Monday, March 13, 2006

You Can't Go Home Again

This one is taken from TIME Magazine March 13, 2006 as I was reading it this morning before starting the day, I mean the week. It is just about the success of Indians not in their country. It gives me some thoughts about life, nationalism and some other things I should not write in here. It is published in the Letters Column whose title is exactly the same with what is written in here.

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RE "Why do so many India's stars live abroad?
I applaud the essay by Vir Sangvhi, editorial director of the Hindustan Times, in which he asks why Indians are more successful outside India than at home. Alas, a similar problem plagues Nigeria. Those born in the 1970s who left to study in Britain and the U.S now want to return home and apply the skills and business practices I learned in the West. But their enthusiasm is met with scorn, suspicion and envy. I wonder whether Nigerians feel betrayed or fear the Western work ethic. Like the Indians, we are success stories in our adopted homes but not in the land of our birth. They say a prophet is never honored in his homeland, but also say charity must begin at home (B. Chukwumah, Berkshire, England).


I was at home this morning, wake up and starting the day with spirit.
08.04 AM. Thanking for the day and the night.

2 Comments:

Blogger ime' said...

"They say a prophet is never honored in his homeland,"....

kalo' kata gue sih, ini bukan hal yang harus digenapi, tapi ini sebuah tantangan, gimana supaya a prophet (atau, let say, orang2 pinter-lah) itu bisa dihormati di tanah kelahirannya sendiri... cuman kebanyakan, kita malah menganggap bahwa quote diatas adalah suatu hal yang biasa terjadi, dan nggak mau mengubahnya... tapi yah, ya udah :D

9:00 AM

 
Blogger faridah ohan said...

ime' bangeeeeeeettttt...., tapi aku setuju sama ime'... kadang karena terbiasanya sama "sesuatu" kita sampe menganggap "sesuatu" itu sebagai hal yang wajar dan bener, padahal bisa jadi tidak :)

1:33 PM

 

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