India is a country that is thriving to get out of the “developing” tag to “developed” tag. But old habits die hard. Unless we make sure we have the basic civic sense to live and let others live in this god’s (??) country, I doubt if we can get ourselves called as civilized society.

This weekend I have been to Secunderabad Railway station to pick up my folks coming from our native (another favorite past time of India, will cover it in another post later on), I was there on time, but the train that brings them is late by a good 2 hours. I tried to make myself comfortable by buying a newspaper and looking for a place to sit. Here starts my tough time. All the places are decorated by artistic decorations (phew, should I call them pan stains??). Not giving up, I tried at least 20 places unsuccessfully expecting one or the other to be stain free. I ended my exploration on a neatly mowed grass lawn. But Alas, the guy who sat next to me made me to pardon goddess EARTH for my fellow Indians spewing on the face of her. You know what he done, he just spitting continuously next to me (hardly 1 foot apart) churning out saliva from his mouth just like a soap factory churns out soap from the conveyor belt…

When questioned, he put a strange face that read as if “Care a damn”…yes, I do care..

I have seen folks in western countries do this too..but, never seen this where generations after generations continue this as if it is their culture to SPIT…There are umpteen laws asking us to keep our city clean and also fining for littering and spitting. It’s not laws that we need to prevent people from not doing all these things. They hardly make a difference. It is attitude and realization among the citizens that such an act is not worthy of being called as a civilized one. Sadly I just can’t think of a better way to let a person know that it’s a bad thing, than to tell him on face…

God, please make this country for you and us a better place to live…Amen.