{"id":3234,"date":"2011-07-04T06:55:16","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T01:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=3234"},"modified":"2011-07-04T07:11:12","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T01:41:12","slug":"trust-the-real-reason-why-indians-dont-board-flights-properly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2011\/philosophy\/trust-the-real-reason-why-indians-dont-board-flights-properly.html\/","title":{"rendered":"Trust – The real reason why Indians don’t board flights properly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much has been made of the inability of Indians to follow instructions while boarding a flight. Just yesterday, an article in the New York Times used it as a symbol of how Indians are inherently selfish<\/a> and disregard rules without caring about the common good. Having seen this first hand, I can attest to the truth of this. We are without doubt, the worst boarders of flights in the world.<\/p>\n

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But I disagree that it’s because we can’t or don’t want to follow instructions. Indians behave just fine when abroad. When boarding a flight which has non Indians or westerners on it, they stick to the rules as scrupulously as anyone else. When on foreign soil and amongst foreigners, they don’t jump queues or disregard rules. They do it only<\/em> when they’re surrounded by other Indians. And many Indians are relieved when they come abroad that people follow the traffic laws and that order is maintained in general. So it’s not that Indians don’t like regulations. They love it when everyone else is following them and they don’t mind doing the same.<\/p>\n

And here’s the crux. The real<\/em> reason why Indians don’t follow rules in the presence of other Indians is that we don’t trust our countrymen to follow them! Following rules is good only when everyone around you is doing the same. It’s nice to stand in a line knowing that your turn will come only as long as you have faith that others won’t jump the queue. It’s the same with traffic rules. If you’re the only guy on the road scrupulously driving within the lanes and following every rule to the “T,” you’re at a massive disadvantage. When you don’t trust others to behave properly, there’s no incentive for you to do so.<\/p>\n

This is the secret of the Indian’s refusal to follow rules and behave in a dignified way. Which is why the same<\/em> person when abroad will behave in one way, but when they return to their homeland, they adopt a different behavior. We have a very low opinion of other Indians and when we’re in a group, we sink to the lowest common denominator in our own minds.<\/p>\n

This is quite sad really because it’s a self reinforcing mindset. Say you have a set of Indians who all<\/em> would like to follow rules, not jump queues, and board flights in a dignified manner. If they don’t trust each other to behave properly, they will all break the rules at the same time<\/em> since the last one to behave properly loses. Then they come away satisfied that their analysis of their countrymen was correct.<\/p>\n

If my analysis is correct, it’s time to stop beating on Indians for being inherently uncivilized, rude, or disregardful of rules. We’d like to not be like that. And when we’re in a society where we know others behave properly, we do the same, reap the benefits, and thank our luck for being amongst such nice people. But when we don’t trust the people around us, we turn into the kind of obnoxious jerks we all like to think Indians really are.<\/p>\n

So it comes down to how we view ourselves. As long as we think in terms of “Indians are like this” or “Indians are like that,” it will become a self enforcing idea. When sufficient people change and start having a better view of our fellow men, then things will improve. But it’s not easy. Someone has to take the first step after all and be punished for it. I guess we just need to give it time. A lot<\/em> of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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