ಹಳತು ಹೊನ್ನು Halatu Honnu

On this Festival of Bharat, let us remember 15 things that are necessary for a strong nation!

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1. "Fill pride in the hearts and minds of youth about our land & culture - "way of life, food, dressing style, language, etc"."

2. "Our kids (next generation society) should know what all bad has happened to our forefathers, so that they won't repeat the mistakes of our ancestors [Ref]."

3. "We (and our kids) should know 'how brave our ancestors were' and 'should learn from our ancient way of life'."

4. "Understand that money is not the ultimate goal of this life."

5. "Stop blindly copying everything from west (food, dressing, language, etc)."

6. "There are many accents within English. Hence please stop copying American or British accent. Americans aren't eager to copy British accent and vice-versa. It is totally fine to speak English in Bharatian accent."

7. "If you're a leader, then you have the power. Use your power wisely and bring back Bhratian dressing style in your company/entity."

8. "If you're a leader, then you have the power. Use your power wisely and introduce Bharatian dressing style to your foreign friends and business partners (trust me, they will love it)."

Source of below picture: Foreign celebrities Look Stunning in traditional Bharatian Clothing

9. "If you're a leader, then you have the power. Use your power wisely and when your foreign business partners visit your office in Bharata, introduce native food to them (you can ask chef to prepare less spicy food).
Don't simply offer them few pizza/burger/alcoholic drinks. They will anyway get all such items in their own country. Offer them native food and drinks."

10. "Stop copying western lifestyle. Start introducing Bharatian lifestyle to the world."

11. "Learn English only for 'doing business with others'. Don't make English your mother tongue (because you already have one)."

12. "Use English only if you're communicating with people who do not know your mother tongue.
I have observed some people (siblings, friends from same mother tongue, etc) speaking in English even though they both know Kannada/Hindi/etc (native language).
I asked some of them and their response was - "If we use English in our homes, it becomes easy to face it when we go out to work/school/college/etc"!
Well, if you're speaking English in home, that means you're replacing your native language with English (exactly this is what foreign rulers want[ed])!
In this context, i guess, we have something to learn from French, Spanish, German (and other non-English) people.
They are neighbors of UK (United Kingdom), sharing the same continent and still you hardly find a Frenchman speaking to another Frenchman in English. Same goes with Spanish, German and other Europeans."

Source: https://www.sanskritimagazine.com

13. "Stop reading English (or any foreign language) novels/literature. Read your native novels/literature. And learn to respect & support the poets/authors of your native language."

Source: Popular kannada novels

14. "Stop blindly believing in foreign ways of life (religions, languages, theories, etc), remember what these foreign ways of life have done to your land and your people."

15. "Don't throw garbage randomly. Live here as you might live in any foreign countries. Because some of our people act like caretakers, strict rule followers when they go to any foreign country but when they come back to Bharata, they start living a 'chalta hai' attitude.
It's time to change our mindset. Stop thinking 'entire country will not become clean if only I stop littering'.
A proverb in Kannada goes like this - "Hani-Hani Koodi Halla; Tene-Tene Seri Balla". Which means - "Every big things start from small-individual ones".
Swachcha Bharat becomes a reality when i take responsibility and stop littering and polluting my environment."