👍🙏 On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 at 18:38, APS Mani <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good one. I had a much wider experience in answering t to the > genuine questions of Japanese during the four decades I stayed with them. > thanks, Mani > > On Wed, Jan 3, 2024 at 4:15 PM Rajaram Krishnamurthy < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> *JAPANESE? LEARN FROM THEM.* >> >> >> >> A software guy was escorting his Japanese onsite coordinator to his >> office in Bengaluru from Airport to their office. Let him explain in his >> own words, what happened? >> >> “Soon after receiving him at the airport with formal pleasantries, I took >> him in our company cab, and in no time, we were already chugging along the >> busy roads of Bengaluru. As expected, we struck up a conversation starting >> with the weather, and gradually moved towards topics like development, >> cleanliness, etc. >> >> “I think he initially hesitated to say this, but after some familiarity & >> comfort, he opened up & said that India has good talent but is >> unfortunately very underdeveloped. I was quick to remind him that India >> was actually a superpower till the 10th Century, and pointed out to him >> that this was all due to the 500 years of Mughal rule & 200 years of >> British rule, which broke our civilization, and resulted in such an >> underdeveloped nation. I also started explaining to him about all the >> forces breaking India to keep our nation backward. >> >> “As I was explaining this, we were stuck in a traffic jam & I noticed him >> keenly observing a guy on the street spitting pan-masala right there. He >> asked me *‘You see how that guy made the street dirty? Is it because the >> Mughal rulers & the British taught him such habits 500 years ago?".* >> >> “Frankly, I had no answer and tried to mumble something. The very next >> moment, he saw a vehicle on the other side of the road jumping a traffic >> signal, leading to chaos & more traffic jam at the other side. He pointed >> it out to me and asked *’You see how that guy violated the traffic rule >> & caused a mess? Is it because the British taught him to break rules 200 >> years ago? Or is it the breaking India agents who are brainwashing him into >> breaking traffic rules?’.* >> >> “My entire body became numb. I couldn't say anything. Then he told me >> utterly frankly *‘You guys seem to be an expert in passing on the blame >> to everyone else but yourself. It is you people who have no civic sense, no >> respect for rules, no respect for your surroundings, but you people know >> how to easily blame everything on some medieval rulers, British and >> breaking India agents etc. How many years has it been since you got >> independence? 70 years? Look at us. In 1945, our Hiroshima, Nagasaki and >> almost half of our country was completely destroyed, but within 20 years >> each of us owned responsibility, and developed. And here, even after 70 >> years, you guys are busy blaming others while the fault is actually within >> yourselves?.* >> >> “That's it. I had enough of it. I felt humiliated, really pissed off & >> remained silent throughout the journey. But at the end of the day, when I >> mentally revisited everything that happened & introspected, I felt that >> what he said was right. *Unless we stop blaming others, and we ourselves >> gear up, become disciplined, respect our nation, respect rules, respect our >> surroundings we cannot improve. And this change should come from within >> us”.* >> >> For us in India, we think compulsively that once we have blamed >> someone, our job is done, responsibility over. Between 1945 and 1950, >> countries like Japan, Germany, Far East, Middle East etc. became >> independent. Most of these countries do not have many natural resources as >> we have. Human resource is their Sole Asset. *Only by using that Asset >> in Productive manner through DISCIPLINE, CHARACTER, SELFLESSNESS, PATIENCE >> & ETHICS etc. they have attained the status of Developed Nations while we >> still remain Third World Country. KR IRS 3 1 24* >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoq%3DFAH%2BVvx6h-UWBNvxCRJNoQzn1eg_-_-%2B%2BhmzCn1BgQ%40mail.gmail.com.
