I am not a jingoistic patriot yet i do feel great when an Indian does us proud...and recently i think we hav got a lot of reasons to be proud of our nationality.

I dont think ,as does everyone i believe, that A.R .Rehman did actually need an Oscar to prove his genius to the world, but still his being recognised internationally was a moment of great high.

Another moment of pride was Indian win on New Zealand's soil after about 40 years.

Though I am not an avid cricket fan yet cricket is second religion in India and one cannot actually remain untouched by it. and the present players especially the captainship of M.S.Dhoni has given that edge to our team dat had uptil recently been missing....that grit, that thirst for win, that refusal to bow down to pressure is what Dhoni has brought to the Indian team. This team has been able to break that jinx of losing in the finals always......

and then there has been loads of olympic medals coming in last year....indian films getting an international audience etc.....

Being an Indian at this present moment(in some exceptional cases) does truly feel great and ecstatic.