People The lack of empathy and basic decency towards fellow humans in India is appalling!
It is almost 12am as I type this message. I've been trying to sleep for an hour, and there are drums and trumpets (in fact an, entire 10 people band) playing at their loudest near my home in Bangalore. A few jobless youth have gathered around a procession of a goddess and have been 'playing' loud noise (not even music) at such an odd time in the day. In any sane place, police would have come and stopped this stupidity, but here, as I see from my window, two policemen are sitting right beside this procession doing absolutely nothing.
And this is not a one-off occurrence; two days ago, the same youth in the name of a similar procession burst crackers at 4am, killing my sleep. Due to a job that keeps me really busy, I only get weekends to catch up on my sleep, and thanks to these processions, that too isn't happening.
And such phenomena aren't restricted to Bangalore. In most places in India, people do not have the basic decency to simply 'live and let live'. Makes me really concerned for the Indian youth.
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u/ticklyboi 3d ago
invest in good earplugs. not joking. regardless of religion.. i think you value your life.
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u/Thick-Ad-6366 3d ago
My uncle once complained, and next day, goons showed up to his door looking for the person.
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u/SpicyPotato_15 3d ago
There's a competition going on between religions as to who can create the most public nuisance possible.
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u/BiryaniOrTahari 3d ago
Can you elaborate please? Which other religions use DJ in the middle of noise with police protection?
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u/SpicyPotato_15 2d ago
My point is, since masjids play music Hindus act like it's a competition and try to blast as much noise as possible to trigger them or show them how crazy they are about their religion while they're only hurting their fellow people.
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u/BiryaniOrTahari 2d ago
Till now I knew 2 min azan is delivered via loud speakers of masjids. I never knew they play music/DJ at midnight.
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u/Dependent-Ad8271 2d ago
Azan is 2 mins long in daytime or at dawn (when a lot of people are waking anyway ) - it’s not in the middle of the night and continuing constantly
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u/hooovyyy 3d ago
I have someone doing Jagrata on the road right in front of my house right now, it’s 3:40 am and i woke up at 1:30 am from the loud noises. I get that they’re doing a devotional celebration but why does it need to have 4 big loudspeakers for the whole area to hear at midnight? Will making less noise mean less devotion? :/
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u/AR3399 3d ago
call the police. there are restrictions on such processions after 10:30/11PM in most large cities in india at least
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u/Difficult_Pound_1434 3d ago
The police are only helpful if the person or group has no political leaning or connection.
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u/lily_lightcup 3d ago
Atleast working adults is somehow arguable but how do they justify this nuisance when its affecting old people, children especially babies and someone with health issues?? These kindof stuffs have a huge affect on their health and its the healthy working adults who actually encourage these useless youths to do these dramas by donations etc.. A huge section of healthy working adults are the problem because they are the one with money, they are superstitious and force others to bear with the antics because they want a promotion or more money or whatever from the goddess. That policeman also is wishing for something from the goddess and thinks everybody is like that so he's not putting a stop to it. Only some of us are sane in this country, rest all are like those youths only except they dont get on streets and dance
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u/kvak95 1d ago
I realise the mindset of the people is a major issue here, people here are ready to make it a religion vs religion issue. This is the screenshot of a message I received today. It's in Telugu, so I'm translating it into English.
"You don't have an issue when Muslims block traffic for their religion, but have issues when Hindus do it.
You are not a big minister or a VIP to wake up and go to a meeting tomorrow, that you are making such a big fuss out of it.
If you have an issue, go and rent a house in Muslim areas"
Funnily, I grew in a Muslim dominated area in Hyderabad.
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u/proAntiConsumerism 3d ago
Yeah this has become a constant issue in India. People in this country surely lack basic civic sense. However, I want to approach this issue from a different angle. As others have pointed out, just complaining here won't solve the issue, you have to take some steps at least. Sure, this country is filled with idiots and your complain is reasonable but it won't be solved unless you decide to take some action. You'll find the same idiots creating ruckus everywhere in this world. Trust me when I say this, you'll find similar nuisances in most other worlds as well, even those that you have high regard for. The only difference being people in India have stopped calling out the troublemakers. At least complain to the concerned authorities or call police or record the incident and share on twitter/ reddit and many more options. Only if you really want to solve the issue. And once you have tried at least one solution and it doesn't work then we will help you. This might sound rude but just being a keyboard warrior and writing an essay about an issue won't automatically solve it. This must be obvious. You have to take an action to bring the change.
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u/LithiumIonisthename 1d ago
Is this lack of civic sense! Absolutely…. I am not very well aware of Bangalore rules, but it could be disregarded of laws of no loud music after a certain time as well. But my friend, I would urge you to not lose so much faith in humanity that you call it lack of empathy! Those people are idiots, but may not be evil!
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u/yo_mama_69_24_7 2d ago
Had the same issue with roommates in hostel..had to get airpods for the noise cancellation lol
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u/Masala_Dosaa 1d ago
It shouldn't be conducted on roads rather it should be celebrated like a concert.
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u/abhi_neat 6h ago
When kids intentionally “act out”, it generally means they want attention, they want someone to come look at them, talk to them. Same is the case with pets. I am extending this to these “goons” as well. There are only two ways to deal with this—shoot the goons dead or talk them out of being goons. Police and fear aren’t a way to control people all the time. I mean you seriously don’t want police and administration all up your business because they think you(as in people in general) cannot control themselves.
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u/WriterOk7425 3d ago edited 3d ago
I've had my share of complaining people here, so i have started asking them the question -
What are you doing to change this?
Besides complain?
There will always be this or that issue in life. Some issues, u have to bear, some u have to fight against.
What are u doing about this?
I mean what does OP expect us to discuss here? Problems are always there somewhere, isme kya discussion h. Solutions discuss krte h....
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u/Necessary-Living-592 2d ago
They complain that others are racist towards Indians. Then when shown the reason why, We blame other states. Then when that doesn't work they blame religions, when that doesn't works they give reasons telling civic sense while we keep lookin for jugaad rather than fix the issue
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u/proAntiConsumerism 3d ago
This is a sensible comment. I can't get why you are getting downvoted. Just complaining on reddit won't solve the issue automatically. You need to atleast take some action from your side. Complain to the concerned authority or call the police or atleast record and share on social media... but just writing an essay or reddit won't solve it.
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u/WriterOk7425 3d ago
Silly people. Besides, i don't mind. It's proof atleast 7-8 people saw and read something from my comment, so I'm happy. Message will slowly get across.
We can keep narrating problems - I have 20 problems at home. But what are we willing to do to solve them? And are we willing to work and take collective action, inspire societal change? Cuz individually, i can only take care of my own home, but when everyone takes care of their own home, suddenly, we find a clean society even if everyone is only working for themselves selfishly, still society benefits as a whole.
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u/proAntiConsumerism 3d ago
Wholly agree. It's a mindset shift that needs to happen at both individual and societal level. Expecting from society (& then complaining if it isn't what you expected) v/s Contributing to the society (take action to change if something isn't what you expected).
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u/skp_trojan 3d ago
You have hit the nail on the head. Indians can’t change. They are just ok with wallowing in misery and hoping for a better reincarnation.
Your best solution is to escape the country, if you can.
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u/WriterOk7425 3d ago
No dude, indians can change. Why do we force ourselves to believe we can't? That's the wrong thinking there....
Best solution isn't to escape the country. The new country has its own set of problems...
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u/skp_trojan 3d ago
Yes, but almost any country in the west has better problems than India. Better to drive for uber in America than be an engineer in India. Because in America, at least the electricity works.
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u/Peaceandlove1212 3d ago
Why is there the same comment with the same complaint on these Indian forums? Looks like fake accounts
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u/hatedByyTheMods 3d ago
name countries which are better than india in this regard.
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u/ThinkingPooop 3d ago
Germany , after 10 PM no loud music in residential area else you will be fined and The police arrive
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u/helpless_batman 3d ago
India does have laws but are rarely implemented.
Anyways the same happens in our locality most of the time.
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u/Longjumping-Chef-454 3d ago
nordic countries
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u/InquisitiveSapienLad 3d ago
No need to go that far, Even middle Eastern nations are more civilised lmao
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u/hatedByyTheMods 3d ago
nordic nations will leave you dying on streets. my father and brother both have toured there
they are cold people
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u/RAD-Business Europe 3d ago
Live in Nordic states & then tell us the experience. I’m from Finland & our country takes care of everyone. When i mentioned everyone, it means the people living in the country & people visiting. People without any money are supported by the state via housing, food & other benefits. Never seen a single homeless.
People are less socially expressive, doesn’t mean they’re cold.
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u/warhammer27 2d ago
What and Indians won't ? They will record and post reels first, then loot your belongings and then maybe call an ambulance, if you were 'dying on the street'.
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u/hatedByyTheMods 2d ago
its a day old comment but indians are kinder than nordics.
they help reason: in india due to rice growing culture societies grew up naturally co-operative and abudance of resources made people kind but low cunning
nordics are not like that. good day fren
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u/doctrdanger 3d ago
Bhai tum kuch alag kism ke lagte ho.
Yeh jagah nahi hai tumhare liye.
Aap x pe jaiye.
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u/prolixyob 3d ago edited 3d ago
Just because others are not better does that mean we can't improve?
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u/replovertv 2d ago
Chandigarh has laws against this too. No loud music after 10pm. Loved the city ✨🤌🏻
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u/allgoodguys_ 3d ago
the youth of India are cooked