What Can We Do?

As a citizen of India, distressed by the pathetic condition of law and order, education, poverty and corruption, I have been pondering on "What Can I Do?" to make a difference. There are so many people who are illiterate, poverty is rampant, corruption is at its peak, and so many other things. I am sure many others feel the same. In the recent past, I have taken some steps in the form of trying to set up a library for Fatehpur Inter College from where I did my 12th, working with AID-TAMU. Apart from these action oriented deeds, I also started reading a lot of books, and the material on the Internet. I am a student and just like any other student, I also have limited financial capabilities. Many of my friends argue that they want to do something, but their career has absolute priority, and any other time they have left at hand, they devote it to entertain themselves, often consisting of movies, going out to parties, sports, music and a host of other things which center around "self" entertainment. I have begun to think the modern education, and a pressure to earn a LOT OF MONEY and secure a career leaves them a selfish individuals, and isolates them from the pain of other less-fortunate individuals. More on that later, lets focus on the topic at the moment. So, for all those people who are marred with pressure of building a career now, and have limited financial capabilities, I have tried to reflect upon the question in the lines below. To remind you, the questions is "What can I Do?":

The First Step:

Well, for the starters, I think we can begin by making ourselves more sensitive about the problems of the world that may not directly affect us, but are still are important that someone addresses them. Being more sensitive brings awareness about the issues and you understand them better. A better understanding of the issues would then enable you to get more involved, ignite a fire in you to reflect on it as an individual, and pave the path for you to answer the question "What can you do" to make a difference. May be you would dig deeper to know more, or may be you would write to the authorities, or just to your friend, send email to prime minister, write to other individuals such as newspaper editor, prime minister, chief election commissioner, chief information commissioner, police chief; basically raise your concern, make them aware that you are concerned. More importantly, you will develop an positive attitude, and start seeing an opportunity in every problem, rather than merely shrugging it off saying "India ka kuch nahi ho sakta". This is, in my opinion, the most important step in the journey of trying to make a difference.

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