Investor and Indian Enterprise Chamber of Luxembourg president Himanshu Upadhyay has sparked a fierce on-line debate after revealing that he left India as a result of he and his household now not felt protected dwelling there. Responding to a social media put up lauding Noida’s high quality of life, Upadhyay stated his determination to relocate was pushed by the atmosphere he skilled firsthand — one he described as deeply irritating and morally corrosive.
In a candid put up on X (formally Twitter), Upadhyay stated, “I lived in a so-called posh colony in Noida. The one motive I left India was the incompetent and morally bankrupt folks round me.”
He painted a grim image of each day life, including, “There wasn’t a day that I didn’t wrestle with basic items, not solely outdoors of the home but in addition indoors. Electrical energy, water, air pollution, neighbour’s, commuters. Everybody appeared to be at all times offended and annoyed, able to kill. Even probably the most educated round me have been concerned in rampant corruption. For example, electrical energy theft on this very Noida.”
Upadhyay didn’t mince phrases about what finally pushed him to depart. “I didn’t need to elevate my youngsters in that atmosphere. As a lot I really like the nation, folks round me made it hell. So, matter what number of tall buildings, what number of bushes, it’s nonetheless a hell,” he stated.
He advised India’s social construction wants a generational overhaul. “So to reply your query, one wants civility and morality and customary sense. It would most likely take 2 generations,” he wrote.
The put up drew swift reactions on-line. One person responded, “I additionally keep in Noida. By no means confronted any drawback… Sure India has corrupt folks, however think about those that are usually not having sources what they are going to do.”
Upadhyay replied, “Go to Sri Lanka and even Nepal. You will note the distinction, regardless of a low high quality of life. Among the worst and most vile folks in India are the wealthy.”
When one other commenter advised the issue would possibly lie with him, Upadhyay countered, “So you’re telling me that there are cities in India the place individuals are morally sound, moral, with no fights over parking, no highway rage, no corruption, no disruption in water and electrical provide, no air pollution and everybody utilizing frequent sense?”
A distinct person weighed in, “Precisely. Civility and customary sense existed earlier however with every passing technology, it’s going worse… Blaming the govt. is secondary, folks round themselves are to be blamed first.”
One more voice added a notice of pragmatism: “I keep in Noida. Fortunately. Accepting that life has thorns within the bunch of purple roses it presents.”
