Today I was thinking about the quality of
life in India when we had two major electricity blackouts in last two days. We pay heavy taxes,
dream for a better life but how India is fairing, Let’s see what my analysis says -
Education – Most of the time, the education in govt. schools
and colleges are not up to the mark. After paying heavy taxes, we pay heavy
fees to private schools for our kid’s education. And these Schools too are out
of control, school can charge you for any special fund. E.g. Building fund,
Future funds, Growth fund etc…But you have no choice, for quality education,
you will have to spend higher amount on these private schools/colleges. I truly
think, India has an urgent need of revising education system.
Medical – There is nothing to hide about govt. hospitals in
India. Govt. hospitals are toothless with few or no doctors, no/outdated
equipment’s with highly unhygienic environment. So what will you do? Pay from
your own pocket and go to a private nursing home or hospital where most part
hospital and Doctors will be ready to rob you...Legally :)
Judiciary System – Indian judiciary system is a mock. If you
have power and influence you will get the results in your favor otherwise… Just
pick up any day Newspaper and you will get News which will tell you the
horrible stories about Indian judicial system.
Water - Water is life but in most Metro’s in India, clean
and drinking water is becoming a distant dream. Daily, people spent hours to
arrange for drinking water, in villages people walk 30mins to 1 hour to get a
bucket of drinking water. Govt. provide water for 1-2 hours daily and it is up
to the individual to accumulate the water within this time frame else you are
doomed for the day. Alternatively you can arrange for your own water by digging
the land and it’s your luck is in your side, you can find ground water easily:). Ground water has gone
down from most part of India. PAY from your own pocket to arrange for clean and
drinking water.
Traffic – I have written a whole article on Traffic just
look for tag “Life in Metro”.
Sanitation – Just look around you and you will realize what
I mean. India is a big dump yard and everyone is free to dump anything
anywhere. Govt. Officials, officially create open dump yards road side. You
have open sewage system, polybags can be found everywhere, and biological waste
can be seen roadsides.
Corruption – This is the root cause of most of other issues
in India. Most people are corrupt, some willingly some due to conditions. No
one likes to give bribes but this has to change from top and not bottom. Bottom
will automatically be correctly if it comes from top.
Electricity – You are lucky if you are residing in the part
of India where you get 10 or more hours of uninterrupted electricity. Most
people in India either install their own power generators or power backup
invertors for continue supply of electricity. Again you pay from your own pocket
to producing your own electricity.
Roads & Infrastructure – Potholes everywhere. It is a
dream to have smooth drive in India and people take it as surprise if you have
smooth drives. Insufficient public transport system. Should people in India start building
their own roads?
Safety & Security – What is security and safety? Ask a
lady walking down a busy street at 7PM New Delhi. Open any day, any Newspaper,
and it won’t take you even a minute to realize security and safety of Indian citizens.
If you are in trouble and dial “100”
number (Emergency Number in India), you are in pure luck if someone pick up
your call and even if they pick up your call, there is no guarantee, and you
will be responded well.
Social Security – There is no personal and physical security
so doesn’t even think about social security.
So basically, after paying heavy taxes you will not get back
much from govt. You are your own; continue donating your hard earned money for
our MPs/MLA’s luxuries. On the other side manage your own education,
healthcare, safety, worry about your water & produce your own electricity,
manage your own traffic, clean your own cities, “Infect you have TRUE freedom and democracy to thrive”.
PS: This is pretty negative article and you might be
thinking I’ve written only bad about India and Indian. But these are facts and
we’ve to accept is boldly and do something about it to bring changes into the
society and in govt. system. Sure there are many good things about “Incredible
India” which I will cover some other day.
