What’s up with India ?

Since I left India in 2004, never thought about our history or culture. I thought I am a rebel cool Indian, don't have to be proud of my culture or heritage. Once I started settling down I the UK which took me a long 3 to 4 years, developed a skill of critiquing my views myself. I think till then my education thought me, revise the syllabus thought in the class room and get a good score (which I never did) your life is done. When I looked at the people in the western countries, it really amazes me. Here kids with aspirations of becoming bus driver, train driver, car mechanic, bike mechanics were everywhere! Coming from India where, when the fatuous is still in the womb parents start grilling the baby to be a doctor or an engineer. I think my answer to my basic question of why western countries are so prosperous compare to us was answered. Our education system sold a myth to us that population is a curse to India because of population we are not able to prosper. Now I feel that our politicians try to hide their inability to perform under this explanation and we the students in 70's - 90's bought it! Another narrative was British's looted India and spread the golden carpets on the streets of London! When reached London it looks like they hid that golden carpet under British parliament. Neither I could find any if the copper rails they brought from India and installed in all of their train lines! Does Indian mindset need to change? Absolutely, people in India need to realize, to build a society its not only doctors and engineers required but also, we need plumbers, builders, cleaners, drivers etc. In fact, doctors and engineers are the least needed to build a basic house and run day to day life. Parents are creating doctors and engineers like robots, not because their son or daughter want to be one, it’s because their neighbors’ kids are doctor and engineer. No farmer want his son or daughter to farm. They wanted them to be a doctor or an engineer and go to city and work and send money so that they can convert the land to buildings and no need to farm. No point in blaming only the people’s mindset also the government doesn’t understand the importance of farmers. Stupidest law is that inheritance property should be divided equally to all the kids. As I know in my village there were two large landlords. One of them was my grandfather who had 7 boys and 3 girls. When all the land was with my grandfather, my dads one of the brother was looking after whole property and farming the whole land with brilliant managerial qualities. He managed whole property with the clock work accuracy and when my grandfather distributed to all kids, none of them could manage the way my uncle run the show. Over the period of time all farming stopped and when next generation took over the diluted property, farming is not feasible. So, all buildings came in the framing land! The fat with another huge land lord in the village as well. Other small farmers situation was pathetic that by the second generation there was no property left to divide and they all landed in court to fight for the property! In India people/ governments think development is building infrastructure and huge buildings. Another funny thing is always build for today. There are roads which they built after I left Bangalore and when they finish building them they are already congested! This is the reason in Bangalore like cities constructions never stops because planners plan the infrastructure for today not for future!. I feel the worshiping individual person mentality is another biggest problem. We see the heroes in a politician on his way to face the judiciary! This is serios issue. Are we telling our kids to be like them? May be they are not prosecuted yet and we all know how the judiciary works in India. Enough evidences are in front of us where a person’s crime is well recorded however the police deliberately fail to provide them in in the court and person go free and carry on doing the crime again. Still when the person is on his way to judiciary he will have a heroic farewell and on way back again a heroic welcome! It’s not a Bollywood movie it is the everyday affair in India! Number of politicians faced corruption charges came back from jail on bail and stood for election and won. There are people fought elections from jail and won! And we expect change! When ruling party blame the opposition and opposition blame the ruling. They have an understanding when opposition comes to rule they just blame the previous ruling party without conducting any legal actions and vice versa happens after sometime. Common public nicely become fool and another man come in and play victim card and form another party and get votes he does the same when he gets power! BJP accused Congress for corruption and had a big agitation and movement and heads rolled. In election BJP came up with majority could do anything independently number of congress ministers accused of corruption are free and still sitting MPs in the parliament. If they haven’t done corruption where did all the money go? If they have done corruption, why are they free outside. If you could wake the supreme court judge for some silly reasons in the middle of the night and get a decision whey, couldn’t you do something about the Crs of public money lost for corruption? Meanwhile an educated man Kejriwal took an advantage of the situation and started looting people if he is an honest man why Anna left him? Why when his party politicians charged with corruption he is arranging a large heroic sent offs? Why his politicians get a luxury treat in jail? Every election he shed crocodile tears and play victim card and people become fools easily. AAP and BJP legislators fight like thugs in municipality assembly. Because they are sure that when they come back to ask the vote people still vote them! Indian politicians know memory of people is very short. Then how could you blame politicians? In Karnataka BJP blame Congress for corruption and threaten them that they are going to take action. When Congress comes into power they blame BJP of corruption Indians develop software for whole of the world however when we go to India the “on-line” concept is very different! Every government office we go they say everything is online now. However, when you fill up the form there are no submit button! Upon enquiry they say that fill up online and print and bring the copy!!! I think its attitude of people is the biggest problem. Specially those ones who never traveled outside becomes very defensive as soon we start talk about the difference between India and outside world. Best defense is as soon you criticize the system in India they say why you came back you should stay in the place where the system is good! I think this is the reason the system will never change in India. Impatient younger generation is another cause. Young people are impatient any where however recently parents became so busy and no time for kids made impact on the kid’s attachments with family values and kids are more parented by electronic devises make their human touch more impatient. It’s the problem in India it’s a worldwide scenario however its more visible in family orientated Indian families. Skipping the red signal, riding motor bikes on foot path, driving the car between the 2 lanes, not following the speed limit, driving the car in one way, driving on the opposite lane in a high way, we take pride in doing such rule breaking acts and then we complain about others and say India will never improve!