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What is Your Insecurity
Background - This is in response to a post where I have put my views on the writer's page. But for the benefit of my readers I would like to post it on my page here.
This is what she said.
1. She speaks Bengali fluently. Proud to be born in Kolkata.
2. Moved to the USA from Malaysia when she was 9 and since settled there.
3. Encourages speaking in our Indian mother tongue.
4. Tells us to be proud from where we've come. Incredible India.
5. Hashtags #Indianheritage #Bengali
6. Living in USA for the last 20 years.
What I say
There are a lot of Indians, Bengalis settled in USA who will never come back here. I have a lot of close relatives who fall in this category. Well educated. Well placed in the American society. Period.
But I see occasionally, once in a while, they talk of India, being a 100% Bengali, Durga Puja, Bhai phota, nationalism, and things like that. Trying to make us believe kya farak padta hai?
The thing is if you feel you're an Indian, a Bong as much as we are. So be it. No big deal. Why do you need to write about that again and again? What is your insecurity in USA?