Why Money Can't Buy CIVIC SENSE ? India VS Singapore

In India, space missions are made, bullet trains are made, but basic civic sense... Hey, uncle! It's written in the mantras, not in the muthralas! And maybe that's why today it seems that it's very important to talk about this topic. In the pictures of freedom... The best place to see these creatures is Delhi Metro. The best place to see these creatures is Delhi Metro. What did America say? What are you? Today I say, what are you? Just think, a ticket for 2000 rupees in an AC train. On the first day, everything is sparkling clean. After two weeks, scratches on the screen, tray table broken, window loose. Five stains on the footpath, garbage. Tejas Express, someone stole headphones.

Do you remember that viral video where people were pulling free yoga mats on Yoga Day? Meaning, what's the need to snatch anything that's free? And then Twitter explodes. Indians do not deserve good things. CCTV videos of people who spit and fight in the metro are viral. And then I wonder, why are we like this? You see, our upbringing teaches us one thing. Don't touch the garbage. Mom will clean it. From childhood, we are told not to clean, not to take responsibility. So what do we learn? Simple, it's not my job. And now it's not just about individuals, but our collective Indian value has become. We are the same country that calls the river as mother and puts plastic bottles, washing powder in the same river.

We worship Ganga and we are seavage in her. We claim to love Mother India and then we make that Mother India dirty. What is this guy doing? Bro, come out, I saw something wrong. Come out. Come out. People say that uneducated people do this. Absolutely wrong. Go to posh areas. South Delhi, Bandra, Gurgaon, you will find all the garbage everywhere. The problem is not education, the problem is ownership. Think, if you are a tenant and the door of the house breaks, do you fix it yourself? No, you wait for the landlord. Because in your head, it's not your house. For 200 years, we were ruled by the British. So we never learned ownership. Subconsciously, we feel that this is not our country.

So why should we do the cleaning? Do you remember the CCTV footage? A man started his Bluetooth speaker in the plane. This is not just one incident, there are many more. Because of this, the image has become very bad all over the world. Do you remember Lagaan? When Captain Russell says, you will always bow down. And Bhuvan replies, we are not the people who give up. In the movie, we fought for dignity. But today in reality, we are losing to the world with our own actions. Bali, Dubai, Singapore, everywhere the bad reputation of Indians is getting viral. And the stereotype has become that Indians are dirty. Indians break the rules. And this is the problem.

We are proving that stereotype right. Watch this video where people are dancing in the airplane to make reels. And the whole flight is getting disturbed. And then the world thinks when will they improve? A simple question. Where there is already dirt, why do people put more dirt there? And where there is clean, why do people keep it clean? The answer is simple. Monkey see, monkey do. We are homo sapiens. We are tribal. We copy what others do. When one person spits on the road, dozens follow. When one person follows rules, suddenly everyone follows. One person does, the other follows. It's not a civic sense problem. It's a culture problem. Quick story. Three years ago, my niece Sumira brought a puppy.

Earlier, he used to pee everywhere in the house. He didn't have a sense of good or bad behavior. But then we trained him. We rewarded him when he did the right thing. Positive reinforcement. And when he did wrong, we scolded him and punished him. That is negative reinforcement. Now think in the context of India. We reward the civic sense. But do we punish wrong behavior? No. Take the example of traffic police. Don't wear a helmet. Give 100 rupees and leave. Negative reinforcement fails. Because the price of breaking the rules is cheaper than following them. Remember that drunk passenger who urinated on a lady in the flight? He got fined. But did actual punishment happen? No.

That's why someone repeats it again tomorrow. Singapore is the opposite. If you spit in public places, you will get a fine of 300 dollars. Swingums illegal. The punishment there is so strong that the culture has changed. In India, fine is equal to tea. Let's take the example of Japan. They give brums to small children in school. They have to clean their own class and toilet. Why? Because they are taught from a young age that this is your space. And now it is your responsibility to keep this place clean. In India, it is the opposite. They say from the age of 55, don't touch the garbage. The maid will clean it. The result is that children grow up and throw garbage on the railway tracks.

They scratch the seats and urinate on the road. Because in their head, it's never their responsibility. The truth is that this is not a government problem. Nor is it a society problem. This is your problem. Because culture is made of individuals. The ocean is made up of drops. So if you are waiting for someone else to come and clean India, then sorry, this time, mummy is not coming. It has to start with you. It is difficult to control 140 crore people. But one person can control himself. And when one person does not do the garbage, then the next 10 people are forced to think. I should not do it either. This is where culture is made.

This is what Singapore did. This is what Japan did. And we can do the same. Because the real pride for the country is not to flag wave on Independence Day. The real pride is not to throw that flag on the road the next morning. So next time when you say India is great, then ask yourself once. Do you truly believe in your country or not? Or are you still waiting for the landlord to come and fix the broken door? Civic sense is not a law. Civic sense is a culture. And culture starts with yourself. When you take responsibility yourself. And you have to keep your country clean, thinking it is your home. Thank you for watching.