Ask Indians how dirty the streets are, they are likely to get excited and talk in lengths about the corrupt politicians, poor implementation, lack of planning et al, and then you ask them what they have done to change this, they would run out of words. Yes, that's how we are.We the Indians!From the early morning till late evening one can find food stalls along the streets and people relishing on the hot samosas and other delicacies, unaware of what they are littering on the streets and doing nothing to keep the city clean. Yet we can lecture you about why our country is way behind other developed countries. We are really unique in our way you see!
We would express our aversion to Bollywood song and how the lyrical content damages our 'Cultural legacy'. Nevertheless, we match our steps with its very rhythm while partying somewhere. Wouldn't you call it a sheer hypocrisy?!
We would recall our good old days, our childhood before technology took over, how we used to play on fields and not fixate our heads on smart phones; how kids these days are glued to their smart phones and other gadgets, we lecture them the value of regular physical activity and maintaining fitness. However, we never think twice before uploading a picture of a recent place we have been to on social media, do not hesitate to 'like' profile pictures of our friends and relatives.
Even we are much delighted to order a pair of cushion covers online, scroll through the 'Online Shopping Sites' and let me talk about something worse now, we even 'whatsapp' our kids to come home early! Yes, that's true! but we never admit that technology has made our lives faster, easier and comfortable as much as we loathe its harmful impact.
We Indians, and especially the Bengalis, like to talk behind people. We have got so much expert views to throw at them, albeit from behind! We only have worse things to say about them, regardless of who or what they are! we are experts in criticizing others, we confine such analysis of human behaviour in our small groups, where such discussions tend to sum up becoming a 'hot topic' and a great game to pass the time.
But we fear to tell such things upfront and are even weary of picking up a fight or facing confrontations. Yes we are cowards, deal with it!
And finally, the most hilarious one. The entire nation went abuzz when Maria Sharapova declared that she doesn't know who Sachin Tendulkar is, the man whom we all consider the 'God of cricket'. We designed a number of memes on every social media platform, of course, to humiliate her statement shedding light to its 'idiocy'.
But sometime later when an Indian named Kailash Satyarthi won Nobel prize for 'Peace' we were caught with our pants down when we had to google him. Surprisingly another Nobel laureate in the same category is known to all of us! Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani national!
Interestingly we don't care about our shortcomings, rather we are cool about it, we take little interest in straightening ourselves, our problems hardly bother us! We believe in 'Chalta Hai' ( willingness to easily compromise )attitude and the 'Jugaad'(a quick fix to a seemingly difficult problem) without addressing to the real problem.We like working on our own terms.
'Indians' we are, a 'laid back' race!
About the Author:
Sandipan Mandal is presently studying information and communications technology at Jadavpur University. A movie buff, Sandipan holds a keen interest in writing and voicing social issues out loud.
We would recall our good old days, our childhood before technology took over, how we used to play on fields and not fixate our heads on smart phones; how kids these days are glued to their smart phones and other gadgets, we lecture them the value of regular physical activity and maintaining fitness. However, we never think twice before uploading a picture of a recent place we have been to on social media, do not hesitate to 'like' profile pictures of our friends and relatives.
And finally, the most hilarious one. The entire nation went abuzz when Maria Sharapova declared that she doesn't know who Sachin Tendulkar is, the man whom we all consider the 'God of cricket'. We designed a number of memes on every social media platform, of course, to humiliate her statement shedding light to its 'idiocy'.
Interestingly we don't care about our shortcomings, rather we are cool about it, we take little interest in straightening ourselves, our problems hardly bother us! We believe in 'Chalta Hai' ( willingness to easily compromise )attitude and the 'Jugaad'(a quick fix to a seemingly difficult problem) without addressing to the real problem.We like working on our own terms.
About the Author:
Sandipan Mandal is presently studying information and communications technology at Jadavpur University. A movie buff, Sandipan holds a keen interest in writing and voicing social issues out loud.
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