Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

Hi,
There is another interesting book, Games Indians Play, a good read indeed. We
must accept that some of the observations are quite true and correct. Also that
these all acts, stated in your forwarded mail, are not done by so called lower
status people but by many well educated and financially settled people. We need
to change, if we want us to be compared with other advanced countries, and this
change is very much needed in civic senses, traffic senses and social senses.

I know that yes there is a problem and from my side I can try to correct myself,
however if everyone of us think in this manner then only we will succeed.

One more thing, many of us would have thought in the same manner so if this
comes from a foreigner then I assume we must not get offended, instead take the
feedback and start a corrective measure for this.

//however if everyone of us think in this manner then only we will succeed.//
Yes this is what matters. I am not offended by the obseravation only sad about why we are helpless in correcting so many things that the public can correct if they have a resolve & just not keep blaming the Govt.
Shobha

100% true. As he said we don’t own this country.
Freedom was thrust on us before we got prepared for that. Second, the west accepted democracy in phases but we became democratic overnight w.o understanding the real meaning.
It is freedom without responsibility. One person saw this and had written a detailed article comparing our electioneering with what we had as per Uthiramerur on 1950, Jan 26 itself.
Every word he said is true today.

Dear all,

I beg to differ in this place. It is not that freedom was thrust upon us
before we were prepared or we are irresponsible. We forgot who we were after
Independence. We had lots of love for India and we knew our responsibilities
clearly when we got Independence. No nation that forgets itself can survive
in history. How many children today talk in their mother tongue. We know how
rich out Tamil literature is. But does any school take even a simple care to
detail students about our great ancestors. We were trading with Roman and
Greeks and had a mighty military that could reach the Himalayas and
Indonesia and Arabia. We were even advanced in Science than any nation of
the time. But we forgot who we were after Independence. We started thinking
that the British were Gods and copied them in everything. We got freedom
from their rule but we still are ruled by them. We need to get freed from
them in our thinking. The sense of pride and respect for India vanished a
few years after Independence. No one likes to play their part and National
Anthem has been reduced to Prayers and National holidays. We forgot the
values of our society and our heritage. All we need for India to develop is
what our ancestors had and we now lack. Veeram , Kadhal and Manam.

Dear Sir,

This has noting to do with British Rule.

Just ask-

1. There are so much laws? has any thing been implimented?

2. Road sense – Take any western or countries like Singapore/ malaysia – Are we follwoing any rule?

3. Like that – Pollution, Building rules , water bodies – Was that the condition in any of the known historic period – be chola, pandya, pallava, mugal, vijayanagar or british?

This is totally due to lack of self dicipline, mis understanding of freedom. Whoever tried to enforce law was ultimately defeated in elections.

A country which wants to prosper should take responsibilities first and freedom next.