Re: Why are desis so apathetic?
Salam Sarah...
A few comments:
1) Your thread title needs some adjustment... Its not desi's that are apathetic, rather its Pakistanis since you rightlfully point out that Indians are far better (proactive - more organized) community!
2) To answer your question it really boils down to this, and those of you reading please dont blast me for saying this:
Pakistanis find taking orders and obeying the law rather difficult. We as a society can't think beyond the confines of "the family"... If there is one thing that is common amongst Japanese or Western society, it is that they pay taxes and obey the laws of their land... In pakistan, if you pay taxes then youre deemed just plain stupid...
An even more outrageous thing to say is that the Muslim world has always functioned on the basis of extreme forms of everything... even the concept of heaven and hell are very extreme... No middle ground whatsoever.
3) If you so choose to criticize my comments Id like to further add that Pakistanis dont take self criticism very well (i.e we are just not a very Introspective society).... For proof, just look at the number of "Blame America" threads... and as you all know, a society can never advance without learning from failure... and while there's is plenty of failure to go around we as a nation/society prefer to pass on the failings onto others.
4) In out society, emotion takes precedence over logic! Sad but true.