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Hi! Guys. This one is a must read.

Post by cooldude » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:12 pm

DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's Speech in Hyderabad
Why is the media here so negative?
Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?
We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.
Look at Dr. Sudarshan, he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters. I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news.
In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign T. Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.
Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India. For her, you and I will have to build this developed India. You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation. Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.
Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.
YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke, The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.
YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it?
Take a person on his way to Singapore .. Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a face - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International
best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity... In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai. YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah. YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds ( Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else.'YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, 'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.' YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand ..
Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston ??? We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India ?
Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Mumbai , Mr. Tinaikar, had a point to make. 'Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place,' he said. 'And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels?
In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan .. Will the Indian citizen do that here?' He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.
We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public.
When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? 'It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England . When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.
Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too.... I am echoing J. F. Kennedy's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians.....
'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'
Lets do what India needs from us.
Forward this mail to each Indian for a change instead of sending some Jokes or non-sense junk mails.
Thank you,
Dr. Abdul Kalaam
(PRESIDENT OF INDIA )
The day guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.

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Re: Hi! Guys. This one is a must read.

Post by jonahpach » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:29 pm

Hmmm...

Reminds me of the other time I met a poacher in the jungle and we were cursing the mosquitoes and bugs. I asked him why he did it... His answer was somthing like this. If he didnt do it someone else would anyway so he might as well go ahead and beat the other guy to it...

At this moment I would like to share a few facts about 'Mad' Mizoram.. We dont think much about the Indian Arms Act, but Aizawl is probably the only city in India where you can leave your helmet the whole day and night on the street and it wont get lost. No overtaking or crossing the line during traffic jams... younger people get up and offer their seats for ladies and older folk... If a vehicle seems to be having trouble on the highway people stop by and ask if you need any help.. Also It is probably the only state in India where there are no Crows! And also no investment by private comanies eventhough it has been selected by the Times of India as the Most Peaceful State in India and given a very high rating for investment opportunities..

But we Mizo's are fast learners and I am guessing all this would be a thing of the past within the next 5-10 years.

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Post by cooldude » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:55 pm

jonahpach";p="12869 wrote: Hmmm...

Reminds me of the other time I met a poacher in the jungle and we were cursing the mosquitoes and bugs. I asked him why he did it... His answer was somthing like this. If he didnt do it someone else would anyway so he might as well go ahead and beat the other guy to it...

At this moment I would like to share a few facts about 'Mad' Mizoram.. We dont think much about the Indian Arms Act, but Aizawl is probably the only city in India where you can leave your helmet the whole day and night on the street and it wont get lost. No overtaking or crossing the line during traffic jams... younger people get up and offer their seats for ladies and older folk... If a vehicle seems to be having trouble on the highway people stop by and ask if you need any help.. Also It is probably the only state in India where there are no Crows! And also no investment by private comanies eventhough it has been selected by the Times of India as the Most Peaceful State in India and given a very high rating for investment opportunities..

But we Mizo's are fast learners and I am guessing all this would be a thing of the past within the next 5-10 years.

Jonah
For the first part, I suppose it's a pun. Why can't we beat someone at doing something good than to beat them at something bad and it will be really sad if Mizos follow suit like the rest of the country because it is only a few good men that make all the difference anywhere.
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Post by badshah0522 » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:34 am

MERA BHARAT MAHAN!!!!!!!!Jai HIND..
Every thing is a part of our culture..
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Post by cooldude » Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:48 am

badshah0522";p="12895 wrote: MERA BHARAT MAHAN!!!!!!!!Jai HIND..
Every thing is a part of our culture..
Hi! Badshah. You just reminded me of another one - " Mera Bharat Mahaaaan. 100 me 99 Beimaaaan."
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Post by Olly » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:26 pm

All the examples of spitting / throwing garbage etc etc. are ok in India, but don't work abroad !! Simply because the system does not allow it... The enforcement guys are not in poverty to accept bribes, the rap on the knukles (punishment) is severe without discrimination... the 'chalta hai' culture is absent...

I wonder why the farmers in Orissa / Maharashtra commit suicides when the country has surplus to feed guys in Afghanistan and Pakistan ? The drought conditions in many states don't evoke much movement from the government, while an earthquake in Pakistan would prompt an immediate response...
Difficult to understand, eh ???

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Post by cooldude » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:39 pm

Anupam";p="12918 wrote: All the examples of spitting / throwing garbage etc etc. are ok in India, but don't work abroad !! Simply because the system does not allow it... The enforcement guys are not in poverty to accept bribes, the rap on the knukles (punishment) is severe without discrimination... the 'chalta hai' culture is absent...

I wonder why the farmers in Orissa / Maharashtra commit suicides when the country has surplus to feed guys in Afghanistan and Pakistan ? The drought conditions in many states don't evoke much movement from the government, while an earthquake in Pakistan would prompt an immediate response...
Difficult to understand, eh ???
Sure is difficult Anupam. The world is full of Hypocrites and our Politicians are Hypocrisy personified.
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