When we go abroad, we very very meticulously follow rules. No driving above the speed limit, no spitting 'pan' on the roadside, following signal signs to name just a few. Also, we not only manage to control our bladders until we find a toilet, but we also control the urge to throw things on the road and actually strain ourselves to look for dustbins!!!!
....Is it me or is it just following the When in Rome, be a Roman policy?
What's worse is that we follow these double standards in other spheres of our lives too. As long as you are dumping garbage in front of someone else's house, its OK. The minute some one does the same to you, how long does it take for you to call up the municipality??
As long as I'm the one watering my plants even after it's rained that evening, its OK, what urges me to call and complain is when my neighbor decided to wash his balcony which is dirty.
Anyone who drives faster than me, is rash, and anyone who drives slower doesn't know how to drive.
Why does the question of "why should I?" arise every time there is a NEED and requirement for people to raise their voice and be heard. You see, as long as I can sit here and complain about how wrong things are with the working of the judicial system and police, I'm happy. Everyone is happy. Something is been questioned, after all. The problem arises when I have to take steps to eradicate the problem. Why should I,eh? Until one of my kin has been taking into custody by mistake, beaten up by rogues.. Why should I actually make an effort?
Since most of our actions are motivated by self-interest...Think of it this way,if you actually take steps to solve the problem, there won't be a situation where you'll have to cry about injustice in the world to the people around you when you find yourself in a pit..
You can question my creditability for having the guts to point out such things. On my behalf, I can say that I made my share of the effort. It's not 100% and I'm still trying. But, I wear my seat belt, correct my dad when he parks wrong no matter how convenient, and don't spit and throw stuff on the roads... And I would bet anything, and win, to convince you that once YOU start making an effort, people will follow.. 'cuz you see what people are looking for is an example. 'Cuz when you make a effort to change, you stand out, and people notice it. And they are forced to follow it, 'cuz even they know deep down, that that is the right way to go.
Don't do it for me or for someone else. Do it for yourself. You see Gandhiji always said, " You have to be the change you want to see in the world."
Yeh PK! I completely agree. You can't complain that no rules are being followed if you don't follow them yourself. By the way, the foreigner, incidentally, might follow the rules in his own country, too. It's true that in India we don't have adequate enforcement, but we don't have to correct others, all we have to do is correct ourselves. No matter how many people there are in the world, if every person learns bladder control, that very world will be a less stinky place.
"Clean the World,
Make it a cleaner place.
For you and for me and
The currently stinking race."
Kaushik
I am in a 100% agreement with you in this matter. No one can fool themselves by blaming the country for something that they themselves do not follow.
However, I would like to point out that in your previous posts, you were complaining about the education system. Yet, you completed the entire thing & now, you are taking the path it wants you to take. You know there are 1000 unfair policies in our school. But you never stood up in protest, did you?
Anyway, well written post. I think everyone ought to follow this in every matter.
ummm... yeah much to everyone's relief i DID complete the entire thing.. what you've got wrong is that "you are taking the path it wants you to take".... i'm doing what i've always wanted to do...Hurdles there are on this path because of the faults in our system, but until they sort out, i can't sit and wait.. i've go to deal with what i've got since i'm in no position, as yet, to do anything abt 'em..
Unfair policies, eh? You know, that depends on what you call unfair... I can't say I stood up against everything i felt unfair, 'cuz you see.. those who made the policies, are and will be wiser than i am.. not always RIGHT, but there mustave been some reason... which i cudnt then fathom.. but i reckon we did stand up to a few things... something i shud knw abt that i didn't question and shud have??
...oh! and thanx for the compliment.. :D
completley 100%ley NON ayyabuggeringly accept ...
i dont agree with anonymous about not standing up about the 1000 policies part...
i mean if we even try we're given cold shoulders by all teachers n it dosent work
trust me ive tried to the extent of asnwering back at the principal with lots of smart aleck answers
and your sayin "YOU" dint stand up in protest...neither did u whoever u are....nice post tho Pk..
oh i did!!!
i was the most loudest protest a teacher's ever seeen..... :D
its not like i've NOT tried:P
i convinced my whole class to strike once because they wouldn't allow us 2 play football!!
and anotehr time because all teachers kept takin PT
:D
stupid reasons but still somethin better than nothing'