Can India be another Denmark ??

Denmark’s present state of existence has the history of 400 years with many relinquishments of lands and lost battles. The country’s climate is extremely cold and the people are the real definition for the drunkards. The neighbors, Norwegians are richer and Swedes are healthier. The most famous Danish prince, Hamlet is often quoted to be the most unhappiest person on the earth to date. Contrasting to these geographic and historical references, Denmark is the most happiest place on earth and hence goes Danes are the most happiest people on earth.

The reason lies in the mindset of the Danes. Their philosophy of life is different for the good and sets as a paradigm for the rest of the world.

“Expectations are the root cause for all the miseries.” 

Danes have understood that better and seamlessly executed that in their daily life. Majority of Danes do not have great expectations and they take their life as it comes rather than getting into manipulations. Their basic approach towards life is more optimistic. When the things go wrong, instead of being embarrassed, a typical Dane would rather be happy for the things did not get as bad as expected.

No wonder, the country has least or almost no corruption. Well, that is justified enough because people don’t have to be corrupt for getting anything as they get what ever they need by spending almost nothing. They basically do not know how to spend their money as they don’t have to in many situations because the basic education including university studies is free, medical expenses including complicated surgeries are free. They would obviously pay for their groceries and utilities which are pretty inexpensive in the country. So, what is that they need huge money for ??.  They are very satisfied in their work culture also. I have read some where that Danish people get great employment benefits including medical insurances  and they get to spend at least seven to eight weeks of paid vacations every year. Interestingly, they voluntarily pay huge taxes of about 60-70% of their earned income. It’s quite logical as they don’t need to pile up their money for their government takes good care of them. When they get all that they need for less or almost no money being spent, obviously people would be satisfied. There would not be any stampede for money and the corruption ceases to exist. One of my friend who stayed in Denmark told that the Danish policemen would spend most of the time on their vacations as they don’t have anything serious to do in the society for the people have no grievances to complain about.

A country like Denmark sets a good exemplary reference for reaching up to for many countries where corruption got deeply imprinted into the DNA of the people.

Below video gives you a good idea about the mindset of a typical Danish.

Denmark is the least corrupted nation while India lies on the opposite spectrum. Unfortunately it ends up in the “highest corrupted” list.

So, In what way is India different from Denmark ?? –

A typical Indian has no faith or confidence in their politicians. A majority of them use their voting right just for the sake of using it. They get bribed and who ever gives more bribe, they get sold for them. Some others think that if even if they pay correct taxes, that would only benefit politicians and in no way people get benefitted. The chameleons change colors for their own sustenance while the politicians change colors to leave no chance for the people’s sustenance. Even the chameleons feel deeply ashamed and insulted for their name is being used along with politicians. The government in Denmark is an amalgamation of democracy and monarchy. Politicians are elected by the people while they are not vested complete powers. While India is a complete democracy, it need a great deal of change to be something like Denmark.

So, Can India be another Denmark ??..

Unfortunately, the answer for such a question would only be a “conditional YES” rather than a more “confident YES” because such a major positive impact would result from a great deal of change in the society and more from the mindset of people and even more specifically from the mindset of the politicians who shamelessly eat away a lion’s share from the generated revenue.

References:

CBS News Article about Denmark featured for 60 minutes.

World’s Most Happiest Places – Article from Forbes.com

World’s Most Corrupt Countries – Article from Forbes.com

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