I keep hearing about Mumbai needing to be like Shanghai, and Delhi needing to better Beijing.
No, I don't want to live in Beijing or Shanghai. I don't want my shanty towns razed by bulldozers overnight to show the world how clean the city around our stadiums are. I don't want our armored tanks to come and crush me and my friends when we want to protest against our government. I don't want to have to worry about whether the government is reading my blog.
I want to go to bed each night knowing I am free.
I want to be Indian. I do not want to be Chinese. Please don't wish that for me!
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