In search of Indianness abroad

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It is always a treasured moment for an Indian to visit India for the first time after coming to an alien nation either for a job or higher studies. Moreover, you feel overtly sentimental as Air India makes a shaky landing at your preferred Indian airport. You feel like SRK of Swades as if you are coming for good without caring a damn for the completion of your MS degree. I still remember the excitement that had gripped my senses throughout my first journey back to New Delhi, needless to mention the pride of being an Indian, though I had done nothing to make my nation proud. As the plane landed and briefest of unexpected power outage took place inside the plane, exclaimed a modern NRI woman, "Welcome to India". If that was a sly remark for your motherland, the reaction of most of the other passengers laughing out loud....