Why are Indians insenitive?

Being an indian myself, it’s a bold statement. But I realized it lately that we are extremely insensitive as a nation and as a person. I must say that this realization kind of comes suddenly, if you can call 15 days a sudden time of frame, and that too because I have been staying in USA for last 2.5 yrs, I would talk about the significance of that little later. Last 2-3 weeks I’ve been observing “us”. Today 4 kids died because the van which was carrying them caught fire after the van’s CNG cylinder exploded. The kids were 5-6 yrs old……but websites of Times Of India and Rediff do not think it’s important enough news, as it does not feature on their main webpage. However all sorts of scandals find place in the headlines everyday. The media is not be blamed totally, they would show what sells….it’s the business rule after all. Even if they put the headline for sometime, what would happen……nothing….would anybody even twitch, would anybody’s mind even register that four “kids” barely 5-6 yr old have died, either exploded into pieces or burnt alive…those who came to this world just 5 yrs ago. I have a 3.5 yrs old niece and I shuddered at the news.

India rather indians pride themselves for the family culture we have, family stays together, you don’t move out of your house unless you have to go to other city or there’s a fight in the house. It’s not our “culture” to stay in the same city as our family and still stay in other house. Then how come the same indians do not relate to the news? Can’t they feel the pain of loosing a child? Afterall we are a nation who believe that children are god’s gift and if somebody decides not to have children is looked down upon, then why there is no pain even in the news readers voice?

Maybe because we have got so used to listening that 5 people died here and there, 10 soldiers died in Kashmir etc etc. Thats everyday story, it’s not a “news”. Has that made us so insensitive? We do not even react to our soldiers dying every single day.

2 women are molested publicly and nobody does anything, the news dies after few days. Jessica Lal is murdered in a party and it takes 7 to actually sentence the killer, that too after acquitting him once. Why are we so insensitive? Didn’t anybody think that it was sheer luck it wasn’t them who were the victims, they “just” survived.

Leaving the big issues, why are we so insensitive towards our own security? Seat belts, helmets, fire passage in a building etc are rules or laws that indians feel are thrust upon them by the government. I believe indians are smart people, then why can’t they understand that they are rules to “protect them” against harm? Insensitive towards own safety?

Last but not the least indians are insensitive towards their own family. Parents are insensitive towards the kids as pretty aptly shown by Taare Zameen Par, people are insensitive towards their relationships, everything is taken for granted. Why are indians insensitive towards their loved ones?

Talking about america, I haven’t seen a lot of it and I can’t say much about them, but I know that if 4 kids would have died like this over there, it would have been the top story of the day. When one american soldier is even injured in Iraq or Afganistan it is a top story. I don’t know whether they really care but atleast they show that they do and mostly the nation is united for such things.

What is wrong with us? What happened to us? We were not like this always…..why indians are so insensitive even towards themselves?