Not so obvious solutions to the Problems in India
Now to the second post by Gaurav, this is really an interesting one. Infact many people I know, used to ask me the differences between US & India. I would just give a brief answer, that I usually give to others.
US is a very good place to go, visit & have fun. People are very good at following rules there, the roads are very good, the technology is very good, there are no buffalos in the road.
But you can't stay there forever 'cause you are an alien there. It's not your home, I feel better here in Chennai amongst the people who have fun by running in the middle of the GST Road at the peak hour traffic. I feel better waiting to let a buffalo pass b4 continuing on my bike.
The comparison between India & Somalia is worse, with or without English Indians survive. Just think, how many Indians know English. India is so diversified, you just can't think about having a single common language. That's the reason why there are so many official Languages.
I remember there used to be a mail from Abdul Kalam, that used to circulate between us. He would have stated that Indians going abroad behave very well, which they don't do in India. We don't put wastages in the Road, we don't run across the road when we are abroad but in India are we doing the same ?
Noone needs to know all the IPC's in Indian Law. We all know what's right & what's wrong. Say a police fellow catches you for a mistake that you made & asks you to pay fine. What'll you do? you'll just try to pay him off with a bribe of Rs.50/-, but you won't pay a fine of Rs.100/-. The damn problem is with us, we encourage these things.
I don't know if any of you have been to Sub-Registrar's office. I have been there twice, the first time was almost 4 years agao to get an Encumbrance certificate. Back then you had to fill a form give it to a guy outside (& pay him ofcourse). that Guy will say when to come & collect, he's not a government servant, but a broker kinda fellow. You just can't expect to fill a form & get the work done by yourself back then.
The second time I went was 6 months back, again to get an E.C. This time I just filled the form there was a counter & I just went gave it. The fellow there asked me to come back in a couple of days, I got it promptly. There were brokers but there are not the only way to get things done. India is improving whether you are aware of it or not.
Far away pastures always looks green, 'cause they are far away. We all are educated, so how many times did a chance occur where we can get the work done by saying no to 'Corruption'. A few months back i got a dedicated internet telephone line for my home. I remember the time, when we got our primary phone line (almost 8 yrs back). The line-men just demanded 500/- so that they'll activate it. This time around things had changed, I had informed my mom to not give any money to them.
As usual they installed the phone & demanded money saying that they have toiled blah blah. My Mom seeing that there were 5 guys, decided to give 50/-. The lead kinda guy for the group said this is not enuf & started arguing. My Mom said 'you can remove the connection & go away. we'll do what needs to be done & no money for u guys'. They said nothing & just went off. Nothing happened, the phone got activated in a couple of hours. I got a Broadband connection from BSNL a few days back. Men came installed went off, they never opened their mouth about money.
India is changing, the problem is not all people are aware of it. Some of us went to Mahabs a few months back, back then my insurance for the vehicle had expired & I never renewed it. We got stopped at a check-post, that guy asked for all our papers. Checked mine & said that my insurance had expired. I said I'll be renewing it in a couple of days. That Guy said fine & just gave me my papers back & we went on with our journey. Not everybody is bad here.
We all talked a lot about Tsunami, but do you know that India denied any international assistance. we took care of the problems we faced during that time. Moreover we sent a fleet of our ships to SriLanka to help people there & India made a financial contribution to the relief efforts there. India was part of the Global Four countries which started relief actions inspite of it being an affected country.
The difference between India & Japan (or US) is simple. You go to your colleagues house, his dad might be a drunkard, his brother might be a thief & so on. But when you are in their home they'll make sure you have a good time there.
The difference, IMHO, whatever may be India's shortcomings It's my Home. We all try to solve the problems in our home (in any little way possible) don't we?
US is a very good place to go, visit & have fun. People are very good at following rules there, the roads are very good, the technology is very good, there are no buffalos in the road.
But you can't stay there forever 'cause you are an alien there. It's not your home, I feel better here in Chennai amongst the people who have fun by running in the middle of the GST Road at the peak hour traffic. I feel better waiting to let a buffalo pass b4 continuing on my bike.
The comparison between India & Somalia is worse, with or without English Indians survive. Just think, how many Indians know English. India is so diversified, you just can't think about having a single common language. That's the reason why there are so many official Languages.
I remember there used to be a mail from Abdul Kalam, that used to circulate between us. He would have stated that Indians going abroad behave very well, which they don't do in India. We don't put wastages in the Road, we don't run across the road when we are abroad but in India are we doing the same ?
Noone needs to know all the IPC's in Indian Law. We all know what's right & what's wrong. Say a police fellow catches you for a mistake that you made & asks you to pay fine. What'll you do? you'll just try to pay him off with a bribe of Rs.50/-, but you won't pay a fine of Rs.100/-. The damn problem is with us, we encourage these things.
I don't know if any of you have been to Sub-Registrar's office. I have been there twice, the first time was almost 4 years agao to get an Encumbrance certificate. Back then you had to fill a form give it to a guy outside (& pay him ofcourse). that Guy will say when to come & collect, he's not a government servant, but a broker kinda fellow. You just can't expect to fill a form & get the work done by yourself back then.
The second time I went was 6 months back, again to get an E.C. This time I just filled the form there was a counter & I just went gave it. The fellow there asked me to come back in a couple of days, I got it promptly. There were brokers but there are not the only way to get things done. India is improving whether you are aware of it or not.
Far away pastures always looks green, 'cause they are far away. We all are educated, so how many times did a chance occur where we can get the work done by saying no to 'Corruption'. A few months back i got a dedicated internet telephone line for my home. I remember the time, when we got our primary phone line (almost 8 yrs back). The line-men just demanded 500/- so that they'll activate it. This time around things had changed, I had informed my mom to not give any money to them.
As usual they installed the phone & demanded money saying that they have toiled blah blah. My Mom seeing that there were 5 guys, decided to give 50/-. The lead kinda guy for the group said this is not enuf & started arguing. My Mom said 'you can remove the connection & go away. we'll do what needs to be done & no money for u guys'. They said nothing & just went off. Nothing happened, the phone got activated in a couple of hours. I got a Broadband connection from BSNL a few days back. Men came installed went off, they never opened their mouth about money.
India is changing, the problem is not all people are aware of it. Some of us went to Mahabs a few months back, back then my insurance for the vehicle had expired & I never renewed it. We got stopped at a check-post, that guy asked for all our papers. Checked mine & said that my insurance had expired. I said I'll be renewing it in a couple of days. That Guy said fine & just gave me my papers back & we went on with our journey. Not everybody is bad here.
We all talked a lot about Tsunami, but do you know that India denied any international assistance. we took care of the problems we faced during that time. Moreover we sent a fleet of our ships to SriLanka to help people there & India made a financial contribution to the relief efforts there. India was part of the Global Four countries which started relief actions inspite of it being an affected country.
The difference between India & Japan (or US) is simple. You go to your colleagues house, his dad might be a drunkard, his brother might be a thief & so on. But when you are in their home they'll make sure you have a good time there.
The difference, IMHO, whatever may be India's shortcomings It's my Home. We all try to solve the problems in our home (in any little way possible) don't we?
posted by கோகுல் சத்தியமூர்த்தி at 12:11 PM
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