Happy Dusherra! Hope this festival kills all the evil spirits and brings even more peace, happiness and prosperity in our lives. But I increasing feel there’s a burning need to burn the Ravanas we have been nurturing inside and around us for quite some time now.. more than just a symbolic show off - in the form of burning effigies of evils every year. Let's have a commitment with ourselves this time round and shall work towards uprooting these devils in and around us which're depriving us from growing up as a human being, as a professional and as a nation. As an Indian (and as a good human being above all) I shall be working on my below-mentioned weaknesses with immediate effect which would take me and my country forward and reclaim its greatness rather than not just referring to it in the books of history.1. Overcome our aggression and develop more patience. We’ll save our energies, that we waste by losing temper while dealing in public and on the roads, for constructive things. We can be polite yet assertive.
2. Fight corruption. This is the cancer of our society. It can be eradicated with collective efforts only and each of us need to take this responsibility, and need to be vocal when we come across any instances of corruption in our daily life.
3. Courteousness. Honking on the roads, using disgraceful language in our day-to-day endeavors are two grey areas that could be immediately whitewashed. Even a dog doesn’t bark without any reason.
4. Let’s cultivate more professionalism. Better professionals mean more productivity. Let’s be punctual and do out piece of job diligently. That’s it and our country progresses by leaps and bounds.
5. Let’s get rid of cynicism. 'Never say what country has given us rather say what I’ve done for the country' says a great nationalist. We should carry out our day-to-day endeavors by analyzing how it’d help our country to go forward. Let’s not exchange national interest for 'my pocket', 'my assets' and 'my folks'.
6. Honesty. Honesty is the best policy in all the endeavors that we undertake during the day. Practising honesty is a win-win situation for all us as individual and as a nation.
7. Cleanliness. We’ve to work very seriously on this and the steps to be taken are very simple – just think before throwing/spitting carelessly anywhere – and soon we’ll find that all the streets and public places are clean like sparkle.
8. Ownership. It’s my country – this sense of belongingness is lost somewhere and we need to rejuvenate it. India is a great nation and the biggest democracy with integrity in diversity, and we should be very proud of it.
-Bete Noire
