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News Entry# 256908
Feb 11 2016 (13:25) 5 Things The Indian Railways Can Learn From Japan To Make Travel Safe For Commuters (www.indiatimes.com)
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In a recent press conference, India's railway minister Suresh Prabhu spoke about focusing on strengthening the safety measures to prevent rail-related accidents in the upcoming Rail...

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Feb 11 2016 (13:55)
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S_V_Iyer^~   18233 blog posts
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There is one more thing that not IR but Indian Public too need to learn from Japan. I would like to share one small story that tells it all and the incidents needs no reference at all:-

Once an Indian went to Japan & being his regular habit of resting the feet on opposite seat, he did the same while travelling in a train. An elderly man came to him, took his feet onto his lap and sat on the seat. The Indian was awestruck.
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He asked the gentleman "Sir, why did you leave your seat & come here to keep my feet on your lap and sit?". The man answered, "mister, you have insulted us by misusing our public property. I was very angry at you for that. But you're a guest to our country. I cannot insult you in public. You are habituated to rest your feet on the opposite seat of bus or train you travel. And i cannot see my country's property being misused. So in order to save our public property & at the same time not to cause inconvenience to a guest, i took your feet on to my lap".

The Indian felt ashamed & apologised to the gentleman. He said to the Indian, "We treat the government's property as our own as they are provided from public money. We respect the facilities & don't misuse them. If you can make this habit, you don't have to be insulted like this when you visit other countries'. The elderly gentleman gave a soft-spoken slap.
Click Agree if you really mean that public properties are to be treated as our own ones & not to be misused.

Thanks

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Feb 11 2016 (14:34)
Paurav Shah~   13602 blog posts
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Very true SV Sir. Completely agree. Railways or in that matter any public property is our property as it is provided to us by our public money.
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