I was playing a game with myself, its not supposed to be played alone but I had no one around to play with.
The game is pretty simple, one has to think of one word associated with the word given to you.
I took the words India, Bharat, Parliament, Politicians, Media, North India, South India, Yoga, Agriculture, Industry, Defence, BPO, Temple, Mosque and People.

The words associated with all these ones were infact terrible. Starting from Toothless Tiger (India), Dead (Bharat) to Idiots (People), I couldn't think of any good words. I found that very irritating that I can't find some good words for my own country. I am not sure if its only my perception or its the perception of others also, that for India, we don't have anything good to say about. Lets not talk about the history here. I live in the present and I see the present. It really does not matter to me that Mohenjodaro had a good drainage system or the number zero was invented in India.

Is it because of the portrayal by media or is it because there is actually very few things left good about India?
I had some questions about our current situation which I found immensely disturbing...



If our constitution is the most important document, why don't I read or hear the word itself anywhere in any media, book etc?
What about the famous preamble? I just remember the word, nothing else.

If agriculture is important, why are there so many malls in Gurgaon, which was an agricultural area?

What about the selling of agricultural land in other areas for manufacturing or residences?

Manufacturing seems to have grown in India but doesn't it seem that more and more MNCs are coming to India for manufacturing and not many are coming for R&D?

Why are we so gaga about BPOs? Forgive my harsh language, but BPO workers are only highly paid clerks, the use of brains in the job is minimal or non-existent, the hours are reckless and work environment is also bad.

If we want to remove the caste system, why is there a small column in every form for caste? This way no one is actually going to forget the caste system. Give everyone a free, compulsory, basic education and then remove the column. Make it criminal to ask for a caste, just like its made criminal to ask for sex-determination.

How come we don't have any biogas plants even near metros? Aren't they supposed to be producing cheap electricity? What about villages?

Why can't I think of one planned city created after independence except Chandigarh?

Why can't I think of one symbolic building created by the government of India after independence? The Parliament house, the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Red Fort were all created before independence.

If all the things Indian are good, why do foreigners come and tell us that, eg yoga, when we ourselves don't know how to practice these?

How do we have another country's prime minister (Dalai Lama) living here in India and then we don't even raise our voice in support of his country (Tibet)?

Why does it take 57 days to start-up a business in India? All the bribery and red tape are hurting India only.

Why are silent protestors lathi-charged and violent protestors shot down? Additionally, why is there a minimum of one bandh every week in two highly educated states of India?

Why is the north-east totally neglected that I can't even count the number of states in that area?

Same thing about Lakshwadeep and Andaman? I heard it pretty expensive to go over there cause no one wants to go over there.

How come Haridwar and Varanasi are the oldest and holiest cities to Hindus and also one of the most filthiest?

How is that Bihar produces a large number of IIT and IAS students but the state is one of the poorest?

Why does the Indian defence forces have the best officers but 30 year old weapons?

Why do so many people want to leave India that there are regions in India where in every family, at least one person has emigrated?

Why has the government not able to protect the minority Hindus in Kashmir, the only state where Hindus are a minority?

Why do we become so happy about Sunita Williams or Bobby Jindal? They don't live here, they don't work here.

If India has a good education system, then how come all sectors in India complain about unemployability of freshers?

What is being done to control population in India?

If Mumbai is overcrowded, why is no one else trying to develop a new city of dreams?

Why has India never demanded the return of Kohinoor from England? How about any compensation from that country?



India's case is similar to the United States of America. Even they had nothing in common when they first joined together to make a united country. But the difference has been in the path chosen. They chose to take pride in their country. We chose not to take that pride. If the United States stands for unity, its because their leaders have screamed at the top of the voices, that even though they belong to different states, they are a one country. They still scream it. They take pride in their country, even if that becomes arrogance. Just noticing the difference in their response to terrorist attacks and ours makes me worried. The pride in the country also comes from its heroes. India does not have any heroes...