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Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for lease in upscale Campal/Miramar beach area, Panaji, Goa. Contact: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:47:51 +0530 From: Antonio Menezes <[email protected]> A very interesting ;point raised by Messrs. Mario Goveia and Vivian D'Souza. It would appear that sufficient attention has not been paid on essential conditions for a would be world power so far, by the powers that be in the Indian polity. Mario adds: Thanks for joining in this important topic, Antonio, which too many Indians take for granted or completely ignore. It is high time that India's opinion leaders turned their attention to quality of life issues including public cleanliness and civic order. Civic carelessness should be curbed by each Indian taking responsibility for their own actions and surroundings. Anyone from India who has travelled abroad would notice the difference immediately. People in countries with a higher quality of life treat each other and their public surroundings with much more respect than in countries with a lower quality of life. Believe me, there are countries that are as bad or worse than India when it comes to civic carelessness, but those are not the ones India needs to look to for inspiration. On Goanet, Rajan and Joe have done yeoman's work and posted pictures showing some of the blight that is taking place in what is probably the nation with the highest level of natural brain power in the world, but don't give a sh.., ...er, hoot, about anyone but themselves in public. Pretty amazing when you think about it. On the Indian streets there is no concept of "right of way" as we see it in every civilized country. From pedestrians to vehicles the most brazen rule the roost in India, and the devil take everyone else. Why can't each driver start by using turn signals and not cutting in front of cross traffic and others who clearly have the right of way, bringing them to a screeching halt. What the hell is THAT? You couldn't drive like that in any civilized country. No one who does not have their taxes deducted at the source pays their taxes honestly in India. Millions of small business people in India live lavish personal lives while showing tax losses and bribing any tax collectors who may catch up with them. This is devastating to a still-poor country that needs the revenue for economic development. Sad to say, but India is a nation of tax cheats and scofflaws. When I posted a speech made earlier this year in Hyderabad by Abdul Kalam asking Indians to improve their civic sense, which was widely circulated in India but not widely reported abroad, there were some on Goanet who took umbrage and insinuated that the speech was a fraud, which was a shocking response to this rare call to Indians by a respected national leader.
