how can i even breathe properly in a place where my religion and my last name becomes a bone of contention for discrimination against me
You should thank your stars that your colour is not the bone of contention
Try looking at the glass half full.
because even after 60 years of independence we continue to live how the british left us,
Thats is completely untrue.We have changed a lot and inspite of our Brahmanism and highly conservative culture have assimilated the Western Culture better than any country I can think of.
We as a country need a social change more than an economic one
NO.An economic change will bring a social change and vice versa.They are both intertwined and equally important.
The poverty wrenches my heart too but I dont sit around doing nothing about it.
There are others though who sit around reading newspapers while they fly cross country overtime and havent even scratched the surface of this sacred land and yet consider themselves fit to be an expert on India