> -INDIAN- >Please read this message as a mark of respect to our country having >celebrated 50th republic day. YOU SAY THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS INEFFICIENT. >YOU SAY THAT OUR LAWS ARE TOO OLD. YOU say that the municipality does not >pick up the garbage. YOU say that the phones don�t work, the railways are a >joke, the airline is the worst in the world, and mails never reach. YOU say >that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits. YOU >say, say and say. What do YOU do about it? Take a person on his way to >Singapore. Give him a name - YOURS. Give him face - YOURS. You walk out of >Sahara airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you >don�t throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as >proud of their Underground Links as they are. You pay $5 approx. Rs.60 to >drive through Orchard road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) >between 5 PM and 8 p.m. You comeback to the parking lot to punch your >parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall >irrespective of your status & identity. In Singapore you don�t say >anything. In Dubai you wouldn�t dare to eat in public during Ramzan. In >Jeddah you would not dare to go out without your head covered. In London >you would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange at 10 >pounds Rs. 300) a month to, "see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed >to someone else." In Washington you would not dare to speed and then tell >the traffic cop, "Jaanta hai sala main kaun hoon. I am so and so�s son. >Take your two bucks and get lost." On the beaches of Australia and New >Zealand you wouldn�t chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the >garbage pail. Why don�t you spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo? Why don�t >you buy up the police as well as the secret police to hush up a rape, >murder or crime in Munich? Why are you giving sincerely written and driving >test after getting international driving License in USA? Why don�t you use >examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston? We are still >talking of the same YOU. You who can respect and confirm to a foreign >system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers >and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can >be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country why can not you >be the same here in India. Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal >commissioner of Bombay, Mr.Tinaikar had a point to make. "Rich people�s >dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over >the place," he said. "And then the same people turn around to criticise and >blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they >expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels >the pressure in his bowels? In America every dog owner has to clean up >after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do >that here?" He�s right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after >that forfeit all Responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and >expect the government to do everything for us whilst our Contribution is >totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going >to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stoop to >pick up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin.. We expect the >railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the >proper use of bathrooms. We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide >the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at >the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff who is known not to >pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues >like those related to women, dowry, girl child, we make loud drawing room >protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? "It�s the >whole system, which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my >sons� rights to a dowry." So who�s going to change the system? What does a >system consist of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, >other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But >definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive >contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a >safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a >Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his >hand. Or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by >our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. >When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England experiences >unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war >struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. >After a six - month holiday during which derogatory comments about India >and Indians are made and sheepishly accepted, we are ready to leave for >Australia because their old age benefits and pension schemes are very >lucrative. Bribery, tax evasion, unlicensed business, unethical practices, >etc. has not reached the same dimensions anywhere as it has in India, >thanks to each citizens sense of involvement with the country. Everybody is >out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our >conscience is mortgaged to money. Dear all, The article is highly thought >inductive calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one�s >conscience too.... I am echoing J.F.Kennedy�s words to his fellow >Americans... "ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR AMERICA AND NOT WHAT AMERICA CAN DO >FOR YOU" Why can�t we say "ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND NOT WHAT INDIA >CAN DO FOR US." Let�s do it. Forward this mail to each Indian ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
