For a long time i always think we are really obsessed with our goodness, our greatness so much that we never think there can ever be an iota of possibility of improvement... The moment someone ever points out something be even anyone amongsts us...we immediately resort to ' offence is the best defence' strategy and leave no stones unturned to ridicule the person in front,and it is needless to say that... the said topic dies a premature death and the question of improvement is sure not to be reborn... Whenever someone somewhere says India needs to be safer, cleaner, more disciplined country etc...our patriotic guns are already up in arms with defensive examples of countries like A,P,I,S and what not....why we never bother to look a bit higher? If someone is making his/ her country worse it's their issue. Let's look up to better places in the world. Today everyone traveling length and breadth of the world has no dearth of knowledge of more disciplined, more honest,more ethical , more punctual and progressive countries.... so why we don't give such examples? Why knowingly or unknowingly we love to level ourselves as ' we r doing the best' and ' India hai,idhar sab chalta hai'... why and how long ? We are the best workers, the most productive brains,the best human hearts and the most disciplined lot till we reach the Indian border and inside India, we ....start spitting incessantly even in the so called worshiping places,pushing someone to go ahead,bribing to give a seat to our own undeserving ward when deserving ones are standing in line, crossing every traffic light till traffic police takes a Rs.100 note or there is death warrant for self and co commuters...the list is endless... why am I writing this? There is an intention... I feel someone someday may read my thought and feel how I feel.. and will feel and act and may be that will make a difference and will let me die with little more satisfaction.. we all can do our bit..it reminds me a story read in my son' s Hindi prose. "Desh prem "...where the writer has given insight how each of us can make or break our country's pride and never to think ' what can I do alone'?The story somewhat is as follows in short..." An Indian monk goes to Japan and that day as he was fasting, was searching for fruits and did not any in that area and says in disgust" what a country, you don't get a fruit !'...Suddenly a boy comes from behind and offers him a basket of fruits"..Happily the monk thanks and asks how much to pay and he politely says
" welcome, my price is this....."please don't tell anyone that my country does not produce fruits and take care of guests"... what a way of loving one's country!!! Even such can be patriotism..! The story has a contrary example too ! Another boy from a different country goes to a foreign University to study and in library when he thinks no one is watching tears away few pages of a book and leaves,but gets caught in the flawless detection system and his punishment was " no one from your country will be allowed to study in the University". So is our power to bring pride or shame to our beloved country.... So let's go positive...We all can do, our small little bit and the drops will make the ocean... So let's look a bit higher, let's take our country little further, let's make it safer and better... u and,me,we can do it....sometime.... someone will remember us...forever.. forever.....
Spare a moment ! Spare a thought!!!
" welcome, my price is this....."please don't tell anyone that my country does not produce fruits and take care of guests"... what a way of loving one's country!!! Even such can be patriotism..! The story has a contrary example too ! Another boy from a different country goes to a foreign University to study and in library when he thinks no one is watching tears away few pages of a book and leaves,but gets caught in the flawless detection system and his punishment was " no one from your country will be allowed to study in the University". So is our power to bring pride or shame to our beloved country.... So let's go positive...We all can do, our small little bit and the drops will make the ocean... So let's look a bit higher, let's take our country little further, let's make it safer and better... u and,me,we can do it....sometime.... someone will remember us...forever.. forever.....
Spare a moment ! Spare a thought!!!
