Is it ever possible t to keep Indians away from the follwing offensive habits?

Question

1.picking their noses in public.2.scratching their balls(men of course) in public.3Breaking the queue as they please.4.Talking loudly in public places.5.Spitting where they please.6.Eating with their mouths open.7.Rude behaviour all the time on streets and everywhere.8.Staring at foreigners.9Throwing garbage in the house of neighbours and public places as they choose.10.Lack of interest in others and public causes.

Answer 1

Ja, as with any other bunch of people. Train them while they are still young.

Answer 2

Picking Noses, Spitting, Littering around in public places, throwing garbage, braking queues - Enforce a law and prosecute them when caught...

Eating with mouths wide open, lack of interest in others and public causes are pretty rare scenes and secondly they are things that don't disturb others. So let them live it it. It's their personal preference.

Staring at foriegners - Again a rare scene that doesn't harm anyone.

Rude behaviour - People don't just come down to you and behave rudely do they. never experienced such thing. Every one's busy with his own stuff.

Talking loudly on public places - Again a rare scene. They can be prosecuted of they exceed the limits of noise pollution.

Out of all the pictures that you have mentioned, the only logical portions were the ones I stated in the first para. All the rest are very rare scenes. Seems you wanna impose your personal preferences into the mass...

:-)

Answer 3

I dont think all of these habits are bad...
Don't you clean your nose????...if some dirt gets into it in public or you realise it in public then u SHOULD dig it in public....it will be worse if you keep it unclean

And i dont think talking loudly in public is a bad manner...if i have committed no offense or crime then why should i talk secretly in a low voice

As for your last problem, anyone;s interest is his/her individual choice.....you cant force anyone to develop an interest in a particular field....u cant become a doctor when you are interested in journalism

As for the littering habit, i completely agree with you....i think it can only be prevented by creating a sense of cleanliness and hygiene right from the childhood

Bye.

Answer 4

Hi Prasad,
your points to Improve indian habits are really tough. i dont know why they dont have these civic senses. and most surprising is this that they are not ashamed for what they are doing !!
It is possible, if all the people , who have this sense,do something in a big way , like a rally , a march, putting requests on every house, by pasting them or handed over to them personally.
But i think , if the ruling party in each state, make the general people understand, by placing some rules,and if it is not maintained, to charge a sufficient amount from that person. But the problem in India is the ruling party members are unrully.....
so either you have to overlook or you have to protest with the help of the authority, or close your eyes and and carry on.....

Answer 5

We have to teach this manners at the early stage. Parents and Teachers are the key persons to do that. Civic bodies should impose severe penalty for breaking the rules. In Kerala, the government banned smoking in public places. It is working, at least some of them are scared of the fine.Now spitting on the street is an offence. Not 100%, but a major number respect this changes. Next person should react immediately.

Answer 6

Dear Mr.Prasad,

I think this debate is on for quite some time now. It is possible to change the behavioural patterns. Remember there are many who think like you. This class also have a problem, they feel that they are perfect and it is for others to change.

Each one who thinks that others should change should transform themselves to the required level and be an example. Educate others by through their act.

All it takes is a simple realisation that every one has right to live in peace and in friendly neighbourhood. All sorts of outings should be pleasant experiences for everyone.

If I wish that some thing is good for me, I should also realise that it should not cause inconvenience to others.

One can always argue that we should have stringent laws and enforcement to curb this. No doubt fear can control, it will be a continuous exercise. Discipline is best brought about with realisation of its importance and change of attitude as that will be a permanent change.

Trust All who read your question will try to mend their behaviour where required.

Answer 7

You can't label Indians only with such in-civil habits. Have you seen the African nationals or some areas of the Gulf, the ghettos in New Orleans or so many other poorer under-developed countries. You are only generalising by observing the people in some areas of India. If you are trying to project yourself as a better or a perfect person I must say you have failed miserably.

Answer 8

Indians will be Indians wherever we are slave for one or the other things.be it habit ,people, culture or accepting.
The only way to educate our people to keep away from offencive habits is just start educating them that foreigners don't do this and they will learn and understand faster than telling them not to do it.
I have experience's of people who have all the offencive habits before they have been to abroad and once they were back they were full equipped with manners.

Start educating mannrism at school at early age at the same time educating parents for better.

Answer 9

at least I have an answer for the 2 which is Yes.
India is a tropical country--hot and humid so we sweat a lot and the overcrowding everywhere adds to it further. Also,we use a lot of water for most of our private-parts washing.As a result of which our groin-areas remain moist for most of the times which becomes a fertile-ground for fungal-infections to occur. When this becomes established, it gives rise to itchy-groins and THUS TO THE SCRATCHING IN PUBLIC MOST OF THE TIMES. Now coming to the solutions (preventive):
-do not wear your undies immediately after the bath but only after the private-parts have been dried.
-always take a 2nd bath in the late-evenings with a herbal-soap containing Neem which is mildly Anti-fungal which will not allow the fungus gathered during the day to establish.
-wear loose-clothings for the night for proper aeration like lungi,dhoti,cotton track-suits, cotton pyjamas etc.
Of course, it goes without saying that the existing fungal-infection has to be treated first with an appropriate anti-infective cream.
In fact, your question should have been framed looking for solutions for each,individually.

Answer 10

Plato's ghost has given you a perfect answer. The solution would be to teach the children when they are young because they are the future of India. Also it is not as bad as it was before since there are a lot of people working abroad who have overcome these and are examples to their peers in India who are influenced by them. There are a good many schools yoo polishing a huge no. of students every year. Soon we will overcome this embarrassment of ours as we are doing in every other field.

Cheer up!

Answer 11

It is possible when this is taken as school level.
Further more penal measures are to be devised
The persons who indulge such habits are to be criticised openly
The younger generation should be aware of this and should not do these things thereby setting a role model to future generations
May be it a slow but a sustainable process