Conversations at a coffee shop.

So today, a conversation with a friend of mine and two other ladies got me thinking. We were talking about how easy life is abroad and how life is in India. A lot of people who have lived abroad and come back to India find a glaring change in the attitudes of people towards rules and regulations. We just don't seem to want to follow rules. Even if we want to, we can't because nobody else does. A simple example my friend gave was about traffic. Even if we want to follow rules and drive as we're actually supposed to, we cannot, because then we wouldn't get anywhere!!!! So, we end up having to bend the rules a little bit.

This has got to change, right? I mean, even if we want to do things the right way, we can't. I like what one of the ladies said, that to change things here, we first have to become a goonda to get rid of all the goondas. Well, that defeats the whole purpose then!!! And how can we guarantee that the supposed "good goondas" don't abuse their power and then its the same thing all over again. A vicious circle!

Well, then what? Can we as individuals do anything about it? Or do we just take the best way out and go stay somewhere else and come to India once a year for a holiday? But if all of us do that, then how can we change things? Well, of course this is something to think about only if we want to see some change in how things work here. For those who don't, I'd advise you to not even bother with this post!! :-) But for us weird creatures who actually care a damn, what can we do other than join politics, the dirty business? The only thing I can think of is to slowly be the change that we want to see. I know, things will not change in a day, maybe not even in the next couple of years. But, they will. At least, I live with the hope that they will!