
I could not see much in Indian govt (it still remains the most red-taped and corrupt systems in the world), Indian bureacracy still feels difficult to come to terms with modernity, Indian education systems have not seen much of a change, Indian infrastructure 'sucks' to say the least. We have poor airports, poor roads, poor schools (most Indian schools are totally private funded), poor healthcare (people get shocked to hear that most Indians manage without any kind of medical insurance) no social security (if you fall, your govt. doesnt give a 'damn'), but with all this we manage to shine. We young Indians, who endured all the pains of poor education systems to poor roads to schools without libraries and with autocratic teachers have managed to challenge the brightest top 1% of Western minds. What gave us so much power and energy.....

I had a much more cozier life than what real fortune would have allowed me. I never got cars, but I got an education that could now buy me the best of the cars. I never had fancy stuff, but I got values that could carry me throughtout life. I vividly remember the great stories my father used to tell (I'm going to put all these in my personal blog), those stories I heard and read are still fresh in my mind. I got those General Knowledge books and the big jigsaw puzzles and brain games like Chess, brainvita and Memory at the age of 6. I always heard him saying some great gita verse or a thirukural (the holy book for Tamilians). Most importantly, he had curious images - like an interesting image of krishan delivering gita to arjuna. I always was interested in such things. My mom taught me those little shlokas and latter inspired me to learn longer ones like Shashti Khavacham, Vishnu Sahasranamam, Lalitha Sahasranamam... I never became a scholar in sholakas or gita, but I knew enough to always call GOD on my side. I knew enough to realize that he always stood by the toughest times I had.

Indian Family life and its virtues are something that a westerner will always find hard to fathom, coz he can never understand why the bond between children and parents never dies away or turns weak when the child turns 20+. It rather only deepens in its scope.
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It seems Indian family system might die soon, but I dont think it would happen. It's a stunning fact of India that its culture never dies. For thousands of years of attacks by worst of raiders couldnt move an inch of this civilization. You can see Indians of Fiji or South Africa or Guyana or Mauritius. Even after centuries of isolation, they manage to keep our culture.
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very true. The upbringing in the indian family system is the crucial factor in the younger generations excellence.Hope the younger generation in its excitement to imitate the west does not forget to transfer to its children the ideals,knowledge& dharma taught by our parents
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