We Indians love God & Procrastination...

Curtains, lights & a female voice in the background.

That huge happy feeling you get while in a concert. I attended one recently. It was a tribute concert for the 1st superstar of Bollywood - Rajesh Khanna.

Such a big event, an international singer, housefull hall & well known personalities from Gujarat. So?? Well, it still started off with a prayer. I could see most of us with joined hands while the prayer played in the background.

Alright then, Number 1 : We always follow the tradition of remembering God before everything that we do ...

Number 2 : We Indians are super punctual (Sarcasm intended). Just another thing I noticed during the concert! It was supposed to begin at 9:30 PM, but as usual, as per the rule, following the 'Indian Time', it began at 10:00 PM. No wonder!!!

But then its a circle. There's a circle to everything that happens.

From the trains to concerts, nothing happens on time. Keeping aside those professionals who begin their business meetings on dot time (I have witnessed quite  few).

Trust me, in my 22 years of life, I have never seen a train arrive on time EVER!

So what's with things not happening on time?

We are very intelligent people. Lets take the concert for example :

The organizers knew that people won't show up on time, so they started off late. While on the other side, people knew that the concert won't start on time, so they arrived late. And stuck in between were those punctual people. They had to pay a price to come early by waiting for those OH-SO-NOT-PUNCTUAL people to arrive & the concert to begin.

I was wondering, just a passing thought...

if people arrived on time, would the concert begin on time?

Frankly, I don't think so! I could still see people on stage making arrangements in a hurry.

So basically nobody is to be blamed. Its the mentality that needs to change. Nobody will go around asking you to change. It can only happen if it comes from the inside.We also don't value time when it comes to informal meetings/activities. 

"I need to get my clothes from the dry cleaner right now? Forget it, I'll get them tomorrow"

All of this leads to what? Procrastination!

So what ? Big Deal? Everybody has flaws, so do we INDIANS!

Conclusion : We are not punctual & we procrastinate. We strongly believe that its one life we get, meant to enjoy. So we eat tummy full, enjoy the last bit of everything, stay merry & leave the world with worries of counting our flaws.

Still proud to be an Indian :)