ARE WE REALLY PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN..........OR A MYTH...???

The daughter of an Indian maharajah seated on a panther she shot, sometime during 1920s.   

 

 

A British man gets a pedicure from an Indian servant. 



  

The Grand Trunk Road , built by Sher Shah Suri, was the main trade route from Calcutta to Kabul .


A group of Dancing or notch girls began performing with their elaborate costumes and jewelry. 


 

A rare view of the President's palace and the Parliament building in New Delhi . 


 

Women gather at a party in Mumbai ( Bombay ) in 1910. 


 

A group from Vaishnava, a sect founded by a Hindu mystic. His followers are called Gosvami-maharajahs 


 

An aerial view of Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi , built between 1650 and 1658. 


 

The Imperial Airways 'Hanno' Hadley Page passenger airplane carries the England to India air mail, stopping in Sharjah to refuel. 


 

See what the India was at 1835....... 

Now coming to the point..this letter clearly states that Indian culture is far more greater compared to the western culture. But today, WE are the ones who want to follow western culture, WE are the ones who would prefer to talk in English, thinking hindi is "middle class", WE are the ones who want to settle abroad, and WE are the ones who think that the british and american accent is "cool".

Even though the British have left our country more than half a century ago, we are STILL their slaves..slaves of the British culture, of the British education, of almost EVERYTHING!

This is an extract fro Dr Abdul Kalam's speech, our ex-president..please take time to read it..

"YOU say that our government is inefficient. YOU say that our laws are too old. YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage. YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke, the airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination. YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits. YOU say, say and say.

What do YOU do about it? Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a face - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground Links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM.

YOU comeback to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity. In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai. YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah. YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (Rs. 650) a month to, "see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else." YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 kph) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, "Jaanta hai sala main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost." YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand. Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston? We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country why cannot you be the same here in India. Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay Mr.Tinaikar had a point to make. "Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place," he said. "And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels? In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do that here?" He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms. We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? "It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry." So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbors, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand. Or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money."
This is not just another mail to "awaken the patriot within us". Most of u will just read it, and say "sach yaar, apni country kitni SAHI hai, aur uska kya haal ho gaya hai!"
But NOBODY will implement what is there in the mail..u will STILL want to live on pizza n burger ...u will STILL want to wear Lee, Wrangler, Gucci and other brands..u will STILL want to settle abroad!

Its high time that we wake up and start respecting our culture, our education, our NATION!

JAI HIND!