Pura system corrupt
hain (The entire system is corrupt). This is exactly the first thing that
we usually say to each other when we are talking about some political news or
small talks that involve government or anything related to the overall society
at large. I am an Indian and extremely passionate about taking India to the
world and I do that through my writing. This time I am focusing on something
else and that is the People of India. Recently, the newly elected government
has created lot of positive buzz and I certainly believe that the People of
India have stood up to vote for a government that can make things better and
take India to the next level which we all dream of. We, as Indians love to see
India Shining and being a superpower in the Asia region and also across the
globe, but is voting for the right government our only responsibility?
I am no moral police. I am not here to judge people, but I
would certainly like to make people aware that every person is a part of this
system, this corrupt system that we keep blaming all the time, helplessly. What
if I keep nagging about how inefficient my maid is and that she does not bother
to clean the apartment the way I expect her to? Well, the options that I have
here is either to tell her to be efficient and to work as per my expectations,
second is to replace her with someone more efficient, and lastly I can do all
the cleaning work myself because at the end of the day it is MY apartment. For
many years, India has tried the first option telling the government to do better,
this time India chose the second one giving an opportunity to someone who can
do better and I think that is a good move, but we haven’t really made attempts
to clean our home so far, have we?
For instance, let’s take Mumbai which I think is so
overpopulated that most people almost live and travel in sub-human conditions
and we know that and I am sure international visitors also know about it. I am
not focusing on the space here; I am talking about the quality of the space. Every
monsoon we read in newspapers about floods and water clogging and we hold BMC,
the municipal corporation for poor job and their inefficiency. Has anyone ever
thought where all that wrappers, plastic bottles, soft drink cans, plastic bags
and other filthy stuff come from? Well, it is us who throw it there and that is
what comes back to us.
We spit on roads, piss on roadside walls and pavements,
eat at roadside food stalls sitting comfortably in our luxury cars and throw
paper plates, plastic glasses on the road and drive away casually. Who said
cricket is the most favorite and most played game in India? It’s not cricket,
it’s the Blame Game, because we all are pointing fingers at each other rather
than working collectively towards a single goal. Government blaming the
Opposition, people blaming the municipal corporation and in return they blaming
the overburdening population and the chain never ends. It runs like an endless
loop until you forget where it all started.
India is now depending on the new government to make a huge
leap in every possible way, but no government can succeed on its own merit. It
requires equal amount of dedication, effort, discipline and responsibility from
its citizens as well. We often take pride in going abroad to some exotic
locations like Switzerland, Dubai and so on and we boast about how clean those
countries are. Well, that is not just because the government is taking measures
to clean up the city, but also because people are mature enough to keep it
clean. It is again a collective effort and the laws that ensure that everybody
gets a better lifestyle and living experiences for the hard-earned money they
pay in taxes.
Let me put it this way, even if you have the best maid in
the world, it still depends on you to keep your apartment clean. Expectation is
a good thing, but when you expect something from someone, you also have to be
ready to deliver something in return. Even if the existing government does well
and come up with better infrastructure and facilities are we ready to improve?
Are we ready to stop pissing on road? Are we ready to walk out of the car and
dump those plastic plates and glasses in the dustbin? Are we ready to act like
grown-ups and do something about cleaning our city and make it a better place? Or
are we just interested in the chhodna-yaar
(just let it be) attitude that is so common among us, so common that this habit has
become a part of our DNA in some sense.
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