Tuesday, March 20, 2007

To Curry or Not To Curry

Welcoming Ghost Particle to the fray, representing Sungai Petani, Kedah. Give or take 600 miles from our great nation. There we go again, we Yindians, trying to take over the world. But first, like every good politician, youse better have a goddamn classy politico speech. How else to promise colour TVs and win the masses? GP tries his hand to be Samy Vellu II.



Been trying to post for a few days. Its hard to blog when all the ideas come and pass when you're riding the bike into the sunset. So here we go. My first post in KLKillahs!

The epitome of 'being an Indian' is deeply rooted in our culture. We are very proud of who we are because of our roots. This for the good or bad, puts us in the spotlight in a distant corner, in our own world. The idea of KLK, that we being stereotyped are typical of what we are. But how do we break out from this? Why can't we look beyond the sunset, beyond the borders of our secure Indian world and touch the sky?

It's rare to see an Indian dream being compared to an American dream because we are at most insane idiots when it comes to capturing the dream of the future. We are constantly left behind because we let ourselves drift with the waves of the 'Keling' mentality people. These people are not out brothers or sisters, they don't deserve the camaraderie that a band of brothers should really have.

What we really want is a community where the new born Indian has a chance to fight on the same level and excel higher than anyone else based on being simply part of the fast forward future. We want independent thinkers and community builders who can look beyond the skin and emotions to capture the moment. We must think as a winning community rather than falling victim to our pasts or to the cry of the masses.

Constantly ask why can't we be different. What will happen to us if we want to be different? Can we live without our stereotypical reference pulling us behind.

With this, and joining the band, lets together kick out the oppressors of the KLK world and build a brighter future for our community!

Ok, I'm stumped. I wanted to cast my vote but I figure all his "building" and "referencing" was straight out of a civil engineer interview. Hope you landed the job bro.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

what a load of drivel!your first and hopefully last post. :)

deviousdiv said...

Dear Wummy,

I do hope that your comment was made in jest because otherwise, you really need to have your head examined.

Or maybe your head is filled with drivel.

Ghost Particle, you have very effectively captured that attitudes and mindsets are often our biggest enemy, and self doubt holds us back.

Creating a new Indian identity and shedding the encumberences of stereotype might be the biggest challenge facing our community since we all left our shores and found new lands.

I think that as a Malaysian, you might be even more sensitive to such stereotypes, as much as we are in Singapore.

As an Indian who straddles both the Singaporean and the Indian identities, I know intimately, how difficult it can be to reconcile both.

But then again, why should I. Why should any of us. We are who we are. We don't need to pretend.

Great Post.

Div

Anonymous said...

Div,

The comment was in jest.

Well partly.

i still meant it when i said i hope it's his last.:)

i like your comments though Div. Perhaps it was you who was meant to write this article.:)

gP said...

wummy...i curse you to death by overeating.

[div] true enough that we need to cast away the stereotypes, but the everlasting mission would be to find ways to do it. MAybe the coming generations would be less obvious in trying to fight as indians rather to fight to become just another malaysia n or singaporean. The revolution continues... Thanx a million!

[ah neh] damn great work bro. thanx!

gP said...

did not get the job...its for an orbital analyst and they screwed me...another post for another day.

Anonymous said...

i suppose the fellas who 'screwed' you for the job share my sentiments with regards to your capabilities. :)

ok i'm just messing. i'm sorry you didn't get it.the job that is.

p.s i do not overeat.

gP said...

hah! yeh buddy, the job world is certainly bad for the Yindians over here.

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