Ask not what your country has done, but ask what you have done for your country

Since this is my first blog, I'm a bit nervous on how to put my flow of thoughts in a meaningful way. So friends wish me "All the Best" :-) To be honest I have started writing this blog an year ago, but to my surprise the content makes more sense now..

Somebody has rightly said, "Indians are good NRIs, but bad citizens". So when I thought about this statement, I was just analyzing on what basis this is made : Is this because of Indians behave nicely in a foreign land and the same ppl flout the laws when they are back home, or is because of the worst traffic sense, or (un)concern about our enviornment or the wide scale corruption at grass-root levels .... the list goes on..

Some say you have to be "practical" : but I don't get the word "practical", does it mean we have to simply follow the crowd,even though its wrong. Some go to the extent and say you a dumb guy and have to learn how to survive in this world. ok...too many things at the same time ...let me try to address these issues in a divide-and-conquer stategy (alias in a "practical" manner).

Let me start with the first topic : concern about environment. We all wake up in the morning and rush to school/college/office. So we all travel in either own vehicles or autos or public transportation. When more and more vehicles are on road, it adds to congestion as well as pollution. Using shared autos (for ppl in Hyderabad, its a well known concept) is a risky affair. As far as possible try to use public transportation. If that's not possible, try car-pooling or bike pooling at least. Save the fuel, save the environment and save our country. Next when we travel, we have to stop in traffic-signals, follow lane policy, have the patience to wait until the green light is on, this will save some lives of pedestrians. As far as pedestrians are concerned, please don't trouble the commuters by jay-walking (walking on the roads instead of footpaths...blah blah). All these may sound preaching, but I'm sure it works magic if everyone or at least some follows. Some argue that when no one else follows, why should I alone follow it? But every great thing starts with a humble beginning. Take the lead and let others follow.

Some of you might think I'm sounding like Adbul Kalam in his views about making Indians aware of their duties.