Umi Kalsum Blog

Blog of an Indonesian student in New Delhi-India. Here, i just wanna be the way I am.

Saturday, September 09, 2006

LIVING IN INDIA

I have been two months in India now, but i still can not eat any Indian food. I do not why the food is tasteless in my tongue. The fact that i have Indian blood in my body but i can not stand eating any Indian food. India, especially Delhi is not an easy place to live cause i have to fight in facing my life in here. I never go a far from my mother actually just even for a single day but now i have to separate from her for two years for reaching my future may be. I know that getting a scholarship from ICCR is not an easy way coz i have so many rivals to get this scholarship especially from Medan,Indonesia. There are 20 people aplly for the scholarship from ICCR but only three people including me get the scholarship. It is such a blessing for me getting this scholarship coz it has been my dreams for five years ago to study in India. My lecturers in Faculty of Literature Islamic University of North Sumatra in Indonesia always talk about their memories studying in India. All of them say that the system of education in Indian is better than in my country Indonesia. Because of the reason i become very interested and after finishing my BA in November 2005 i apply for my admission to the Consulate of India in Medan. I have to wait for six months to hear the announcement from the Consulate of India about my admission whether i get it or not. During the period i am almost desperated but my mother always entertains me. She always supports me in facing eveything, i usually talk to her about everything i never hide something from her coz i dont have any friend near my home so i usually spend my time with her.
Now, i start studying in Delhi University in Faculty of Arts and my majoring is MA LINGUISTICS. I have so many friends coming from so many places over the world that i never imagine before, like Thailand,Mongolian, Vietnam, Iran, China, and many more.
How stupid i am coz never think that India has so many tribes, languages, castes, etc that makes India is extremely very different with other countries in this world. There is a tribe in India called Manipuri, the physical appearance of the people like chinesse people or oriental looks. I just wonder when i guess one of my classmate is China but actually Manipuri.
The thing that i hate in India is about the caste. Why people are differentiated from their colour of skin and many things.The fact that God create human beings to know each others not to humble the other ones whom their skin is not white, their blood is not noble, or may be they are not rich. When caste problem disappears in India, i hope the young generations of India will make changes in this case and make India become the better place for all the indian people. AMIEN

11 Comments:

  • At 4:58 PM, Blogger Yunita Ramadhana said…

    Nice blog Umi...
    Welcome to India, and do not ever feel hopeless in facing your new life here. If you can struggle here, you can also do it in everywhere you are.

     
  • At 5:29 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    thanx 4 ur support sister yuyun

     
  • At 8:27 AM, Blogger anwarjauhari said…

    assalamualaikum.. salam perkenalan dari malaysia...
    i hope you can tell more anout your live in india. actually i do not have any pal from there. although you from indonesia, but now you live in india.
    salam perkenaan

     
  • At 7:54 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Salam kenal juga. Kalau pingin tau soal India, akan saya cerita kan. tapi enggak sekarang, karena lg sibuk kuliah ni. sabar aja.

    Salam,

    Umi

     
  • At 3:32 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    salam kenal juga. teruslah berjuang... yang sabar ya :)

     
  • At 2:49 AM, Blogger NewZulfi said…

    Nice to see ur blog.. Yes, India is not country but sub-continent..with so many languages and culture..Though Iam Indian, I dont know Hindi or urudu as Iam Tamil muslim.One thing which brings India together is secularism..India's econoy depends more in agriculture unlike Indonesia which depends more from other sources reason being 1997-98 economic slowdown.. More than that Democracy is key to India's success..Keep writing more stuffs lah..

     
  • At 9:23 PM, Blogger Angelina said…

    Hi Umi,

    still in Delhi? We live since last year May in Gurgaon. My wife is Indonesian. I am German, but lived 9 years in Indonesia. Bisa bicara Bahasa Indonesia sedikit :-). If you are still here, we can meet one day - and feel a little more "home" :-)

    Regards
    Angelina and Tom

     
  • At 5:33 PM, Blogger Angelina said…

    Hi Umi,

    Apa kabar? besak siang keKBRI ngak? kalo kesana kita sekalian ketemu.

    Angelina

     
  • At 4:27 PM, Blogger PAKNEKOES.CUK said…

    Salam aja perkenalan aja dari arek suroboyo

     
  • At 10:56 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    salam ziarah umi daripada bangsa serumpun.saya juga di india,menetap di bangalore.sudah 2 tahun,3 tahun lagi untuk habiskan MBBS course;)

     
  • At 11:13 AM, Blogger Unknown said…

    Hi umi,,nice to see ur blog.
    i'm Rahmadhani. i'd just went from India on last November. And of course i'd felt how Delhi was. it's an interesting place where u can go to some incredible places like Agra, Jaipur and not to forget to see Taj Mahal.
    You come from Islamic University of Sumatra Utara, don't you?
    i'm glad to see you coz' i'm also studying in there...

     

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