Indian National Character

Reading this title I know you must be thinking this is going to be one of those articles stereotyping Indian culture, men, women, children and making funny generalizations of all things Indian. However, I would like to take a slightly different approach while still brushing upon these topics for debate. Think of me as an explorer who is going on a journey to find the roots of present issues in order to face future challenges.

Now imagine India is an actual person. She was born, flourished into this beautiful woman before she found herself ruled by others who did not have her best interest at heart. She managed to break free of their rule, struggled on her own for a while and is just now starting to realize the meaning of her independence. Like with any other person the events of her life have left their reflection on her character. Now how can she have a character? Every new generation is different. There is a constant rush of new blood in her; she must be changing; she is, but not completely; When each new generation comes it inherits some of its predecessors values, beliefs, perceptions...this is called collective memory; but it also brings new thought processes, new vision and ideas...this is called regeneration.

Contrary to the popular saying when life throws you lemons you don’t make a lemonade, you adjust. If I can think of a single word to define India’s character that would be it - adjusting. Examples of this behaviour are found everywhere around us - from sharing a room with 5 people to accommodating odd work timings, from navigating the crazy Delhi traffic to living abroad following all the rules without fail. Most of the time it is this adjusting nature that helps us survive in all types of conditions. But at the end of the day that is exactly what we are doing - surviving, when we should be living. I think this is a prevailing trait in nations that have experienced a prolonged foreign rule - the feeling of helplessness, the feeling you can’t influence your government, so why bother? Democracy in India is not a thing we do only once in 5 years. It is our right and responsibility to change the status quo every day. We don’t even need to rely on the government to do it for us every time. You think the area in front of your shop is dirty, then clean it, put a nice dust bin and who knows you might even see an increase in customers. Now we are coming to another Indian trait ; that of a top-down hierarchy. “The reason I won’t clean the area around my shop is because it is beneath my stature. After all, people will assume that I am a street sweeper rather than the shop keeper. No, I would rather sit surrounded by garbage and adjust.“ So obsessed are we with our social stature that dignity of labor is not even a topic for debate. That is not the voice of the future. We should have realised by now that honest work doesn’t bring you down, if anything it raises you up.

Making the world a bit more beautiful through your actions is admirable, inspiring others to do the same even more so. But in order to lead you need to stand up for what you believe. You need to do what is right according to you no matter how it might be perceived initially. Are we too afraid to be different? Are we too much of a collective society to be seen as individuals? Because honestly speaking being in a group or part of a faceless crowd feels safer. The only time it is socially acceptable to stand out is when you are displaying your success - be it flaunting flashy labels or spending all our savings on an extravagant wedding. I believe as a very wise idiot once said we should be chasing after excellence instead. It might not improve people’s perceptions about us but it will improve our quality of life. Now what is more important?

But India is starting to mature now and slowly coming to some realizations. She is waking up from the ecstatic trance of the acquired independence. India is now planning her future, considering her priorities, taking responsibility for herself and putting forward uncomfortable topics for debate. India is her people. And it is these people who need to change for democracy in India to improve. We are the ones with the power to change our lives for the better. Not settle or adjust but carve new pathways where none exist. Face the issues we are having as a society but take responsibility for solving them individually. Imagine what we can achieve - a true civil society that cares about how it is being governed. The time has now come to change the “cursing the darkness” attitude with  the “lighting the candle” motion.

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