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Funny how all the “please reduce spending, avoid unnecessary foreign travel, conserve fuel, save the economy” messaging started showing up right after elections.

Before elections, everything was:

India booming.

Economy unstoppable.

Middle class thriving.

Global superpower.

Fastest growing nation on earth.

Then votes are counted and suddenly citizens are being told to tighten belts, travel less, spend less foreign exchange and prepare for “global uncertainty.”

It’s honestly exhausting how every crisis in this country gets repackaged as a moral responsibility for ordinary people. Oil prices go up? Citizens must sacrifice. Currency weakens? Citizens must sacrifice. Inflation rises? Citizens must be patriotic harder.

Meanwhile the same political class, industrialists and influencers preaching restraint will continue flying internationally, hosting destination weddings and posting luxury Europe itineraries without skipping a beat.

The timing is what gets me. If things were this fragile, why does the truth only appear after elections are safely over?

Travel is a hobby. Like stamp collecting, but more expensive.

You go, you see stuff, you eat, you come back. Your personality remains exactly the same. The world does not care that you went. You are not more interesting for having been there.

The people insisting travel "changed them" mostly just got a tan and a new story to tell at parties. The rice paddies didn't teach them humility. The hostel didn't teach them connection. They just needed a break and won't admit it.

Go. Have fun. Come home. Stop performing.