Why India lacks Civic Sense?
"Is the issue of civic sense actually an issue of space between people?" Key words: civic sense, population liability, space, privacy, emotions and opinion etc. T oday, while traveling in the general compartment of an Indian Railways train, I had a moment of clarity. Cramped shoulder-to-shoulder with strangers, sharing more than just physical space — emotions, sounds, smells, even silences — I realized something: India’s so-called 'lack of civic sense' is not a failure of values. It's a result of collapse — the collapse of space between the individual and the collective. We often complain that people don’t respect boundaries, privacy, or opinions. But maybe the real issue is that boundaries don’t exist in the first place. In places like the general coach, there is no personal space. You're not an individual — you're part of a human fabric, tightly woven together. So when someone asserts individuality — by asking for silence, or claiming emotional space — i...
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