Friday, January 16, 2009

Always on the edge

It is very common to see Indian's gesticulating angrily. Whether its in the queue to purchase a ticket, or in public transport or on the road. If you speak with any foreigner about their experience with Indian people they will surely use adjectives like, 'calm, hospitable, accepting, pleasant, adjusting' etc. Almost no one will say Indian's are angry people. Genetically we are not angry people, but we still display a lot of anger even in mundane activities.

Let's take a step back and evaluate the anger. Let us suppose that you are standing in line to purchase a rail ticket; there are a lot of other people as well. One smart Alec tries jumping the queue. If he is spotted, people vent their fury in dramatic fashion. The anger displayed is irrationally greater than the nature of the offense. The reason for this is traveling by train is stressful due to the crowds. If a man has to think about something as basic as his commute, he definitely is a stressed being. Over population is taking its toll.

Let's take another step back. We better not be living in the illusion that Indian sperms are more potent, and that is the reason for our population growth. But if society treats procreation as a form of recreation, then we are in trouble. Social studies have indicated lack of education as a significant reason. Illiteracy has been identified as the root to many issues. Thus it needs to be tackled in a huge way.

This is probably too simplistic an explanation of why we are always on the edge.

7 comments:

Psy said...

Its not just the commute, its the water problems at home, the nagging wife, the rat race, the everything.

And everything comes down to the population explosion in India.

randomthoughts said...

well the women can help by not nagging poor husbands ;)
What about the rest of the issues you listed...All real and all deadly with no immediate solution..

randomthoughts said...

the recent violence in Mangalore reiterates the importance of broad based education.

Anonymous said...

why in the world do u think women nag? see ,this is simple, if a guy does something when he is told the 1st 10 times, a woman wont need to repeat herself sternly (wwhich is not nagging) :)
besides, all men just love to take cracks at their wives/gfs.. but you cant live without them.
*i think i won my case* ;)

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