I feel the same as you. In UK, the real British people (ignoring the imigrants from Europe and other countries) behave very professionally. They are both intellectually and emotionally intelligent.
The problem in some part of India (or probably major places in India) is that we don't have the pride in our Indian heritage. I think it's not us to blame but the history of India says that India had been ruled by Mughals, Spanish, Arabian and British, the sum total of more than 500 years. I feel glad that our wariors fought and protected our ancient Indian heritage which we are talking about now been getting lost. Perhaps, Indians never felt proud about the Indian heritage probably been forcefully streamed into thinking by the invaders as orthodox and inferior.
I see a different air in UK here, when people say British culture, they say it with a very proud gesture. And we know what the British ancestors have done: 80 years ago M. Gandhi was thrown outside the train on the grounds been he was an Indian. Tons of gold was transported from India to UK and story is more deeper. But still the British say their culture with a pride. I don't have any problems with british because they have changed almost completely now. On the other hand Indians should learn from British to respect thier own culture. And the culture like ours...there's lots to be proud of....we had hundreds of freedom fighters who happily hung themself for the country, we have the world peace promoting people like M. Gandhi, we have rich heritage of respecting every culture (Guests are treated specially), that's why India has never counquered any country in the past...and tons more...I feel there are more reasons for Indians to be proud of for being an Indians than a British been British...but sadly, Indians imititate the west.
I can easily say this perhaps: If I had some supernatural powers then I will do these things today and by tomorrow morning every Indian will forget the West and will become proud of being an Indian. These are:
(a) Eliminate all superstitions in India (it's important to note that these superstitions were never part of Indian culture but rather was intentionally pumped into the Indian belief system by all sorts of invaders to make Indians inferior.
(b) Eliminate all corruption in India (from the ruling party to the municipal coorporation).
(c) Bring all Indian money (called black money) in Swiss bank to India. Statistics say that if all looted Indian money is bought back then India will be out of debt in just a single day...current India's debt is in thousands of crores.
(d) Eliminate all poverty in India. (approx. 40% of Indians is below poverty line...just imagine if all these people were educated then where our country would be now)
(e) Eliminate all terrorist activists (from Lakshar o Thaiba, Dawood, exteremists, Naxalist, illegal Bangladesh and Srilankan activist and foreign terrorists)
(f) Every single city be equipped with wireless Internet, top-material roads, electricity, water supply, gas supply, schools, hospitals, universities, colleges, high skyscrapers and shopping malls.
(g) Eliminate all forceful conversions in faith.
(h) Eliminate all tortures to women and kids. Equal status to women.
(i) Eliminate all false media
.... this list can go uptill many pages.
There is a fire in me...because I feel for my culture, my country.
The only politician in my opinion atleast who has shown wonders in my state is Narendra Modi. Media and other parties have tainted his image so perhaps non-Gujaratis might not know him properly. But every single Gujarati knows all media is rubbish and this man has taken so many actions to eliminate to some extent all factors which I have listed above. Just to give you an idea, before 9 years (before Narendra Modi being CM), in my city there were open gutters (small gutter routes attached to each house, similar to ancient drainage system). In 9 years every single village let alone the city has Internet facility to say the very least.
People live in the country, they work, they generate money, they pay money in form of tax (which is lakhs of crores, Re1,00,000crores) and that's a big number.
But it is the politicians who can use this money to develop the country. Corrupt politicians use this money and stack it in Swiss bank.
So simple equation is:
Good politicians = Good leaders -> Country's development (all the above listed factors will get eliminated) -> Indians will become proud of themselves -> Indians will stop copying the West -> People like me will stop writing this long post.
Jai Hind.
Originally posted by: dalals
Hi,
Interesting discussion, I live hear in the US and I do have teenage kids. Saying 'I love you' or 'I hate you' is the most common thing here. Nobody will take it that way. But one thing here that the kids are very innocent at heart or rather gullible comparitively. Speally the Indian kids do have a lot of respect here for their family and surroundings.
But in case of Payal and Popat it is the circumstances in which they said 'I love you' to each other. I thought this episode was purposely meant for such issues, where younsters say things without thinking of the concequences. I read the Midday (
http://www.mid-day.com/) published from Mumbai regularly and every single day there are atleast 2-3 three stories these days about teen love failures and murders. This is a very opt time to bring out this episode. My only regret is that they are all shouting at Popat and no one is repremiding Koyal for her irresponsible behaviour.
Please do not feel Offended, I do not mean to degrade or disrespect anyone here. But the basic problem I see in Indian teens these days is that they are trying to ape the West, specially US. I was in India last December. I was so ashamed to walk on the streets as you would see the youngsters parked outside their college or restaurants, railway stations smoocking and getting intimate, even in the US I do not see such behaviour. Right outside the college campus you see the young girls and boys behaving in very inappropriate manner. I could not beleive these are the streets I grew up in and this is my country India. I do not know about other states, I am talking about Mumbai as I was born and brought up there and every time I go home that is where I spend most of my time.
SD
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