We Indians are like that only. We are proud to be Indians.

We Indians are like that only. We are proud to be Indians.

We have a chalta hai attitude.The Chinese have already built a railway line to Tibet. And that too within the planned time period. Our dreams of a rail line to Kashmir is still a dream nine years after work started on it. It was to be completed within months. The railways says it will be completed by 2017. If we are lucky.

Arts and Fine Arts are sought after courses in the west with good career prospects. In India arts graduates are third class citizens. Worse than car mechanics.

In India we spit betel juice at every wall staining it with an indelible red. We spit everywhere, except in our homes, of course.

In India, those who have made money through unfair means are respected. Honest people are labeled as stupid and losers.

In India businesses thrive by giving its workers very low wages. They are treated as dirt. The kind of capitalism that existed in England in the late nineteenth century. (I talk here of the large number of medium and small scale industrial units).

In India the elderly are at the mercy of their selfish son and his devious cruel wife. In the west the aged are looked after well in old age homes. They are treated with respect and care.

In India the elderly are considered as useless and left to die (especially in the villages). Medicine is only for those who are fit to work. The old and infirm are left to die as they they are not given medicines for even for simple ailments.

In India traffic rules are only on paper. Or only when the traffic cop's palms start itching. Ten year olds from prosperous families drive 150 cc scooters and motorcycles. As a result many people break their legs and greedy orthopedic doctors thrive.

During Diwali, the law says crackers are to be burst only till ten at night. In reality big 'bombs' are burst all night. Even near homes of high blood pressure patients and elderly people. Who cares? After all, we Indians are like that only, isn't it?

In India the educational system is 'by-rote'. Those who go to tuition classes and memorise like parrots do well in the examinations. Original thinking is non-existent. What the country produces is an army of peons. Software engineers are nothing but glorified peons.

We proudly say that we Indians are like that. We are proud to be Indians.

Sure.