Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Incredible India

Hi folks,
I was thinking why to put all my thoughts in a blog as it would be a waste of my time and others. that is the reason for this long break.
But now I really feel i should put in all my grievances in some channel which can reach n number of people.(Thanks to my good friend who suggested me to do this)
So its here for all Indians(Hope all Indians come up to the position of having a computer in their home soon with a high speed bandwith connection.)
Its also for everyone in the world as iam planning to make it public as I feel the learning never ends in anyone's life. So we all need to share the best and worst of all places so that we make the worst in all places to the best.

So here we go, what motivated me so much to share my ideas to you all.
I was in Maidenhead,UK last month. I have also visited london earlier and i was so astonished by the way the city was planned. But I thought it is possible only for one city, they cant have such a good system throughout the country. I convinced myself that the same is not possible in India because of our population and economy.
But this time I could see an excellent infrastructure in maidenhead also. There was good connectivity within the city and to all other cities.The road and railway network was excellent.
Then a very big question arised in me, WHY THE SAME IS NOT HAPPENING IN INDIA.
The moment i landed in airport i could see people crowding in all places,shouting,making the place dirty as they wish.
NO RULES NO DISCIPLINE.NO CLEANLINESS.
I think Indians have forgotten these words, Sorry,Please,Queue,Can I help you.
No one really minds or has the time to stand back and even help old people. worse thing is they just dash them and dont mind to say sorry also and just pass off.

What is the reason behind all these things. After long hours of thought i finally concluded and started hating this seven letter word FREEDOM. you have freedom for everything in India.
you have freedom to cross the signal line, you have freedom to hurt others through your words and actions, you have freedom to bribe anyone and so on and on.
even lakhs or crores of cloned Gandhi cant help India if each individual does not realise his/her responsibility.

You can ask me what you are going to achieve by just writting this. Unfortunately iam not an IAS officer to implement all my plans and prove our country's politicians -Look we can also do such things in our motherland.

so i will keep blogging my ideas as well as get ideas from you.
We can all find a means to get our thoughts to action soon. I am sure it will not take so long to see our dreams come true soon in India.

so friends you also share your ideas with me. people who have visited foreign countries dont just feel bad seeing the traffic and poor infrastructure in India, instead share how things are happening in foreign countries and what and how can we improve things in india.

Its in our hands to make our India an Incredible India.
If it is our duty to take care of our mother it is equally our duty to take care of our motherland too.
Expecting good response from all of you.
JAI HIND.

2 comments:

Naveen said...

Hi Lakshmi,
I accidentally came across your blog and was excited to see that you had echoed the same thing that I did as soon as I came to the US. Everything around me here made me think, "why cant this be done in India?"...

Off late, I dont compare US and India, because I know now that this is all because of money.

An average American is 25 times richer than an average Indian. So, obviously the infrastructure here is going to be 25 times better.

But, I have to agree with you on a point. We lack in civic sense, i.e we dont behave well in public places, we dont take care of public properties etc..

well, atleast educated people can behave properly! :)

Lakshmi said...

yes naveen, thats true. hope india takes steps to get 100% literacy in all states. still with our man power i think we can do lot many things if only our politicians bring out some money hidden in their pockets. china has already proved this can be done. so its high time we prove ourselves than just justifying our mistakes.