Dear Mr. Bhaskar While the article talks of lofty ideals and mannerisms found at superficial levels in the west, i would urge you to look at the real india!. I have travelled reasonably outside India, including Canada and am fully aware of the positives and negatives there!
All the lip service of good morning, how are we, how is the day? Are you ok? Take Care emanate from the lips in the west, while the similar stuff out in india is straight from the Heart!
I have also witnessed the kind of abuse and fights over car mishaps in the west, while at Ahmedabad guys get down assess the damage, exchange telephone numbers and walk away! During times of crisis unknown, unrelated guys do the extra mile to help you in india, while in Lucerne, switzerland, I was stranded on the road with my family on a friday evening in Nov 2002 owing to breakdown in our car - Vehicles whizzed past, no one cared to stop and find out if i was ok! For all the media abuse on Gujarat riots, during earthquake in 2001, floods in 2005 all the members of the society irrespective of the community they belonged worked shoulder to shoulder, hands to hand and helped all and one! Compare this with hurricane katrina and the fall out thereafter in USA. IT is the vested MNC and the Foreign merceneries who want to tap the burgeoning economy of india, calling it a superpower in making! We were always a Super Power and will be a Super Power! Why look at negatives only in India! Try running a country with 1 billion population, with 28 states and 30 odd languages and more than six principal religions! For all my NRI bretherns who have chosen to remain far from their home land one fervent request! You are happy where you are and we are happy where we are! if you are so concerned about equalities, first try to get one for yourself! How many of you have been invited for a dinner / family function of a non indian, in the places where you reside! Dont tell me inviting home for dinner / functions is only an indian custom!
Reflect deeply - Self esteem is more important than sitting in clinically clean glall cells, and subtly regulated society and pointing out the illusionary and imagined ills of the long left homeland! Any way each has a right of opinion, you have yours and i have mine!
RE:I want INDIA to have a heart
by Rahul Chitte on Jan 22, 2007 11:02 PM Permalink
Hello Mr. Natraj. I really liked your reply to the note made by Mr. Ravi. My self been in UK for last 3 years, I have total consent with your words. Infact INDIANS do have empathy & simpathy towards man kind. MERA BHARAT MAHAN.
RE:I want INDIA to have a heart
by Raja Ivaturi on Feb 04, 2007 03:34 PM Permalink
I love to see your message which reflected more or less my feelings abroad.
