Indian Public

Indians in general are a happy bunch of people. India was ranked as the nation having fourth happiest population in the world in a survey conducted sometime back (We didn’t beat Aus even in this but we beat Bangladesh). We get satisfied easily and have fewer expectations. This may be our boon as well as a bane. A normal Indian gets easily elated when he gets a good cup of coffee in the morning. That would make the day for him. Buses at correct time, the weekend or even leaving office before time would make our people happy with a sense of achievement. But, this also means the normal Indian has very less expectations of him and does not aspire for greater heights. No wonder corrupt politicians are ruling the roost in this country. Same mindset applies to even commodities bought by our people. Indians prefer goods that come with ‘free’ packages. ‘Buy 1 and get another free’ is the best business tactic adopted to boost the sales here.

Indians are equally an emotional lot. They pull down the houses of cricketers when they fail to play well. And they are the ones who celebrate India’s victory against a lowly Bermuda with crackers at 3 in the morning. These are the same people who catapulted Dhoni to fame in a short time and these are the same people who broke into his house when he failed in a single inning. These are the people who made a star out of Sania Mirza and the ones to criticize her time and again for her failure. With a huge population, everything gets blown out of proportion and gets over-rated, including the sensex.

India’s strength is her population. All nations have now become wary of India’ power and it is only a matter of time before India becomes a major force to reckon with. The only barrier to progress is the corrupt politicians who use the caste to kindle violence to gain political mileage. With much better streamlining among our people the result can be achieved in a substantially lower span of time.

P.S.

Link to the survey on the degree of happiness of Indian population
http://in.rediff.com/money/2005/oct/05happy.htm

No parking

Haphazard parking of vehicles in front of gates is one of those irritating acts. It was a relief when few firms came up with ‘No parking‘ boards to be hung up on gates. It had a dual purpose, serving us as well as the firm, cutting short on their advertising expenditure. The fact that they themselves hung them without bothering us also added to our joy. With only a few educated people reading and understanding that, there were lesser vehicles outside the gates providing us a little breather. But this was only short lived. The next morning, the number of boards doubled. And within a week, the number had increased alarmingly to ten. After a week, there was no space for any other board to be hung. That was all we could tolerate and decided to remove them all except one, so that it could serve the purpose. Now came the next problem of choice - which one to have and finally we settled for the most clean board. All these were only for a few days as the entire cycle started once again with more boards. And now I am contemplating to hang a ‘No ‘no parking’’ board to keep them all away.

Whats in a name??

Being in Tamilnadu I wonder whether people would call politicians in their states by their original names. Here you have people calling Karunanidhi as 'Kalaignar' , Stalin as 'Thalapathi' ,Jayalalitha as 'Amma', Ramadoss as 'Maruthuvar Ayya' and many more. This is one of the worst example of politician-worship. They haven't done anything to the people and are worthy to be called by such names. With Ramadoss being called as 'Ayya', Anbumani, his son, the Union Health Minister, who is not even an elected representative is referres as 'Chinna Ayya'. Atleast the others have some political experiance but Anbumani, who became a minister due to his father's outfit cannot be described by that name at all. This is pure politician- worship were the lower rung party cadres, deeply influenced and brain-washed by their speeches, are even ready to give their lives or take others' too.

One such ugly incident is the 'Dharmapuri bus accident' where some AIADMK workers, upset over Jayalalitha's arrest, set a bus on fire killing three women and injuring many more. This was certainly not the first and in all probablities will not be the last. The people, mesmerised by these politician's speeches, blindly 'worship' them and go to any extent in doing things to show their loyalty. Only when these people are enlightened about the politicians will they give up this culture of addressing them by these names. Until then more incidents like the bus accidents will continue.