[nukkad] We can!

["Satish ." <SATISH@maxisnet.com.my>]

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Hi all nukkad friends,

TO ALL INDIANS:   

YOU SAY THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS INEFFICIENT. YOU SAY THAT OUR LAWS ARE
  TOO  OLD.
  YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
  YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke, the
  airline
  is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
  YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute
  pits.
  YOU say, say and say.
   
  What do YOU do about it?
  Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name - YOURS. Give
  him a   face  - YOURS.
  You walk out of the  airport and you are at your International
  best.  In   Singapore you don't throw  cigarette butts on the roads or eat  in the
  stores.
  
YOU are as proud of their Underground Links as they are. You pay $5
  (approx. Rs.60) to drive through  Orchard road (equivalent of  Mahim
  Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 pm. You comeback to the
  parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have  over stayed in a
  
  restaurant or a shopping mall  irrespective of your status &
  identity.  In  Singapore you don't say anything. You DO.
   
  In Dubai you wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramzan. In Jeddah
  you   would not dare to go out without  your head covered.
  In London you would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone
  exchange   at 10  pounds (Rs. 300) a month to, "see to it that my STD  and ISD
  calls  are billed to someone else."
  In Washington you would not dare to speed and  then tell  the traffic
  cop,  "Jaanta hai sala main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two
  bucks   and get lost."   On the beaches of Australia and New Zealand you wouldn't chuck an
  empty   coconut shell anywhere other  than the garbage pail.
  Why don't you spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo?
  Why don't you use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in
  Boston?

  We are still talking of the same YOU.
   
  You who can respect and confirm to a foreign system in other countries
  but   cannot in your own. You who  will throw papers and cigarettes on the
  road   the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and
  appreciative citizen in an alien country  why cannot you  be the same
    here in India.
   
  Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay
  Mr.Tinaikar had a point to  make. "Rich people's dogs are walked on
  the  streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place," he
  said.  "And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the
  authorities for inefficiency and dirty  pavements. What do they expect
  the  officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the
  pressure in his bowels?  In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the
  job.  Same in Japan.  Will the Indian citizen do that  here?"
   
  He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that
  forfeit all responsibility.  We sit back wanting to be pampered and
  expect  the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is
  totally  negative.
   
  We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop
  chucking  garbage all over the place nor  are we going to stoop to pick up a
  stray  piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways  to
  provide  clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn  the proper use of
  bathrooms.
   
  We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and
  toiletries but we are not going to  stop pilfering at the least  opportunity.
   
  This applies even to the staff who are known not to pass on the
  service to  the public.
   
  When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women,
  dowry,  girl child and others, we make loud  drawing room protestations and continue to
  do  the reverse at home. Our excuse? "It's the whole system  which has to
  change, how will it matter if I alone  forego my sons' rights to a  dowry."
   
  So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of?
  Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other  households,
  other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not
  me  and YOU.
   
  When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the
  system  we lock ourselves along  with our families into a safe cocoon and look
  
  into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr. Clean to
  come  along & work miracles for us with a  majestic sweep of his hand.
   
  Or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our
  fears we run to America to bask  in their glory and praise their  system.
 
  When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England
  experiences  unemployment, we take the  next flight out to the Gulf.
  When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home
  by the Indian government. After a six - month holiday during which
  derogatory comments about India and Indians are made and sheepishly
  accepted, we are ready to leave for Australia because their old age
  benefits and pension schemes are very lucrative.
   
  Bribery, tax evasion, unlicensed business, unethical practices ,etc.
  has  not reached the same dimensions  anywhere as it has in India, thanks
  to  each citizen's sense of involvement with the country.
  Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of
  feeding  the system. Our conscience is  mortgaged to money.
   
  Dear all,
  The article is highly thought inducive, calls for a great  deal of
  introspection and pricks one's conscience too....  I am echoing J.F.Kennedy's words to his fellow Americans to relate to   
  Indians.........   "ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND  NOT WHAT INDIA CAN DO FOR US"
  Lets do what India needs from us.  Forward this mail to each Indian for a change instead of sending Jokes or junk
  mails.Thank you.




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