Zebra crossing ...Copied systems and India

I think it was in 2^nd standard social science that we were taught about how to cross roads. You would get full marks if you filled in the blank “Always cross roads from a Zebra Crossing". In real life though there were hardly any zebra crossing to be seen. Even if they were around no one ever crossed from them. It was here in Melbourne I came across a ZC and stood there for the incoming car to pass. The car stopped before the ZC waiting for me to cross. Hmm for the first time I saw how ZC works. Enlightened .....on my recent trip to India…. I stopped before a ZC in CP…. My dad told me it was a bad Idea but anyways…. The stream of people that started to cross just did not stop…. I stood there for 10mins before my dad persuaded me to almost run people down…. Ah well India “kabhi nahi sudhrega” (India will never change) was my comment…. But then ZC was never designed for India… It was designed for countries with less population and roads with less traffic…. Like so many things… we copied the ZC concept from the modern gora sahib…

From our structure of governance…. To our education framework..…. Our justice system… our bureaucracy….. All are imported… I cant tell between a district magistrate and district collector then how would a simple farmer understand it ….But we all understand the concept of panchayat …. It’s a system designed by us for us and it works like a charm….

The selling point for these systems is “This is how they do it in America/UK/Germany/France” yeah of course almighty Americans know what is good for us…. And when they don’t work here we blame the Indians…. Of course the American system cannot have any problems it must be us

Its introducing spoon, fork n knife in a cuisine designed to be savored by hand….Trying to fit middle aged aunties into jeans over the sari that’s designed for their body shape and life style…..

Define your problems and seek solutions based on your ground realities India…. Instead of blindly running to be the west….

Indian film industry seems to have the right idea… They may be loud…cheap…tacky ….repetitive but they are original… They are designed for the masses of India based on their entertainment needs… And the world noticed from Iran to Malaysia Indian movies rule. Think India Think.