Write a letter to a pen friend describing your experiences and feelings about living in a foreign country
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Dear Matilda,
I hope all is well with you and we can meet each other one day. It’s always a pleasure for me to write you back. You expressed the desire to know about the major news items in my country. I chose the most important of them for you.
The presidential election will be held on June 14 in my country. Almost every TV channel and radio station is talking about it these days. The competition is between six candidates. Current president actions have led the country into international economic sanctions and isolation, which cost us the value of our currency. We have experienced the highest growth in inflation during his presidency since the beginning of the regime. People don’t have faith in the elections because the Guardian Council of Constitution -- a group of six clerics and six lawyers operating under the oversight of the supreme leader -- decides about qualification of registered candidates. But people also don’t want someone like the current president to run for the office. So this is choosing between bad and worse. There’s still a little hope left to repair the issues in the long term by choosing a reform-minded or a moderate candidate.
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Annapurna Colony,
Bandel Church ,
Hooghly-712103,
West Bengal,
India
April 11th June,2020
Dear Arnold:
I hope this letter finds you in soaring spirits and vibrant health. As you had expressed the wish to know about culture, traditions, and unity of India in your previous letter, in the following lines I have tried my best to give you glimpses of our culture, traditions, and unity. You will be amazed to know that our culture is the oldest culture in the world and the birth place of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. You won’t find any other culture as varied and multi-colored, multi-lingual as ours. Each region has its own unique culture, traditions, language. There are 22 official languages in India.
Basically, India is a spiritual country with orthodox traditions. For example the people of India believe in traditions set by their wise forefathers. Arranged marriages, joint-family system, universal brotherhood, vegetarianism, celebrating festivals such as Diwali, Holi, Eid, etc., are the salient features of our culture and traditions.
Another unique aspect about our country is ‘unity in diversity’. In spite of the multi-lingual, multi-religious, multi-traditional, multi-cultural society, people live peacefully together, respecting one another’s views, cultures, traditions, and differences. I am sure you would love to visit India soon, and have a first-hand experience of the multi-colored culture. Give regards to uncle and aunt. Do visit India with your family and experience our hospitality.
Your friend,
Saptarshi