A Belgian friend of mine asked, "Why people in India don't keep their own city clean?". It took me a moment, and I responded. I said "People in India are divided in 3 categories, the literate, illiterate and the educated illiterate. The literates try there best to keep the city clean, illiterate doesn't, and educated illiterate, are literates who have given up being literates and mixing up with majority to become educated illiterate who don't care to keep the city clean, like the illiterate.
To begin with the meaning of word literate, as per Dictionary.com is as below:
literate
adjective
1. able to read and write.
2. having or showing knowledge of literature, writing, etc.; literary; well-read.
3. characterized by skill, lucidity, polish, or the like: His writing is literate but cold and clinical.
4. having knowledge or skill in a specified field: Is she computer literate? The boss needs a computer‐literate assistant.
5. having an education; educated.
noun
6. a person who can read and write.
7. a learned person.
"A person who can read and write." What did we learn in school or when we were young? I am sure everyone was taught cleanliness, why it is important, etc. Then as a literate we are supposed to keep our cities, streets, surroundings clean. Yes we do keep it clean, but there are other lot of people who simply don't care about cleanliness, and litter everywhere. In the end the literates end up littering too.
Lets assume for instance, you are the one who always comes and follows all traffic rules, but then at one signal/intersection, you see every one jumping the lights, and that happens everyday, and you are the one always stopping to follow the traffic rules, and others are honking at you, abusing you to move. Then comes a day wen you say, "I had enough, who cares about the traffic rules.", and then you too jump the lights. That is how the literates become the educated illiterates. By the way I am sure I will make a post on people who don't follow traffic rules sooner or latter.
So the fact is everyone just ends up littering their cities, and put the country to shame.
Also, have to agree to another fact that we Indians are selfish, we only care about ourselves, at most for their own family, why care for the city or the country?
I know the literate, illiterate stuff is hard to understand, ... who cares?
Who reads this stuff, ... who cares?
Why waste time on the internet, ... who cares?
Why people are dying of hunger, ... who cares?
When will we care ...
To begin with the meaning of word literate, as per Dictionary.com is as below:
literate
adjective
1. able to read and write.
2. having or showing knowledge of literature, writing, etc.; literary; well-read.
3. characterized by skill, lucidity, polish, or the like: His writing is literate but cold and clinical.
4. having knowledge or skill in a specified field: Is she computer literate? The boss needs a computer‐literate assistant.
5. having an education; educated.
noun
6. a person who can read and write.
7. a learned person.
"A person who can read and write." What did we learn in school or when we were young? I am sure everyone was taught cleanliness, why it is important, etc. Then as a literate we are supposed to keep our cities, streets, surroundings clean. Yes we do keep it clean, but there are other lot of people who simply don't care about cleanliness, and litter everywhere. In the end the literates end up littering too.
Lets assume for instance, you are the one who always comes and follows all traffic rules, but then at one signal/intersection, you see every one jumping the lights, and that happens everyday, and you are the one always stopping to follow the traffic rules, and others are honking at you, abusing you to move. Then comes a day wen you say, "I had enough, who cares about the traffic rules.", and then you too jump the lights. That is how the literates become the educated illiterates. By the way I am sure I will make a post on people who don't follow traffic rules sooner or latter.
So the fact is everyone just ends up littering their cities, and put the country to shame.
Also, have to agree to another fact that we Indians are selfish, we only care about ourselves, at most for their own family, why care for the city or the country?
I know the literate, illiterate stuff is hard to understand, ... who cares?
Who reads this stuff, ... who cares?
Why waste time on the internet, ... who cares?
Why people are dying of hunger, ... who cares?
When will we care ...
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