INDIA is known for its rich culture and traditions. India is one of the few countries that provides the best education and produces talented engineers, doctors, managers, entrepreneurs etc. Our standard of living has improved immensely in the last decade. We are known as one of the IT hubs of the world.
We say ‘Mera Bharat Mahaan’,’Saare jahan se Accha, hinduatan hamara’, ‘India is great’ etc.Its easier said than done. Here we should ask ourselves that, “Is India really a great country? “.If yes, then why we are not a developed country even after 60 years of independence. Actually the answer is NO. We are not a great country. But we can be a great country if we want to. While uttering those above statements, we forget that a country cannot be Mahaan all by itself. It wholly and solely depends on people of that country. So, what is actually separating us from the citizens of other developed countries? Well, there are many things but the most important of all is ‘Discipline’. Discipline is of utmost importance in our life. The kind of people and the status of any country can easily be judged by the discipline of its citizens.
Unfortunately, discipline is lacking in our country and that is one of the reasons of disrespect of our country by citizens of other countries.
There are many examples where our citizens show indiscipline and the classic example of all is the traffic sense in our country. This is the main focusing point of this article. Our people don’t have a traffic sense which is very shameful and it depicts the kind of indisciplinary attitude that our people possess. Now let’s get into the details of this example.
Usually there are three kind of lights in our Traffic Signal each having a specific meaning. These lights are Red, Amber and Green.
Red means –STOP
Amber means – Reduce Speed
Green means – GO
But for Indians every colour has same meaning.
Red means – GO
Amber means – GO
Green means – GO
This is Indian mentality. People usually reduce the speed when they approach a signal which is turning amber. But Indians will speed up their vehicles when it turns amber so that they can cross the signal before it turns Red.
It is a very funny sight watching people with two wheelers drive in a road full of traffic. They create their own small lanes from here and there and some how reach at the starting point of signal. They also drive through a foot path which is meant for pedestrians. Helmet is a rare sight. You’ll hardly see any one wearing a helmet.
And if there are some disciplined citizens trying to follow the signals, then they won’t be allowed to do so from other people. Even if you wait on the signal for one millisecond after it has turned green, you’ll hear all kinds of sounds of horn that people behind you will blow. Some will blow the horn until you leave the signal; some will give you bad words as if you have committed a serious crime. This also happens even if you are waiting on a red signal and there is no one coming from the opposite side of road. Here, the citizens will not follow the rules and they won’t let some few disciplined citizens to follow it either. In India we have a saying: “Follow only one rule that is: don’t follow any rule.”
Many a times we complain that there are road accidents and government should take some primitive measures to control it. But if you ask me, I think we citizens are mostly responsible for these accidents. Government will set up systems at place. But what it can do if people don’t follow it. If we drive cautiously then numbers of accidents are bound to reduce immensely. Government has come up with many different types of systems in order to rein in road accidents and ensure smooth flow of traffic. But most of them have failed, not because there was a problem in system. It’s because people do not follow that system. They are not ready to change. And then they complain about the systems in place. The BRT system is really good system and it ensures smooth flow of traffic where lanes of heavy vehicles such as Buses is separate from four wheelers and two wheelers. But still people don’t follow the rules and two wheelers enter in the BRT lanes. Such kind of indiscipline is not expected from the matured citizens of India. Then accidents are bound to happen.Infact any new system will fail if it is not welcomed by the citizens. They themselves are to be blamed. The system should not be blamed. I also agree that government is also to some extent responsible but it is people of our country who are primarily responsible for condition of our country.
We call ourselves well educated masses. We have plethora of well educated engineers, doctors, MBAs etc. But when these people drive, they also show the same kind of indiscipline which is very appalling. We should call ourselves educated only when we become well behaved and discipline citizens who follow all the rules and regulations.
I hope that day will come soon and one day it will happen that people will respect traffic signal and they’ll follow the traffic signals according to the actual meaning of each colour of light and not the INDIAN meaning of traffic signals. I am waiting for that day to come. And I am sure that our country will progress if we are well behaved and disciplined citizens.
We say ‘Mera Bharat Mahaan’,’Saare jahan se Accha, hinduatan hamara’, ‘India is great’ etc.Its easier said than done. Here we should ask ourselves that, “Is India really a great country? “.If yes, then why we are not a developed country even after 60 years of independence. Actually the answer is NO. We are not a great country. But we can be a great country if we want to. While uttering those above statements, we forget that a country cannot be Mahaan all by itself. It wholly and solely depends on people of that country. So, what is actually separating us from the citizens of other developed countries? Well, there are many things but the most important of all is ‘Discipline’. Discipline is of utmost importance in our life. The kind of people and the status of any country can easily be judged by the discipline of its citizens.
Unfortunately, discipline is lacking in our country and that is one of the reasons of disrespect of our country by citizens of other countries.
There are many examples where our citizens show indiscipline and the classic example of all is the traffic sense in our country. This is the main focusing point of this article. Our people don’t have a traffic sense which is very shameful and it depicts the kind of indisciplinary attitude that our people possess. Now let’s get into the details of this example.
Usually there are three kind of lights in our Traffic Signal each having a specific meaning. These lights are Red, Amber and Green.
Red means –STOP
Amber means – Reduce Speed
Green means – GO
But for Indians every colour has same meaning.
Red means – GO
Amber means – GO
Green means – GO
This is Indian mentality. People usually reduce the speed when they approach a signal which is turning amber. But Indians will speed up their vehicles when it turns amber so that they can cross the signal before it turns Red.
It is a very funny sight watching people with two wheelers drive in a road full of traffic. They create their own small lanes from here and there and some how reach at the starting point of signal. They also drive through a foot path which is meant for pedestrians. Helmet is a rare sight. You’ll hardly see any one wearing a helmet.
And if there are some disciplined citizens trying to follow the signals, then they won’t be allowed to do so from other people. Even if you wait on the signal for one millisecond after it has turned green, you’ll hear all kinds of sounds of horn that people behind you will blow. Some will blow the horn until you leave the signal; some will give you bad words as if you have committed a serious crime. This also happens even if you are waiting on a red signal and there is no one coming from the opposite side of road. Here, the citizens will not follow the rules and they won’t let some few disciplined citizens to follow it either. In India we have a saying: “Follow only one rule that is: don’t follow any rule.”
Many a times we complain that there are road accidents and government should take some primitive measures to control it. But if you ask me, I think we citizens are mostly responsible for these accidents. Government will set up systems at place. But what it can do if people don’t follow it. If we drive cautiously then numbers of accidents are bound to reduce immensely. Government has come up with many different types of systems in order to rein in road accidents and ensure smooth flow of traffic. But most of them have failed, not because there was a problem in system. It’s because people do not follow that system. They are not ready to change. And then they complain about the systems in place. The BRT system is really good system and it ensures smooth flow of traffic where lanes of heavy vehicles such as Buses is separate from four wheelers and two wheelers. But still people don’t follow the rules and two wheelers enter in the BRT lanes. Such kind of indiscipline is not expected from the matured citizens of India. Then accidents are bound to happen.Infact any new system will fail if it is not welcomed by the citizens. They themselves are to be blamed. The system should not be blamed. I also agree that government is also to some extent responsible but it is people of our country who are primarily responsible for condition of our country.
We call ourselves well educated masses. We have plethora of well educated engineers, doctors, MBAs etc. But when these people drive, they also show the same kind of indiscipline which is very appalling. We should call ourselves educated only when we become well behaved and discipline citizens who follow all the rules and regulations.
I hope that day will come soon and one day it will happen that people will respect traffic signal and they’ll follow the traffic signals according to the actual meaning of each colour of light and not the INDIAN meaning of traffic signals. I am waiting for that day to come. And I am sure that our country will progress if we are well behaved and disciplined citizens.
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