How many times have you heard this pet hindustani paraphrase "Kya Karein???" a.k.a "Kucch nahi kar sakte" a.k.a "Kucch nahin ho sakta".Let me be more clear-cut, how many times have you uttered this.What!.....................lost the count, haven't you? Useless government-Kucch nahin ho sakta, exorbitant fees-Kucch nahin ho sakta, bad roads-Kucch nahin ho sakta, no electricity-Kucch nahin ho sakta, bomb blasts-Kucch nahin ho sakta........the list is endless.If you want an answer as to why India, after 60 years of independence and with an unparalleled storehouse of human resources, struggles to become a First World Country, just read the Italicized words carefully.It is because of you...............and me.....................and everybody around us, that we are in such a sorry state.Yet, after heartily slandering and blaming all the man-made and natural forces around us, we go to bed as a contented being-"Kya Karein, Kucch nahi kar sakte???"
The problem is in our outlook and to an extent in our social upbringing - An upbringing of escapism,hopelessness and adjustment.We have learnt that if the environment is not conducive then- step1>Stay calm, step 2> close your eyes, step 3> turn around and the final step> find the quickest way to the patliest gali to get out. OR. Single shot solution- adjust with them. Have you seen "A Wednesday???" Naserrudin Shah in his conversation with Anupam Kher points out a congenital discrepency in our charaters - We learn to adjust or adapt too fast.Electricity-adapt,water-adapt, and now bomb blasts-adapt.Change does not come till we desire it , and it's a popular notion that Indians are very resistive to change.Change is......errrr...............boooooooooooooooooring????? How about a story.Yes!,thats a good idea, let's see HOW THINGS CHANGE with a story instead of this insipid essay.......................hopefully in my next Blog post!
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