We, the people.

I am amazed at times when I look around myself. They say, how you behave is a reflection of how your upbringing is. In India, I think majority of us have been brought up on the ‘Chalta hain’ /  ‘Chalayachach’ / ‘Idu ella nadiyode’ attitude.

Casual behavior is accepted as a way of life and sometimes even glorified. Why can’t we behave in a disciplined way? Who gives us the permission to take things for granted when it comes to social behavior? One thing goes wrong in the system and we are up in arms against everyone concerned with it. But who gives you the right to ask that question?

Let’s see a few common examples;

1. We cut across lanes without thinking about who is driving/ riding in the other lane. Why can’t you maintain your lane or signal appropriately to change lanes?
2. You honk mindlessly even if some poor dude’s bike has broken down. Is it his fault that his bike refused to start when the signal turned green? Why can’t you wait for a second and give the dude time to push his bike to a side of the road?  
3. You blame the government for not doing anything about the roads in your city, coz you are inconvenienced while travelling on them. Fair question.  I have one too …  Did you pay your taxes on time and in full?
4. You aim to save tax by fudging medical bills worth Rs 15k each year. Fair eh?
5. You (read men) have the audacity to use the whole wide world as a urinal. Who the f**k gave you the right to do so? You don’t even spare the compounds of Hospitals. But complain of things not being in order when you had to use the same facility.
6. Normally people wait in lines to get their tanks filled with petrol, but you cut through the line thinking it’s your inherited right. May I ask you why?
7. You don’t bother about wearing a helmet and ride with 2 pillions but complain that other people don’t know how to ride. Who needs to read the rules?
8. Garbage from your house belongs to the huge dust bins stationed in your area. But it is much easier to just empty the bin on the divider of the road. And you complain that the area stinks and no one bothers about it. Lovely eh?
9. You grease the palms of the guy who delivers LPG cylinders to your house, so that you jump the line. Who gives you the right to give moralistic lectures to people?
10. Early in the morning, your pet feels the pressure in his bowels and you take him out for a walk. It merrily pisses or people's cars and poops on the road. You return home happy a chore is done. Rasta kya tere baap ka hain?
11. Red, Green and Amber are just colors. Either of them are up on the traffic signal .. all of them mean 'Go'. Are you color blind or just plain idiot?

 How and why are we a country like this? In general all across the society no one wants to take up any extra social responsibility, but are always first in line to crib/ complain and argue about things not being in order. We think of making our cities world class but behave worse than uncivilized people would do. Then how will we be what we dream to be of?

I do not want to paint a pessimistic picture of our country. I think we belong to a beautiful country and can be one of the great nations in this world. But for that all of us have to behave responsibly. If we do so, no one can point a finger at us and say we are a third world country. It is my dream to see our country as a leader in most things. For this We, the people need to act. Now.