When I see the infrastructure being developed in India, I get a sense of pride; that my country of origin has decided to move into a stratosphere inhabited by an elite few! The country is headed in a direction that should have happened eons ago, but didn’t! Whatever the reasons maybe,it is finally happening. People from around the world are amazed at the advancement India has made in all walks of life! I stand corrected: nearly all aspects of life except the destructive Indian mentality. Why is it that Indians feel they’re owed a good life but don’t know how to sustain that good life! If my father moved us into a new plush house, I’m not going to destroy the house; I’ll ensure the house is in good condition for as long as I live there! Why is it then, that I can’t seem to think of the country as my extended house??
I saw a video of the incredible trains that are being introduced into the metro and railway system. While I was feeling a sense of pride, I was told that many of these trains are in a stare of destruction as people just destroyed them. Why? It’s not that we don’t understand what’s good and what’s not!! What is it that prompts us to think we should destroy property?
When I asked this question on my weekly radio show, most answered that it was because of the number of people in India as well as a lack of education. Well, China has a sizable larger population than India does and still doesn’t face this kind of defacing and destruction that India does. Education is not a degree that one gets at the end of four years of attending a college/university but the ability to decipher right from wrong! When parents teach values to their children, these should not be suggestions but laws to lead life with! When things are going against us, we invoke the law but when it’s not, we don’t seem to have a problem breaking it!!!
This mentality of using the various new facilities and systems being provided to the people is not to flaunt the wealth f the nation but to improve our lifestyle and the quality of life. Until people realize this, India is going to be a “third world country” and nothing more. I know many will tell me the word third world is being used in the wrong context (and I know the right context too) but today’s world seems to think third world means a lack of facilities!!
Most people would tell you this will improve over time. I don’t think so!!
I saw a video of the incredible trains that are being introduced into the metro and railway system. While I was feeling a sense of pride, I was told that many of these trains are in a stare of destruction as people just destroyed them. Why? It’s not that we don’t understand what’s good and what’s not!! What is it that prompts us to think we should destroy property?
When I asked this question on my weekly radio show, most answered that it was because of the number of people in India as well as a lack of education. Well, China has a sizable larger population than India does and still doesn’t face this kind of defacing and destruction that India does. Education is not a degree that one gets at the end of four years of attending a college/university but the ability to decipher right from wrong! When parents teach values to their children, these should not be suggestions but laws to lead life with! When things are going against us, we invoke the law but when it’s not, we don’t seem to have a problem breaking it!!!
This mentality of using the various new facilities and systems being provided to the people is not to flaunt the wealth f the nation but to improve our lifestyle and the quality of life. Until people realize this, India is going to be a “third world country” and nothing more. I know many will tell me the word third world is being used in the wrong context (and I know the right context too) but today’s world seems to think third world means a lack of facilities!!
Most people would tell you this will improve over time. I don’t think so!!
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