Ok guys, this is my first blog, so I wanted to make it good. I think this is one of the most pressing issues….correction…..this is THE most pressing issue faced by our India today. I thought that a start was necessary…
I read in the blog of one, Nidhi Seethapathi(great blog by the way, check it out if you want…) that all of us live our lives, not the way we want to, but the way other people feel is “cool”(sorry….cant think of anything funny to say there….), because of which, we see around us a bunch of “teen stereotypes”, if I may say so myself. Just to let you in, there are the I’m-busy-being-cool-so-don’t-bug-me types, the don’t-or-sir-will-get-angryyyyy(read and he will get angry with me too for standing next to you…oh my god oh my god…..) and of course the I’m-pretending-I-care-but-I’m-pretty-much-either-1-or-2 types…
Following this blog, I read the blog of one, Anaghaa Venugopal(I’m following this blog, check it out…) that also says that teens are perennially trying to be cool and fit in…and…you know…in general…get to know the homies…be part o’ the hood! And God knows to what lengths they go to achieve such idiotic goals…..
Apart from these blogs, many other blogs at many other sites as well as this one have suggested the same thing. Because of this incessant herd mentality that Mumbaiites(people in general, actually) are getting used to, there are many effects that are being seen, among them, boredom(slight on their part, we don’t really get bored of it…..the laughter always makes it easier….), unnecessary attention to mindless pursuits, general I.Q. lowering…..
But on a more serious note, there is one effect that is causing me a lot of distress. It’s indifference. Indifference to everything that “the guys” don’t like, indifference to all that is not “my group” material, indifference to things that really matter….
Today, the brain drain happens more because of mistakes on India’s part than victories on the US and UK’s. People want to take care of themselves, their family….and believe me, I don’t blame them. It’s right. It must happen. If it wouldn’t have, I’d be surprised. But is it their fault that they want to go to a place where they are offered a better future rather than living in a garbage dump for the rest of their lives clinging on to the hope of something second-rate? NO!!
Do you not think that it is a fault of the nation’s government that we cannot stop this brain drain? If we can, then half….no….all of our problems will be solved.
Rather than all the crap that the politicians do today, if they could put their heads together and work as a team, then all our problems would be solved.
But no, all these people do is blame each other for why our country is the way it is, try to pull each other down to hoist themselves up to the place where the most money can be earnt and then say, proudly, “INDIA IS A ……DEVELOPING COUNTRY!!!”
I am 18, I will vote this year, but I am scared. What if I bring someone who will ruin us further(either by corruption, insubordination, a lack of capability or just plain ******* laziness…..)?
Barack Obama has not even started his tenure as the first African-Amercan President-Elect that America has ever had, and already people are jumping in joy, ready to change, ready to work together as a people, as a FORCE.
I WANT TO BE ABLE TO STAND AT THE VOTING STAND, STARING AT THAT BALLOT BOX, AND WITHOUT FEAR OF ANYTHING, VOTE FOR A MAN OR A WOMAN WHO WILL MAKE SURE THAT MY LIFE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD!!
I WANT THAT!
Don’t you?! If you do, send me an e-mail. I would love to hear from a fellow Indian citizen!
And just to let you know on where I am going with this, I will do whatever it takes to make sure that my children can say, just as proudly as I say it, each and every timt that I do, “I am an Indian!”
And if it means starting a party, so be it. If it means the IAS, so be it.If it means the ATS, so be it. I am ready. I will not see another 11/26 in Mumbai. Together we can do anything, take India from where it is to where we want it to be!
Yes, we can!
Cheers!
"SIMPLY AMOGH"
ReplyDelete... i personally liked d epilogue.... d last few lines in capital......keep blogging,i wanna read more!
Good, you have started blogging.I personally feel very strongly about this matter, about how pulling someone else down to a position BELOW you is the seen as the only way to get the better of the other, not yourself doing better than what he is.
ReplyDeleteBut the whole post, seems, to someone who doesnt know you as well, very theoretical and, well...very blah blah-y.But knowing you, I know as well as you that you, singly too, can make a difference. Go ahead, and make all this a reality in the coming years.(read EDIT is the savior, the eliminator(if such a word exists) of brain drain).
PS: Are brackets inside brackets allowed outside of maths?
abe public speaker...
ReplyDeleteTu kabhi nahi sudharega
haha isnt anyone else apart from us reading your blog? By the way, I told Nidhi to read your blog.You owe me one, brother.
ReplyDeleteHey,
ReplyDeleteCan I be critical? Well,
I think you had too many thoughts and tried to put them all up here. "Indians fleeing to US n UK"
"Our government being crappy" "brain-drain" "boredom". You could write individually for pages on each of these.
"I WANT TO BE ABLE TO STAND AT THE VOTING STAND, STARING AT THAT BALLOT BOX, AND WITHOUT FEAR OF ANYTHING, VOTE FOR A MAN OR A WOMAN WHO WILL MAKE SURE THAT MY LIFE IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD!!"
don't we all?