutally trolled and insulted when he has a bad day in the office.

I am disturbed staying in a country where the cities after cities are submerged in rains and still we doubt climatic change and environmental degradation

I am disturbed staying in a country where even 99% will not guarantee a student college of his or her choice and still the corporates complain about the quality of entry level workforce .

I am disturbed staying in a country where ( though this is a cliche ) , Zomato , Swiggy and Uber are omnipresent and Omni efficient, nonetheless after 75 years , our creaking and poor infrastructure is still the biggest hurdle in our economic development.

I am disturbed staying in a country where accepting that our country has a lot of catching up to do, is labelled as elitist and yet all the trappings of the elite are considered as a privilege and accepted.

I am disturbed staying in a country where a tragic road accident triggers discussions on road safety and seat belts, to be submerged and engulfed only by the next tragedy waiting to happen .