Optimism-A diminishing quality?
The first post is always scary... I mean for a non-blogger like me, who was happily content in expressing her views through the medium of paper, it is indeed scary...So until this morning, I never had the intention of creating a blog. But a dear friend of mine suggested (forced would be more appropriate) that I should, and here I am, with little idea as to what I'm really doing.
Just yesterday, as I was browsing through the pages of an acclaimed newspaper, I read an interesting article by a journalist expressing skepticism regarding Prime Minister Modi's 'Clean India' campaign. Then I wondered, have we all become so jaded that we can't appreciate even the few good initiatives that are taken by our government? Agreed, politics in India can be compared to a dirty swamp filled with ogres and trolls, but how is our attitude going to help the existing senario?
It is very easy to be a hypocrite, but it's difficult to acknowledge the truth. Which is, our thoughts and our beliefs too play a vital role in shaping the whole outlook about our country.. We need to learn to appreciate all that we have, rather than focus on all that we don't. Corruption won't be rooted out of India in a matter of a few years, its a stark reality which we need to accept and try to progressively deal with it, than attacking it all at once..
It is very sad to see that movies like 'Slumdog Millionaire' go on to win Oscars, while movies like 'Swades' are declared a flop. It shows that a large number of people are willing to look at the negative aspects of our country rather than ackowledging the positives.. Why have we become like this?
If we do not believe in our nation, then it's downright stupid to expect the rest of the world to do that.
We have a lot of problems. Big deal. Maybe things won't change. Big deal. But with cynicism in our minds, we lose the fight even before it starts. I'm not suggesting that we need to do big changes. A simple act as picking up a broom would suffice....
