‘Ashamed' Indian man's post on Kuala Lumpur goes viral: ‘No potholes, top class civic sense, clean air...'
In a now-viral Reddit post, an Indian tourist shared his disbelief about the sheer difference in the availability of basic amenities in the two countries and said that Indians have given up on their governments.
In a fairly lengthy post, the man shared that he went on an unplanned vacation to Malaysia after having to cancel his Vietnam trip due to heavy rains. '…and to be frank, we had very low expectations,' he said.
However, upon landing in Kuala Lumpur, the Indian tourist had a compete change of heart: 'God oh my, I have always advocated against the Idea of Indians settling abroad but suddenly I felt bad for those foreigners who visit India for vacations or the NRIs who have to return India due to various reasons.'
'The KL city looked very well planned and organised, no potholes on roads, no politicians' photos or banners, cleanliness everywhere, top-class civic sense, great quality of life, clean air and helpful people,' the post read.
He then shared that he was ashamed that Indians are too distracted by petty issues while the world around is developing.
'I'm ashamed because we have kind of given up on our government bodies and maintain very low expectations. Even though we have all the resources and the potential to be great, we struggle for basic amenities,' he wrote in the viral post.
'We are too distracted among ourselves over petty issues and find happiness and joy in our IPL or T20 wins, worshipping celebrities or are busy celebrating our favourite politician and never holding them accountable,' he added.
Disheartened, the man said, 'Don't wanna be all negative but honestly, I have kind of lost hope and seeing the present circumstances, the goal looks very far away.'
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