CULTURE IS CULTURE

INDIAN CULTURE:
Last week I happen to meet on Professor of Delhi University while waiting for the Baripada Bhubaneswar super fast express at Balasore Railway platform. As usual I had reached the station earlier. We had discussions on varieties of topics when the soft speaking Prof suddenly got agitated when he noticed people going to the other side of the platform to board the train. The stoppage time was only two minutes. The day being a Monday there was unusual rush at the platform. He told me “as Indians we have different cultures and language in twenty eight different states and seven union territories but there are distinct Indian cultures in every part of India.”
‘Such as’-
“I think you know it, it has become a national culture!”
‘But you have traveled more than me all over the globe, hence you can enlighten me.’
“1: Ready to pay for any thing or every thing but for health they want it free.2: Ready to give you advice on any thing and every thing.3: Not concerned about others 4: Talking unnecessarily over mobile phones.5: Throwing garbage in side the train be it Baripada express or Rajdhani express.6: Boarding the train from the wrong side as these people are doing at the moment.
He paused. Why not make it ten, I intervened.
“You add another three” he said smilingly.
Why three will add four. Mine four will be 1: Blowing car or scooter horn every secong.2.Corruption/bribing in every field 3.Eating any thing and every thing in train but using mineral water.4: Males urinating in open space under public view.
“But we have hundreds of good thing about our true culture”-said the professor.
We had hearty laughter and parted as the train entered the platform.