Thread:Arima no megane/@comment-25787298-20160921170135/@comment-27247962-20161204223531

I've got the exact opposite. I've never felt in any way part of my country, neither did my country do anything to make us feel similar with our countrymen. That's why a compliment that points out what is unique in my country, is always something i'm secretly a bit proud off. It kindles the flame that's not been kindled by our country a bit.

Either India is quite patriotic already and proud on their culture, making compliments about it not something to take pride in, when you feel disdain towards all that your countrymen already want you to be proud off... And if not that, it's just complete indifference about his country, someone that can't find anything in it's country to take pride in, leaving only with an outsider-feeling.

BUT you'd actually be suprised how home is most of the time still the place you feel the most comfortable in. An other country might look tempting, but actually living there confronts you with everything that doesn't make it beautiful and many times even more bothersome then your country of birth. Just talking with refugees made that clear, same with people who journey around the world or work abroad.

It's a peculiar thing.