The Country called India.
India, the country which is filled with diverse cultures and tradition and also people from various religious beliefs. Country that has a population over a billion people.The country was a slave to the British and got the Independence on August 15th 1947. The country which have the best of brains in all the noticeable fields. The country with 29 states and 7 union territories. Around 415 living languages in the country. The country that has people visiting from almost all parts of the world. The only country that faces a threat from all the neighboring countries.Also, maybe the only country hated by its own people. Yes, It’s the truth, we Indians are so patriotic during our Republic days and Independence days but that’s just 2 days out of 365. What do we do during the rest 364 days? Crib, curse, cuss and accuse. Yes, this is the blatant truth. Why do i say so? Oh, trust me, you’ll know.
For everything and anything, we talk ill about our Government,why? Power. They might be good or bad but they are dragged into the ocean of politics where there are only two options, drown into the ocean or just try floating and catching a boat and sailing till you find another place and drown. They are so engrossed in the powers vested in them that they think they can’t be touched by anyone. They are so high on the drug called money that they can’t think of anything other than how to get richer and richer. But they don’t realize that being rich is not the end of their life.Sometimes they are so high(Money as a drug , as referred before) that they are so greedy and want only them to be high and don’t give a damn for the people who can’t even afford 1mg of the drug! I can’t talk more of the government or their doings cause you never know tomorrow I might be banned from writing or using any sorts of technology where i can talk/write about things this freely.Let it be BJP, Congress or AAP or any god forsaken political party all i have to say is Live and let live, even the middle class and mainly the poor.
Next thing that annoys us is the crimes and criminals, Everyday when you open the Newspaper you can only read things like , murder, theft, corruption, scandals, rapes, honest people being murdered etc.. First question that pops up in one’s mind, does only bad things happen in this country? The answer is no, there are good things happening but what is the spice in writing good things and showing our country can also be well off, the good things are definitely there but you ought to use a microscope cause it takes the shortest space among all, If only India wins a match in cricket then that’s the biggest good thing you’ll be seeing. Why so? Cause the media personnel don’t like being aww-ed at, There is nothing to be debated if it’s a good thing whereas if our country is going to dogs then hell yeah, they need to bend us down and slam us on the back. All the primetime news shows be it IBN, NDTV, TIMES NOW etc bring up day’s bad news as the worlds biggest news, calls up few jobless dudes and literally create a havoc at everyone’s residence with the help if the idiot box. Now they will say they are shedding light on issues, well that’s awesome but stop shedding it everyday only on bad stuff. How many times have you seen a good news been tele casted as the BREAKING NEWS of the day, other than India winning a cricket match or if any Bollywood actresses have got hitched or expecting a baby and i keep stressing on that cause that’s what they feel our interest is in and yes they are true. We show more interest to Aishwarya Rai’s baby than our own. Media should start being open minded and show it all and not showing choosy stuff which they feel would fetch them TRP.
Next thing which definitely unites a few but not all and unites us in the wrong way is our so called caste and religions, this is just same old British gimmick which we still have failed to understand, DIVIDE AND RULE. That’s what has happened between India and Pakistan and if things go this way I’m guessing soon more countries are going to come after al even states speaking the same tongue are bifurcated. This thing has put us down to the extent almost equal to racism. We are racist, not in the means of color but in the means of caste and religion. There is an incident that i have heard from one of my very close friend that happened in our college, Amrita school of Engineering (Yes, i’m an engineer also a frustrated one) Our batch had all kinds of people from all sorts of places inside India and abroad, we all stayed in hostel having the same amenities, paying the same fees and getting the same knowledge(depends only if one is listening to his/her classes) and apparently there was this dude from Andhra / Telengana( I don’t know that guy personally, and yes this is the one i meant when i said states separating) he went around to all the Telugu speaking people and kept asking “ Are you C ?” My friend is a very innocent chap and he thought he was asking people if they are from “C” section thinking this dude is in that section and later it came to his notice that he was in another section all-together but he being the innocent one, thought he liked a girl or someone from there or wanted to shift to that section, later he was asked by the dude himself and he asked him what do you mean and the reply gave him a shock of his ( Leaving the engineering results and exam question papers which was a shock to all the Engineers around the world) Are you C means are you a Chowdhry ( Hope the spelling is right ) It’s a cast in the million castes we have. Look at this, the so called young generation and so called people who will take this country to new heights and the so called New age people who are easy going and the generation that has a fire in them, I say bullshit! If there are 100 like him they will spoil the college , 1000 will spoil a city, 1,00,000 a state and a million of them will spoil a country and what are the odds in a country which has a population of 1.3 Billion people. I don’t think i need to elaborate on this more but this is highly possible as this happened in one of the most advanced and westernized city of India, Bangalore. Not blaming people talking telugu as such but there are a whole bunch of them are still there lurking for an opportunity to boast about their own state or religion , caste or even sub- caste.
Next thing that we Indian’s fail to realize is the poverty that has been ransacking this very country for years, we have the lowest literacy rate for a country of this stature and population, Poverty is killing us, Corruption is in the air we breathe. If the Corruption part is demolished then things might change, they say. Yes, It is a root cause but it’s also because of that the Children are not getting their minimal education, we Indians are smart and the world knows that but when the future of India is on the streets begging and working and striving to live for an extra day without food where is the future other than the grave. The basic needs of a poor are not met, even government run shops that should give the poor the amount of required commodities fail doing so, what do you expect the parents of these children to do, it’s either send them to work or suicide, everyday there are 1000’s of farmers suicide, why doesn’t this come on television ? Cause who gives a shit about farmers, we still get our food , our mom is there to cook. We fail to understand that every grain of rice we eat there is one year of hard work and blood put into it. Not only farmers, even people who do the construction jobs, fishing, animal husbandry, soldiers, etc etc are not receiving the required amount of attention that is required from us or the media or the government. They do their work and get paid lesser than they deserve to be paid. Indian Armed forces put their life in the lines and still have no limelight but if an Actor gets injured in an accident where he was drunk the whole crowd goes bonkers, have you ever thought about people in the border? Everyday they will have to think “will i live tomorrow” Everyday is a question mark for them and why do thy get paid so less when they fight against Pakistan for our lives and cricketer’s of our nation gets crores when they fight Pakistan in a cricket match ? the players are not loosing their lives they will be only loose a game. But we are more bothered by that than this and we bring sports also into religion, famous lines by Indian’s
“cricket is my religion and sachin is my god” Not that i’m against sachin but he himself will be laughing at these people , yes you love him even i do but he is a player that’s it. We celebrate his birthday and his centuries but have we even tried passing our condolence to the people who stand in the border at least once?
No! A BIG NO!
What is my point for writing all this? I’ll tell you, let’s stop the blame game, even i have blamed people today in this very write up, It is in our genes that cannot be changed what have we come to achieve by only playing the blame game? Nothing! It’s time we stop cribbing, accusing, blaming and cussing, its we take up things into our own hands, by this i don’t mean become a vigilante, or form a gang and bash up buses and autos or do a dharna like our Delhi CM, I’m just saying if you find any of these elements start questioning them, media, government anyone, now the social media has come to that extent that i can sit in the US and still support your cause. Fight against corruption, if you have to pay 1000 bucks for Jumping the signal pay 1000 bucks and do not pay Rs100 to escape the chalan cause we all deserve for what we did. If you find people doing wrong stop them and try explaining , If you find underage children working in a place call the owner and blast him or file a case, If you find guys passing comments on girls explain them it’s wrong and save the women of this nation. This country deserves better and definitely the people in this country deserves much more. It’s time we unite not by religion or sports but as INDIANS ,a country that has a heart and now it’s time to show that we also have a Brain. Let’s make the country grow and flourish and it’s not in the hands of 500 people sitting in Delhi but in the hands of 1.2 Billion people stretching from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.
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Vibhu
I feel that you should take more care in the presentation of your thoughts You should avoid the words getting split and getting into the next line. That is what I mean as better presentation
ReplyDeleteYou yourself have written in your first post how to manage. Does this post look more cribbing, in your own words?All the best.
I have not cribbed, i have shown the scenarios where people are not seeing and i can't help cribbing cause it's in the Indian genes, Appa.
DeleteLove.
Hi Vibhu,
DeleteHa! The same words what we wanted to give you are from your grandpa-pa.
Yes! Presentation! Avoid splitting of words. Try as we suggested earlier.
India is not a poor country! It is created like that. The gap between the poor and rich keeps on widening because of our economic policies. There are lot to tell....If we start writing it will become a post!!! We have put all those points in our blog in tamil.
Well, all people including us are talking and writing all these where ever we get a chance. You have the gene of your Grandpa-Appa GMB sir. Hei, we are not speaking about cribbing. He never does! The article is really good and we understand your/youngsters' feelings. We think it s better if you could write how youngsters can elevate India'sgood things in the international scenario.....
Well done! Vibhu! Keep rocking!