Why are we so NEGATIVE?

Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign

things? We want foreign T. Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign

technology.

Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that

self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this

lecture,when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her

what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed

India . For her, you and I will have to build this developed India .

You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a

highly developed nation.

Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.

Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.

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 aface - 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 come back 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 km/h) in Washington and

then tell the traffic cop,'Jaanta hai 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