Ok...Now that we have wished everybody that we know a "happy independence day", watched ten variations of the national anthem, watched two patriotic movies atleast on TV, watched a great exercise in robotic programming at a cardinal colored battlement in the nation's capitol, reposted 5 different photos of the true patriotic person's photos, read 30 tweets about why politicians suck , I think its time we put an end to this.
Can we please get on with the action plan set in place about 66 years back??? India is still a developing nation...(reminds me of some software projects which never see the light of the day). I may not be a great fan of Gandhi, but i do like what he says about change..I have lived that way. Trying to be the change that i want to see..God knows, i have suffered enough for that. I know many people who have tried to take on the babus, the "firangis", the netas, the dadas, the maamas. I know of how they have suffered, how they have overcome and how they have failed and how they have given up.
We may call ourselves realistic when we say this country will never improve. We may be termed as cynics by those who believe change is possible. At the end of the day, only one question remains. What are we going to do about it? Give up??? Give in???
Lets stop being a realist, a cynic, an optimist, a pessimist, a nationalist and any other -ists that are out there. We dont have to be anything. We dont need to be anything. We just can get away with being one thing. A perfectionist. Being the best at what we do or striving to get there. I dont know how many of you like Kamal. I have always had confused thoughts about him. Sometimes he amazes me and sometimes makes my blood boil. Having interacted with him about 4 times in person, i still stand in the same tough situation, not able to decide whether he is a " nallavara kettavara" . But one thing that I like is the anecdote he tells about his mom. His mom apparently gave him this advice. Even if you become a scavenger, i dont mind. I should hear that the toilets that my son cleans are the cleanest toilets that anybody has seen.
Jaago India...
Can we please get on with the action plan set in place about 66 years back??? India is still a developing nation...(reminds me of some software projects which never see the light of the day). I may not be a great fan of Gandhi, but i do like what he says about change..I have lived that way. Trying to be the change that i want to see..God knows, i have suffered enough for that. I know many people who have tried to take on the babus, the "firangis", the netas, the dadas, the maamas. I know of how they have suffered, how they have overcome and how they have failed and how they have given up.
We may call ourselves realistic when we say this country will never improve. We may be termed as cynics by those who believe change is possible. At the end of the day, only one question remains. What are we going to do about it? Give up??? Give in???
Lets stop being a realist, a cynic, an optimist, a pessimist, a nationalist and any other -ists that are out there. We dont have to be anything. We dont need to be anything. We just can get away with being one thing. A perfectionist. Being the best at what we do or striving to get there. I dont know how many of you like Kamal. I have always had confused thoughts about him. Sometimes he amazes me and sometimes makes my blood boil. Having interacted with him about 4 times in person, i still stand in the same tough situation, not able to decide whether he is a " nallavara kettavara" . But one thing that I like is the anecdote he tells about his mom. His mom apparently gave him this advice. Even if you become a scavenger, i dont mind. I should hear that the toilets that my son cleans are the cleanest toilets that anybody has seen.
Jaago India...
1 comments:
a good post, well written, easy to read, nicely flows with your agmark humour punches... I somehow remember, "untouchable" written by Mulk Raj Anand and the "even scavenger" hurts a bit. Nallavara ketavara va? kadavul paadhi mirugam padhi ya?
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