We as Indians are used to compromise in life.We have innate sense of being adjustable , as a race Indians are very adjustable.We use the word "adjustable" very easily.We do this when we seek a job, arranged marriages, children, behavior of others towards us.I was just thinking if this makes us susceptible to lower standards ,when we should be seeking greatness.We see that we tend to become lazy in our self behavior and expect the same from others.In professional life too we have constraints of behaving well and accepting nonsense as we are bound by protocols and its too common in India to accept the unacceptable.
I just decided this week to raise my voice now onwards if find anything odd or don't like.I recently got into a dialogue with someone where i was told "i must suffer from inferiority complex".I was amazed at this.The reason was i didnot seek something which eveyone looks for "gaadi ,banglaa and paise"(i do like good life, just don't make it all important).I am still grappling with this amazing deduction the other person came up with , the reason was my decline to move to USA and getting married to a non IIT and IIM guy.If only life was that simple, where we deduced people's character based on these simple things.I was being pompous in my greatness of my goodness.It was a fast crash to earth.Also, obviously made me wonder on few past decisions. Umm..i am human ,what can i say.
Even in relationships i have seen some friends personally compromising a lot as according to them being female is all about sacrifice.I am amazed at such self professed theory.In India a female from any strata of sphere is told to be subservient, we do all the festivals where we worship husband.But, is the other way around true as well? Do, we really believe that "swalpa adjust maddi" as they say in Bangalore a real mantra to live by? I think social demons need to be voiced and we should be strong enough to maintain dignity when dealing with social morons.
