The Indian Penchant

A little too early in the morning to put in a post... or maybe it's a little too late in the night. Nonetheless, who cares.
Today when I see loads of garbage strewn all over the streets of bombay and india, it compels me to look for answers - Why are we like this? Why do we do everything in our power to keep our dwellings clean, and not care a bee's hum for the world outside.
These questions take me to the days of the Non Coop movement, where MKG urged the Indian citizens too completely boycott British goods. I get the feeling that somehow the masses misinterpreted what MKG had to say. MKG wanted to drain out as much of the British income as he could, he wanted the people to realise that they too can stick it up to the British, no matter how insignificant that sticking up would be.
As I look at it, the masses misunderstood MKG as saying that India was better than the UK. He said - 'Boycott their clothes' They heard - 'Khadi is better'. He said - 'Boycott their schools' They heard - ' English education is evil' . He said - ' Love your nation' They heard - ' Hate the UK'.
From there on came avout a feeling of 'HOLIER THAN THOU' in the minds of the people.
Then, it was 'India holier than UK' .. Some years later 'INDIA HOLIER THAN PAK' .... now sadly, it is ' ME HOLIER THAN THOU'.
This compels me to theorize - is it this very feeling of HOLIER THAN THOU that is responsible for the garbage strewn streets we see all over the place?
Something like --
My colony holy
the footpath i despise
So that's where the garbage goes,
Come rain or sunrise.
We are so self indulgent that we just dont view ourselves in a holistic sence anymore.
We're so self obsessed that we believe that we are responsible only for our own selves and not for the aire around us.
People go around throwing their personal shit all over the place,
Industries arrogantly release affluents in erstwhile pristine lakes and streams
Nuclear waste is scattered all over the oceans and sees - who cares about the brooding salmon?

Ye, Im convinced - doubt if there can be any other explanation to this..........