World famous in America ??!!

Today the LA Lakers beat the Boston Celtics,what a win!! Amidst all this joy and celebration,the true sprite and culture of America came out.

All the time the world wonders how come the Americans don't have a clue about what the rest of the world looks like? I have personally met people who don't know where India is located and I must admit it was offensive.Outwardly it seems that Americans don't care of what happens in the world,they are arrogant towards different cultures and oblivious of their history. And it might be true to a certain extend,but thats it.

Need. The most important parameter in any action is need. In case of Americans,they had no need of world interaction.They are basically immigrants from different part of the world,who left their countries for whatever reasons and came to America,where they created a world for themselves.A world that was influenced by, but also independent of their homelands. They created their own Culture,own History,own Heroes so on and so forth.No body can deny that this country was build by its people and their hard work.While the whole world was gloating over its 1000's of years of history and its long gone Heroes,young America was building its future and giving birth to its Heroes.America had no time to learn about the world, she was busy building one for herself.

We could better understand a everyday american by understanding his choice of Sports.Even though America plays many sports on international levels it is safe to say that the true love(or loves)of an Average American  is Basketball &/or Baseball &/or American Football (not necessarily in that order). These games are played locally in America.Now the rest of the world is exposed to each other widely thru sports, take cricket for example.For any Indian cricket  is religion and major cricket has always been played internationally,hence educating the general public in cultures and ways of all its opponent countries.But in case of America they are satisfied with their locally played games and enjoy the format.They like to call their national champions "World's best" without actually checking with the world,since for them America is their World.And that is what they do with most of their publicity, hence "World Famous in AMERICA".

The attitudes are changing,perspectives are widening and the need to know is growing,here in America. Americans are trying more than ever to acquaint themselves with all aspects related to world.The current generation is giant steps ahead in global awareness and respect our parts of the world more the us.They have aligned themselves with the pace at with the world is coming closer and are trying to put their hand forward.Its is up to us the, old cultures to shake off our egos and welcome their gesture.
I believe the day will come come when in america "world famous" will mean globally recognized.


By Snigdha