The Indian Warriors

I was at the Jurong bird park in Singapore watching the main characters of Happy feet a.k.a. the Penguins. By the way we Indians seem to travel a lot in spite of the current recession that has hit the world in general. The majority of tourist there were Indian. It so happened a couple of damsels happen to be walking in the same display room. They were locals women. There also was a huge Indian contingent, of men with their wives and kids and aunts and uncles and grandpas and grandmas. Well we are a densely populated nation.
Our Indian warriors a.k.a. the men, decide to capture the beautiful birds on film. Wait I'm not talking about the Penguins, rather the damsels who happen to be looking at the Penguins. I have to admit that I didn't notice the exchange of pleasantries between the warriors and the damsels but the two women obliged our warriors for a photo. When the trophy was obtained and a smile seen on the face of the damsels was noticed our warriors decide to try further. Each warrior decided to pose with the trophy alone. They were again obliged much to my surprise. Now after an extensive round of photo shoots in which a great many people walked past looking tickled and then probably looking at the color of the skin in disgust, our warriors decide to bid adieu to the damsels. With their head held high they left the battleground after winning the battle of the penguins vs the damsels.
Disgusting is the only thing that comes to my mind. The irony of the great photo shoot was the warrior's wives who were the ones photographing their men with the damsels. We call ourselves a nation of people with rich culture. Where is self-abasement part of our culture? Coming back to India the news of racial abuse in Australia makes the headlines. And we wonder why we are hated the world over for just being Indian!!!