Email Address: amrish@amrishmishra.com
First Name: Amrish Mishra
Address: 80 Vidya Vihar, West Enclave, Pitam Pura, Delhi
requirement: Hi,
so many issues surrounding us. ……… These appear very petty and
small issues, but in totality, the overall effect of these problems
is very big.
Don’t you think that issues like : Wazirabad bus tragedy,
Hundreds of Blueline deaths, soil erosion, Mumbai flood, even Jessica Lall
case etc., could be avoided ? The very small seeds of these big
problems are small issues like :
Poor civic & traffic sense, road rage, chaos on roads, encroachments,
poor manners, poor etiquettes - littering, spitting etc. in these we
Indians are leading the world.
While we certainly are proud of our heritage, culture, history and our
current growth story in the world, we, as a mature society, should
also acknowledge the fact that we are - in many areas - far behind even
small countries and societies.
How many times you have felt while on tour to a foreign destination –
not just USA or Europe, but even Indonasia or Singapore , that they
are superior to us not only in infrastructure but also in social and
road manners etc ?
Or how many times you have felt ashamed in front of a foreigner
visiting a tourist place India when you see someone jumping a red light,
spitting, pushing in train, littering, defecating, etc ?
These problems are not because of money, these are because they have
gone deep in to our society’s blood.
For example, no one among us would go in temple with shoes on ……
that’s deeply embedded in our blood.
But we so often :
Jump traffic signals…
Do not give way to ambulances....
Pedestrians cross roads on surface, right above the subways…
Affluent families leave their garbage & food packets behind after a
picnic at India Gate …….
Do not respect a Q in public places …..
Do not give way/seat to elders/handicapped ?
See a open manhole and just ignore it till someone dies
See a pole in the middle of road and are frustrated but can’t do
anything and just pass through it…….
Is there any justification for the above? As I said, money is not the
only issue in these problems.
The problem is that : we are not even aware of them while doing, or are
too selfish or pre-occupied among ourselves……… or feel
frustrated …..that what can we do as an individual ?.
Its high time we guys do something about the problems which probably no
one is looking at in our country. For other problems, we have so
many NGOs etc, but for the following, I propose and invite like minded
people to form a Society for Promotion of Etiquettes, Civic & Traffic
Sense
we would create awareness for these issues, including :
Life threatening and safety issues in public areas
Environmental concerns, shall encourage tree plantation etc.
Promote Civic sense.
Traffic Sense
Any other issue in public interest which you may suggest
Lets do our little bit for the issues we feel about…..
Together we can do so much ……. Even if we start contributing
one hour a week… we can achieve something ! Results would encourage
us to give more … !
And so much satisfaction that : ‘we left this earth a little better
than what it was when we were born ‘
Please send your feedback :
·
What you feel about it ?
Any name which gives an idea of the organisation goals?
· Do you know about anyone or any NGO doing such work ?
· Any Ideas : how to go about it
· Please forward this email to anyone you think would be
concerned …. I wish this snowball to be an avalanche !
Issued in personal and public interest by :
Amrish Mishra
Delhi
Email : amrish@amrishmishra.com
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