I found this article on the net very interesting. Its about time everyone followed this advise, hence is reproduced here.If you think you can't think, this is not meant for you.

TO ALL INDIANS WHO THINK

YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke,
the airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.

YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.
YOU say, say and say.
What do YOU do about it?

Take a person on his way to Singapore.
Give him a name - YOURS.
Give him a face - YOURS.
YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International
best.In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or
eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground Links as they are.

You pay $5 (approx. Rs.60) to drive through Orchard road (equivalent
of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 pm. YOU comeback to
the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in
a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status
identity.

In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU?

YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramzan, in Dubai.
YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah.
YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in
London at 10 pounds (Rs.500) a month to, "see to it that my STD and ISD
calls are billed to someone else."

YOU would not dare to speed in Washington and then tell the traffic
cop, "Jaanta hai sala main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am
so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost."

YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the
garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand.
Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo? Why don't YOU use
examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston? We are
still talking of the same YOU.

YOU who can respect and confirm to a foreign system in other countries
but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on
the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved
and appreciative citizen in an alien country why cannot you be the same
here in India.

Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of
Bombay Mr.Tinaikar had a point to make. "Rich people's dogs are
walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the
place," he said. "And then the same people turn around to criticize and
blame
the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they
expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their
dog feels the pressure in his bowels? In America every dog owner has to
clean up after his pet as done the job Same in Japan. Will the
Indian citizen do that here?" He's right. We go to the polls to choose a
government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back
wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything
for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the
government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all
over
the place nor are we going to stoop to pick up a stray piece of paper
and throw it in the bin.

We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going
to learn the proper use of bathrooms. We want Indian Airlines and Air
India to provide the best of food and toilettries but we are not
going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the
staff who are known not to pass on the service to the public. When it
comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry,
girl child and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and
continue to do the reverse at home.

Our excuse? "It's the whole system which has to change, how will it
matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry."
So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of?

Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, Other
households, other cities, other communities and the government. But
definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a
positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with
our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries
far away and wait for a Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us
with a majestic sweep of his hand.

Or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by
our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their
system.

When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England
experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf.
When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought
home by the Indian government.

After a six - month holiday during which derogatory comments about
India and Indians are made and sheepishly accepted, we are ready to
leave for Australia because their old age benefits and pension
schemes are very lucrative. Bribery, tax evasion, unlicensed business,
unethical practices, etc. has not reached the same dimensions anywhere as
it
has in India, thanks to each citizen's sense of involvement with the
country.

Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the

system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.

Dear Indians,

The article is highly thought inducive,calls for a great deal of
introspection and pricks one's conscience too....I am echoing
J.F.Kennedy's words to his fellow Americans to relate to
Indians.....

"ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHAT
AMERICA IS TODAY" Lets do what India needs from us.
Let the Strength and Courage help you to do WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR GREAT COUNTRY.