This election season we have witnessed something which sets apart the 2014 General elections from the rest.
No prize for guessing, it has been "The emphasis on development". There is an increasing desire in the whole country to be called a developed nation. I would say this is the wave which is riding the whole country.
The nation does not want to see its leaders to side
a community,
a caste,
an ideology
or any other trivial thing which comes in the way of its "dream".
Majority of Indians carry an aspiration to be the super power and rule the world.
This article however is not about the 'dream' but the responsibility that comes along with it. So what is it that I am going to talk about. No, I am not looking at the monetary or economic values of our nation, But it is those abstract qualities that define us in a social sphere. "Our behavior with a developed mindset "
I have always believed that, a change in a individual is necessary for a change in the country.
If we set aside those problems where the role of an Indian does not have a direct impact on the situation,we still have so many problems in our country where we are to be held direct responsible ...!! Yes, the truth is bitter, but we are ought to face it. What is our answer to these problems ?
The traffic in our country is a mess, many break the rules because the 'others' break them !!
We clean our houses to be best level possible, but we leave the public places in the worst possible ways ...!!
There is littering on the road,
We don't care about others property because after all it is not 'ours'
We hate garbage and unfortunately we cause it to develop !!
A small peep into this dimension will leave us puzzled and stunned, we can find a myriad of issues with us as the primary culprit...!! We expect one person or a party to change the situation, but how can this happen ? We have turned so much passive towards all such important things, that we have stopped caring about it.
The way ahead is changing ourselves. Imbibing these moral and social values is not a charity to the country, but a grave responsibility we have to take up. We can keep counting on such issues, but the real impact is when we see these issues and make an effort to change the situation. Being the youth of this country we have to start contributing and start channelizing our efforts for our better future. Social work has to occupy our calenders as does our personal work.
we have been leading our life in a unsophisticated setup, where we compromise for most and settle for things which are less than best. But what will be our response when this situation is going to change ? If we don't change now it is highly likely we would carry the same emotions and same behavior into our much hyped future ?
Moving on from our social responsibilities, we encounter our second problem, our under developed mindset and emotions.
We are highly unreceptive to any kind of criticism. We neither take positively and improve nor we ignore it and move on. we can observe it time and again that a majority of Indians take criticism as a personal attack and start attacking back.
Many such qualities define 'us' Indians to the foreign crowd. Other qualities like blaming others, a narrow mindset to accommodate people of different behavior and traditions, Lacking sense of authenticating statements, being judgmental are qualities we should scrap and look forward for a better outlook. If we still continue to act as a people with an under developed mindset, we are in to be fooled for political and other benefits.
We have to remember that a developed country is made up of people with High moral and a developed mindset to take inspiration from.
Yes, I understand that it is quite far fetched for now, of course we are yet to start our innings in this long run chase. But it is quite necessary for us to imbibe these beautiful qualities which on a different plane would represent us where we want us to represent ourselves.
No prize for guessing, it has been "The emphasis on development". There is an increasing desire in the whole country to be called a developed nation. I would say this is the wave which is riding the whole country.
The nation does not want to see its leaders to side
a community,
a caste,
an ideology
or any other trivial thing which comes in the way of its "dream".
Majority of Indians carry an aspiration to be the super power and rule the world.
This article however is not about the 'dream' but the responsibility that comes along with it. So what is it that I am going to talk about. No, I am not looking at the monetary or economic values of our nation, But it is those abstract qualities that define us in a social sphere. "Our behavior with a developed mindset "
I have always believed that, a change in a individual is necessary for a change in the country.
If we set aside those problems where the role of an Indian does not have a direct impact on the situation,we still have so many problems in our country where we are to be held direct responsible ...!! Yes, the truth is bitter, but we are ought to face it. What is our answer to these problems ?
The traffic in our country is a mess, many break the rules because the 'others' break them !!
We clean our houses to be best level possible, but we leave the public places in the worst possible ways ...!!
There is littering on the road,
We don't care about others property because after all it is not 'ours'
We hate garbage and unfortunately we cause it to develop !!
A small peep into this dimension will leave us puzzled and stunned, we can find a myriad of issues with us as the primary culprit...!! We expect one person or a party to change the situation, but how can this happen ? We have turned so much passive towards all such important things, that we have stopped caring about it.
The way ahead is changing ourselves. Imbibing these moral and social values is not a charity to the country, but a grave responsibility we have to take up. We can keep counting on such issues, but the real impact is when we see these issues and make an effort to change the situation. Being the youth of this country we have to start contributing and start channelizing our efforts for our better future. Social work has to occupy our calenders as does our personal work.
we have been leading our life in a unsophisticated setup, where we compromise for most and settle for things which are less than best. But what will be our response when this situation is going to change ? If we don't change now it is highly likely we would carry the same emotions and same behavior into our much hyped future ?
Moving on from our social responsibilities, we encounter our second problem, our under developed mindset and emotions.
We are highly unreceptive to any kind of criticism. We neither take positively and improve nor we ignore it and move on. we can observe it time and again that a majority of Indians take criticism as a personal attack and start attacking back.
Many such qualities define 'us' Indians to the foreign crowd. Other qualities like blaming others, a narrow mindset to accommodate people of different behavior and traditions, Lacking sense of authenticating statements, being judgmental are qualities we should scrap and look forward for a better outlook. If we still continue to act as a people with an under developed mindset, we are in to be fooled for political and other benefits.
We have to remember that a developed country is made up of people with High moral and a developed mindset to take inspiration from.
Yes, I understand that it is quite far fetched for now, of course we are yet to start our innings in this long run chase. But it is quite necessary for us to imbibe these beautiful qualities which on a different plane would represent us where we want us to represent ourselves.
