Sometimes I argue with my workmates regarding incredible India, My India is beautiful Kerala. The place where I was born and brought up. After 20 years of living in the UK, this is my first Onam celebrating with my whole family, although staying away from Kerala so long I am a confused Indian. But with a beautiful bunch of friends I have solved some issues regarding some useful paperwork. For the first time I take my hat off to my college mates.
In Kerala for most of the time people are suffering from fever. What’s the cause of this sickness? There is no proper waste disposal system. Mostly this affects cities where there is not much land and few facilities, where people have crowded together for better education and lifestyle.
I will tell you a story about my search for a dead rat. Most of my holiday I spent in my dream home in the beautiful capital of Kerala. My first week I didn’t notice much as I was busy with cleaning the house. Every time I entered into my son’s bedroom I could smell a dead rat. I looked for the dead rat in each corner of the room and wondered whether it may have been coming from the air freshener or the new mattress. I became the sniffer dog looking everywhere for the dead rat. But it was in vain and I lived in disappointment. In front of friends and family I kept thinking about the dead rat. Last week when I climbed onto the roof I could smell the dead rat. I saw the next door neighbours’ waste collection on their land. The smell was coming from that waste and the same thing is happening around other houses there. Due to lack of space, people are digging holes in their land and throwing everything including plastics there. The holes are overflowing with waste and spreading odours across the air. In a way it’s sad that people spend fortunes for medicine. But how many spend money to clear this rubbish???
My countdown has started. Will going back to England make me happy? The truth is my heart will always beat for Kerala. A confused Indian with my body in the UK and my soul in Kerala.
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