silliness

Ladies room,
Bangalore International Airport.

My nose is running and my eyes are watering.No! I was not cutting onions in the airport ladies room.
I was just feeling emotional about leaving my family behind to join my husband in the US.I look at the mirror to see a girl with
disheveled hair and red watery eyes.As I reach for the kleenex in my bag,two women enter.

They are white, on the wrong side of middle age and fat.

I ignore them and continue with feeling sad for myself-cant eat paani-pooris on street sides! Even in my obvious self pity..I cant help over hearing their conversation

After they use the toilet they come out and as they are freshening up..one woman goes "It so dirrrrrrrrrrrrty!" .
And the other lady agreed and they started discussing how unclean and unhygenic Indian toilets were.
Somehow I had an irrational urge to defend the toilets.I agreed with them.The toilets were
pathetic...but I felt angry at them for commenting on my nation's toilet rooms.

Is this patriotism..that you love it enough to defend even its weakness?

Guess its just silliness!