we are so obsessed with foreign things that we have Sonia Gandhi - made in
Italy!!!!!!!
rgds,
disha
PS: Jaya, hope you are not competing here on the font size with
anybody!!!!!!!!!
Jaya Satish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
Why are we so NEGATIVE?
Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We
want foreign T. Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.
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, mails never reach their destination.
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 aface
- YOURS. YOU walk out of the 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 PM. YOU come back 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, DO
YOU?
YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai .
YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah .
YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at
10 pounds ( Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed
to someone else.'
YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then
tell the traffic cop,'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am
so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.'
YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage
pail on the beaches in Australia and New
Zealand
Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? 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 conform 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 cannot 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 criticize 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 stop to pick a 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 towomen,
dowry, girl child! and others, 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. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country.
Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.
Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a greatdeal of
introspection and pricks one's conscience too.... I am echoing J. F. Kennedy 's
words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians.....
'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA
AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA
WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'
Lets do what India needs from us.
Forward this mail to each Indian for a change instead of sending Jokes or junk
mails.
Thank you,
Dr. Abdul Kalaam
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