There was a really popular patriotic song by Raj Kapoor which goes something like this:
Mera Joota hai Japani
Yeh Patloon Inglistani
Sar pe lal topi rusi
Phir bhi dil hai hindustani
(My shoes are Japanese
The pants are from England
The red hat on my head is Russian
But even then, my heart is Indian)
In an ironic twist of India's fate, shoes and trousers now seem to be made in India and the heart...not so much as the younger generations try to break free from the 'meaningless' shackles of the traditional Indian society !!
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