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India: Moving on from the The root core of this issue seems

to be that many times people opt
to take shortcuts in life and while
‘chalta hai attitude.’ doing so compromise on putting ‘Its better
in the hard yards. To add to that,
living in a country like India
which is so largely populous, it
often happens that people get
away with their casual & laid- to see
back approach due to which the
problem of chaltahaihas become
the fulcrum of our day to day
On the prosperous eve of the turn of events. It is therefore something
Independence Day last year, our
Prime Minister Shri.Narendra Modi this attitude that is plaguing us
backward.
gave a message to the entire nation
to make a shift from ‘chaltahai’ to At an individual level, once than to
‘badalsaktahai’. In a country like India
the attitude of ‘chaltahai’ has been it is instrumental that
quite insidious. It is so extensively we take responsibility hear about it
prominent within our genes that To give a few illustrations; how often & accountability of
invariably or unconsciously it has these days do we find people travelling our own actions &
become a part of our daily lives. in trains without a ticket? The data change our attitude
Today ‘chaltahai’ has become collected by the railways shows & vision towards life. a thousand
quite synonymous with the Indian some staggering numbers. Annually Instead of pointing
people; then be it any sector, in any around 45 million people in the last fingers at others or
part of the country, one finds this four years were found to be travelling the system at large,
we need to first bring
attribute possessed by a majority ticketless. Although measures have been about a change within times’
of the public. Every now and then implemented to curb the issue, it is
people opt to overlook at situations difficult to end the menace completely ourselves.
or procrastinatethem for time being considering the size of our population.
invariably until some disastrous The root cause behind this problem
unprecedented event occurs. It is probably due to these reasons; our Prime Minister gave a call to change our attitude from chaltahai
again lies with the same attitude to badalsaktahai. India on the cusp of development making revolutionary changes, it is imperative
‘chaltahai’. Knowing that it is easier to to change this attitude among public which is directly correlated with the progress. Realizing that
get away on most occasions travelling a certain change in the governance would eventually transpire in the change in attitude among
ticketless, there are numerous people the public, our Prime Minister has rightly led the way in giving a call for a shift in approach from
traveling without one. ‘chaltahai’ to ‘badalsaktahai’. It is the government which needs to be the role model in leading the
way in implementing the measures & simultaneously take stringent action to bring about a change,
as it is rightly said that ‘Fear induces people to act’, thus ultimately making people understand that
anything other than perfection would be unacceptable. This would result in gradual change in attitude
Unfortunately when it comes to our own government the situation isn’t too different .More often than & perception among people in handling tasks in their lives, which can possibly help in drastically
not, it is a common sight to see government officials getting away with sloppy & shoddy work. Today reducing the casual & laid-back approach. Thus as our Prime Minister echoed, we hope that chaltahai
they are perceived to be a symbol of lackluster, insignificance, corruption in our nation. The core to badalsaktahaimaterializes into becoming a reality.
problem with this behavior again lies with the same attitude chaltahai’.
One of the best examples relative with this issue in India is punctuality. How often in our country do
we find a particular event getting delayed? Right from commencement of meetings to arriving at a
destination, delays are a common phenomenon. Not surprisingly somewhere behind all this, things Kaustubh Potdar
are been taken for granted thinking chaltahai.
S.Y.B.A.

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