Maybe unpopular opinion. Please challenge and correct me if you disagree.
I think Indians at large, but also Tamil people don’t have a strong idea of citizenry. We take good care of our personal stuff, our houses and our properties within our property lines.
Anything outside that, we don’t give a shit. We clean our homes and throw the trash in front of our homes. A cm outside our compound walls are not our problem.
Is that why, we don’t care too much about the dismal standard of public services?
Everyone tries to solve the problems/deficit on their own.
Poor public transit -> let’s just get a car.
Poor security -> let’s just get a cctv
Poor water -> let’s just pay for private water/set up RO plants.