Chalta hai.....

Good Morning..

I woke up today and as usual after checking facebook (a habit which i hate) I opened the Times of India website and on the homepage there was this article titled "Lets celebrate a day in the life of India".

Please visit this links for more details- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lets-celebrate-a-day-in-the-life-of-India/articleshow/7415498.cms

I did not expect what I was about to read. Seeing the title I thought it would be something positive, something about our culture, festivals , or the growth India has seen in the past few years, about haow Indians have done good all over the world may it be in any field.

I open it and the first thing I read was "Cows on the expressway, people urinating and spitting.... blah blah blah", this is not how you celebrate a day in the life of India. The times of India has arranged a competition and asking for entries on topics like chaotic India, Jugaad India, Chalta hai India, etc etc.

Ok it is the fact and I dont deny it, these things happen in India, even after the economic growth India has seen, it only applies to a part of the crowd, there are still millions below poverty line. But as the most widely read newspaper in India, I dont expect them to come up with such things and arrange competitions on those. I understand that it is very important to look into our ownselves, point out mistakes and even laugh at it... nothing wrong in that. If TOI can arrange such eventss, why havent I seen a positive event that has been posted on TOI.

Our ex-president rightly said in one of his letters.. "the media is very negative".

There were thousands who shared it on FB and Twitter, and there were hundreds of comments on that article (thts what TOI wants, every hit takes them closer to the title of the most widely read news daily in India) some posted by "emotional Indians", some posted by people who thought practically n faced the truth and some posted by people who were swearing at Pakistan. WHY. Why do Indians have to get Pakistan into everything. Everything bad that happens in the country, and even if a Indian Muslim comments on it, they tell him to shut the fuck up and start the whole conversation about 26/11 and terrorism.

I was reading a article on one of my friends blog yesterday and she had the same thoughts as TOI but rather than asking for people to click pictures and jokes about it, she asked what could be done about the situation.

I am as optimistic as one can be and I also know how the Indian mentality works. There have been times when the whole nation has stood together, but why it has only been during the cricket matches, kargil war or 26/11, or injustice in someones murder case, why cant people stand for their rights and the way they want to see "India". Its not that the people are too lazy or they have the "chalta hai" attitude. They might be saying "chalta hai" on the outside, but on the inside everyone wants to see a change. But what can a single man do? His voice is never heard and it really doesnt matter what his inputs are. That is the whole reason the "aise hi chalta hai n chalta rahega" attitude comes from.

I know writing a few words on my blog wont make a difference... I know the way things are being practiced since years.. will continue to do so... My only concern is that "if you cannot do anything about it, dont do something that makes it more worse".