I share the same opinion of Karthik. I feel that the Govt of India does not bother abt the expenses the people incur to visit India and take a look of its good culture, which, no doubt the Govt boasts of. No matter who heads the Govt, which party or which person, this sort of exploitation continues.
I remember the movie 16 December. This movie had a theme which was good, but far from truth. This movie dealt with financial scams and stuff like that...internal terrorism.
If the Govt can take a few hints from this movie and try to put curbs on corruption and embezzlement of funds from its own employees (of Govt organisations like RTO and local municipalities), then, it can go a long way and help the upkeeping of the cultural symbols.
I recently had visited Hampi and got to know that the Govt had planned to renovate the ruins of Hampi. This, according to me, is a bad plan. Hampi is reknowned to the world as a place of ruins and it shows how the culture, the sculpture and the prosperity of ancient India. If the place is renovated and all the ruins are corrected, how will it be then? You will find the ruins well built and you will not feel the place to be Hampi...the world reknowned Hampi.
I am not telling that upkeeping is the same as renovating. Upkeeping is just the way to improve the facilities there and if a building is really in a dilapadated condition, causing danger to the people who visit, then, that danger should be corrected by just repairing that part only...and the repairs should be done in such a way that it cannot be noticed at a look, but can be noticed only when observed deeply.
I noticed the entrance fees to the Vijaya Vitthala Temple...the temple having 51 musical pillars, to be Rs. 10/- for Indians and $ 50. That is a big difference. There are no special facilities provided to the tourists though they pay such a high amount to visit and learn about our culture and then, take the same and spread it to their peers, friends, colleagues and countrymen.
In kannada, there is a saying...kaasu kottu ________ hodiskondru... Now there.....don't ask me what ________ there meant. Though they are helping us gain tourism money, foreign exchange and knowledge sharing. By telling others abt the Indian culture, they make the others also interested to come to India to visit it...which inturn means more foreign exchange. Do you want to make them carry a feeling back that we swindle them? Everyone from rick drivers to taxi drivers, from the restaurant waiter to the dhobi, from the barber to the sweeper at their lodge, they all cheat these people out.
This sort of swindling might not mean much to the foreignors, coz these people ask in terms of one dollar or 50 rupees...which is approx 1 dollar for the foreignors, and in their native countries, they are going to pay much more for the services there. But, as an Indian, when you can reach a place in a rick paying 10 bucks, why pay 50 bucks or a dollar or two for the same? Isn't it cheating??? Can neone throw some light on this???
I remember the movie 16 December. This movie had a theme which was good, but far from truth. This movie dealt with financial scams and stuff like that...internal terrorism.
If the Govt can take a few hints from this movie and try to put curbs on corruption and embezzlement of funds from its own employees (of Govt organisations like RTO and local municipalities), then, it can go a long way and help the upkeeping of the cultural symbols.
I recently had visited Hampi and got to know that the Govt had planned to renovate the ruins of Hampi. This, according to me, is a bad plan. Hampi is reknowned to the world as a place of ruins and it shows how the culture, the sculpture and the prosperity of ancient India. If the place is renovated and all the ruins are corrected, how will it be then? You will find the ruins well built and you will not feel the place to be Hampi...the world reknowned Hampi.
I am not telling that upkeeping is the same as renovating. Upkeeping is just the way to improve the facilities there and if a building is really in a dilapadated condition, causing danger to the people who visit, then, that danger should be corrected by just repairing that part only...and the repairs should be done in such a way that it cannot be noticed at a look, but can be noticed only when observed deeply.
I noticed the entrance fees to the Vijaya Vitthala Temple...the temple having 51 musical pillars, to be Rs. 10/- for Indians and $ 50. That is a big difference. There are no special facilities provided to the tourists though they pay such a high amount to visit and learn about our culture and then, take the same and spread it to their peers, friends, colleagues and countrymen.
In kannada, there is a saying...kaasu kottu ________ hodiskondru... Now there.....don't ask me what ________ there meant. Though they are helping us gain tourism money, foreign exchange and knowledge sharing. By telling others abt the Indian culture, they make the others also interested to come to India to visit it...which inturn means more foreign exchange. Do you want to make them carry a feeling back that we swindle them? Everyone from rick drivers to taxi drivers, from the restaurant waiter to the dhobi, from the barber to the sweeper at their lodge, they all cheat these people out.
This sort of swindling might not mean much to the foreignors, coz these people ask in terms of one dollar or 50 rupees...which is approx 1 dollar for the foreignors, and in their native countries, they are going to pay much more for the services there. But, as an Indian, when you can reach a place in a rick paying 10 bucks, why pay 50 bucks or a dollar or two for the same? Isn't it cheating??? Can neone throw some light on this???
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