Comments on: Just like you! http://www.vkpedia.com/2008/10/02/just-like-you/ a repository of (mostly) useless information, since 2005 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:42:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vijay Krishna Narayanan http://www.vkpedia.com/2008/10/02/just-like-you/comment-page-1/#comment-210809 Vijay Krishna Narayanan Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:33:02 +0000 http://www.vkpedia.com/?p=730#comment-210809 Vatsan, I am very much an outsider. Not Americanised (or -ized). Not a citizen. I definitely wish for the good of the country I am in, and yes, there is a certain selfishness to it. But well, though America might not (or never) be the commanding force it once was, it still is in a position of leadership. The ripples of the economic crisis in America can be felt across the globe. To that extent, what is good for America is good for the world too. The line you've quoted should be taken in the context of my identifying with the popular sentiment. As for the general elections in May 2009, I will look at it as an insider, and it certainly holds more interest for me. I have never not identified with India, and I certainly disapprove of foreign television reporters, at least insofar as them labeling the BJP as Hindu fundamentalists. So there you go, you know who I'm going to vote for as well. Vatsan, I am very much an outsider. Not Americanised (or -ized). Not a citizen. I definitely wish for the good of the country I am in, and yes, there is a certain selfishness to it. But well, though America might not (or never) be the commanding force it once was, it still is in a position of leadership. The ripples of the economic crisis in America can be felt across the globe. To that extent, what is good for America is good for the world too.

The line you’ve quoted should be taken in the context of my identifying with the popular sentiment.

As for the general elections in May 2009, I will look at it as an insider, and it certainly holds more interest for me. I have never not identified with India, and I certainly disapprove of foreign television reporters, at least insofar as them labeling the BJP as Hindu fundamentalists. So there you go, you know who I’m going to vote for as well.

]]> By: vatsan http://www.vkpedia.com/2008/10/02/just-like-you/comment-page-1/#comment-210711 vatsan Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:07:32 +0000 http://www.vkpedia.com/?p=730#comment-210711 Sir, One question, after spending some time in the US you have completely been Americanised? Or become an American citizen? You piece seems to highlight the fact that you future depends on this election, and you honestly wish for the good of the country you reside in. "Please! I mean, we don’t want someone who is just like us" Now since you have become completely american. In the May 2009 elections, what will be your stand? identify with india or act like a foreign television reporter as a third person. Sir, One question, after spending some time in the US you have completely been Americanised? Or become an American citizen?
You piece seems to highlight the fact that you future depends on this election, and you honestly wish for the good of the country you reside in.

“Please! I mean, we don’t want someone who is just like us”

Now since you have become completely american. In the May 2009 elections, what will be your stand? identify with india or act like a foreign television reporter as a third person.

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