Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Why Complain?
If you are an NRI, this one is for you.
Being outside of India for a long I have experianced this so many times. I believe you would have too.
The experiance I am talking about is, so many times you would have heard some one saying "India is bad in this, India is bad in that...".
Its not from a Pakisthani or a Bangladesi. It from an Indian (I am not sure if they like to be called so).
The most common complaints you will here are:
1. Roads are dirty and crowded (Cows and dogs roam in middle of the road…).
2. No one is following the trafic rules (No one follows lanes, ..).
3. Too hot.
4. Quality of anything is bad. (Ex: Milk tastes bad, water is not hygenic..).
5. You need to bribe people to get things done.
The list goes on and on.
If you take a close look at the person saying it, you will most likely notice the below things.
1. He would have paid money to some agency to come to the foregin country (US, Australia, UK, …).
2. Few years back he was traveling in the same dirty and crowded roads making them more dirty and more crowded.
3. Definetly violated the traffic rules. Have you always followed the lanes while driving in India?. You kidding me?
4. The weather here is not that easy. It is extreme. It ranges between -20 to +100 F. At least in India we don't have this extreme conditions.
5. You get quality things in India also. Though on a premium price. But what is stopping you to buying them. You can afford it.
6. You don't ask questions while bribing. (ex, while getting an driving license in RTO). Then, Why the hell you talk about it now.
Coming back to the topic, as an Indian living/working in a foreign county, we have a moral responsibility of projecting our country in a good manner.
Atleast don't spoil its image.
When In rome, do as the Romans do. You can do but you will never become one.
You are always going to be an outsider.
No matter you have green card, blue card.. Your status is always going to be "alien".
Situations change my friend. There may be a day when we might be kicked out of this country.
But, atleast we will always have the crowded, dirty.. India to welcome us back. Because, it is our country…………..
Being outside of India for a long I have experianced this so many times. I believe you would have too.
The experiance I am talking about is, so many times you would have heard some one saying "India is bad in this, India is bad in that...".
Its not from a Pakisthani or a Bangladesi. It from an Indian (I am not sure if they like to be called so).
The most common complaints you will here are:
1. Roads are dirty and crowded (Cows and dogs roam in middle of the road…).
2. No one is following the trafic rules (No one follows lanes, ..).
3. Too hot.
4. Quality of anything is bad. (Ex: Milk tastes bad, water is not hygenic..).
5. You need to bribe people to get things done.
The list goes on and on.
If you take a close look at the person saying it, you will most likely notice the below things.
1. He would have paid money to some agency to come to the foregin country (US, Australia, UK, …).
2. Few years back he was traveling in the same dirty and crowded roads making them more dirty and more crowded.
3. Definetly violated the traffic rules. Have you always followed the lanes while driving in India?. You kidding me?
4. The weather here is not that easy. It is extreme. It ranges between -20 to +100 F. At least in India we don't have this extreme conditions.
5. You get quality things in India also. Though on a premium price. But what is stopping you to buying them. You can afford it.
6. You don't ask questions while bribing. (ex, while getting an driving license in RTO). Then, Why the hell you talk about it now.
Coming back to the topic, as an Indian living/working in a foreign county, we have a moral responsibility of projecting our country in a good manner.
Atleast don't spoil its image.
When In rome, do as the Romans do. You can do but you will never become one.
You are always going to be an outsider.
No matter you have green card, blue card.. Your status is always going to be "alien".
Situations change my friend. There may be a day when we might be kicked out of this country.
But, atleast we will always have the crowded, dirty.. India to welcome us back. Because, it is our country…………..
# posted by Aravind : 9:06 AM
