If i ask people walking on the roads ” Are you proud of this country ? ” . The reaction will most probably be guided by a confirmist attitude - which says that the person who says”no” is not a patriot. Rather I choose to ask “what makes our country great ? “. Most of the answer dates back to the origin of civilisation , some claiming us to the oldest civilisation, some say the most peaceful, land of brave freedom fighters, noble laureates etc. etc. The point is that we define greatness because of events in the past which we now defines as feats . Its rarely a case where people believe that India is a great country because of what she is today.
India is a country with a considerable impact on the world economics and specially the future economy. The whole world believes that we are leaders but for us ( here us is “we - the people ” not United States 
) We are past 60 years of independence bubbling with energy, enthusiasm and youth but what we lack is the attitude.
Which attitude am I talking off ? We had so many great kings in the past like Chandragupta Morya, Ashoka, Akbar but do we hear about Indian Colonies abroad like the Spanish, French, Portuguese? Maybe now we call them”great” emperors but in contemporary times even they didn’t believe that they were actually great and capable to think of a land beyond what they can see with their own eyes. I don’t prophesies they taking colonies abroad, killing people and collecting loot but about moving out, conquering minds and creating NEWS n History. We dont hear of Indian Missionaries travelling abroad or stories of far side Hindu colony in the North America in the medieval times.
Time and again we were raided and conquered by Goons leave aside big armies. We had our language hindi, sanskrit and regional languages too. China forced the whole world to release softwares in Chinese language. Hindi Language support is now a new “little” marketing gymic. Nothing more serious because we never gave it importance ourselves.
Once there was a man who was hiding in his room scared of some goons outside.
I asked : Why are you Scared
Man : Because i am unarmed, i am weak .
I said : Ok Take this vitamin it will make u strong, take this gun . If gun is not enough take an AK 47. Further take tanks, warships, submarines, aircrafts and tum bhi kya yaad rakhoge take a NUCLEAR BOMB.
The man was now feel contented that he has all these weapons up his sleaves. But still he didnt move out. He just waited with all the ammunition which he thought he will use if someone tries to break in.
The recent example can be related to OVAL test match. We had the most experienced batting line up, the captain was the WALL himself , we had a lead of 300 odd , we had bowlers who did a decent job in the first innings to bowl them out of 300 again. Then also we lacked that attitude of moving out, shouting out aloud , claiming victory with such a conviction that we have half the match that very moment. The captained held back all his ammunition which he would use if we were about to loose .
The Kandahar Indian Airlines Hijack and release of criminals, not even reacting to act of outrage by mino bangladeshi army on chopping 26 indian soldiers to pieces doesnt give us any boost. It just points out a lack of aggression, lack of roaring out in the open the worth of an Indian, lack of intent to become a leader.
We have the money but not the class . We have the potential but we lack performance. We have the capability we lack the right attitude.
If you give any average indian a one page letter to right in the a whole working day of 8 hours, which should not take any more than one hour to draft,read, proof and print. Most of us will be found to submitting the same on five minutes past the 8 hours. We are Bad finishers. We are just not that type who will finish the letter off in 2 hours and go home packing. Rather we linger till 11th hour, then we do what we are really best at - performing under pressure.
We are exceptional when pushed against the wall, treated as underdogs, given unlimited constraints. We are the most lousy people when given with cakewalks with open timelines.
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August 28, 2007
Nice one sid!!! couldnot agree more!
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