Hi, There is another interesting book, Games Indians Play, a good read indeed. We must accept that some of the observations are quite true and correct. Also that these all acts, stated in your forwarded mail, are not done by so called lower status people but by many well educated and financially settled people. We need to change, if we want us to be compared with other advanced countries, and this change is very much needed in civic senses, traffic senses and social senses.
I know that yes there is a problem and from my side I can try to correct myself, however if everyone of us think in this manner then only we will succeed.
One more thing, many of us would have thought in the same manner so if this comes from a foreigner then I assume we must not get offended, instead take the feedback and start a corrective measure for this.
Well, what the author Mr.Kelly says is true only and there is no scope for any denial. However the attached article from Evening Standard, London will be of interest to all. The writer Mr.Sebastian Shakespere says that he has seen more beggars in London than in Tamilnadu !!!!. He says he prefers to be born in India in his next birth.
//however if everyone of us think in this manner then only we will succeed.// Yes this is what matters. I am not offended by the obseravation only sad about why we are helpless in correcting so many things that the public can correct if they have a resolve & just not keep blaming the Govt. Shobha
100% true. As he said we don't own this country. Freedom was thrust on us before we got prepared for that. Second, the west accepted democracy in phases but we became democratic overnight w.o understanding the real meaning. It is freedom without responsibility. One person saw this and had written a detailed article comparing our electioneering with what we had as per Uthiramerur on 1950, Jan 26 itself. Every word he said is true today.
Hello Everyone, I am one of those silent member, learning a lot from your discussions about our history, culture and language. I do agree with all the points he made, but I don't think any of those points make it to top four issues. These things will be resolved as we grow economically. India may not be a developed country yet, but surely it is a developing country at rapid pace, in spite of our issues. Imagine our country with no corruption anywhere!!
I beg to differ in this place. It is not that freedom was thrust upon us before we were prepared or we are irresponsible. We forgot who we were after Independence. We had lots of love for India and we knew our responsibilities clearly when we got Independence. No nation that forgets itself can survive in history. How many children today talk in their mother tongue. We know how rich out Tamil literature is. But does any school take even a simple care to detail students about our great ancestors. We were trading with Roman and Greeks and had a mighty military that could reach the Himalayas and Indonesia and Arabia. We were even advanced in Science than any nation of the time. But we forgot who we were after Independence. We started thinking that the British were Gods and copied them in everything. We got freedom from their rule but we still are ruled by them. We need to get freed from them in our thinking. The sense of pride and respect for India vanished a few years after Independence. No one likes to play their part and National Anthem has been reduced to Prayers and National holidays. We forgot the values of our society and our heritage. All we need for India to develop is what our ancestors had and we now lack. Veeram , Kadhal and Manam.
Introspection is good for self development, be it an individual or a country, but not self mollification, nor self pity.
Even before the British took over our country, East India company had done enough damage to our foreign trade.
India was exporting 17% of of the produce in even in 1750. Textiles, metal ware and agricultural productswere exported.
In contast, now to know the British or English societyliving conditions and Rule of Law prevailinga hundred or twohundred years ago, one shoud read "Hard Times , a Novel by Chales Dickens and also his "Nicolas Nickelbay". You must have read "Oliver twist" which depicts the society filled with thieves an thugs and kidnappers of kids.
We are endeavoring to build a nation from splinters. To day we are cnly next to china in export trade. Rupee is becoming an important currency in exim trade. Below poverty line has dropped from 65% to 27%.
Yes, we have still a lot of things to do. Crowd is the curse of Asia said Lenin. That againis a key factor needing our attention. A hard work is to be done, not sit back and lament.
1. There are so much laws? has any thing been implimented?
2. Road sense - Take any western or countries like Singapore/ malaysia - Are we follwoing any rule?
3. Like that - Pollution, Building rules , water bodies - Was that the condition in any of the known historic period - be chola, pandya, pallava, mugal, vijayanagar or british?
This is totally due to lack of self dicipline, mis understanding of freedom. Whoever tried to enforce law was ultimately defeated in elections.
A country which wants to prosper should take responsibilities first and freedom next.