Outline : Qualities, importance, tolerant, broad-minded, law- abiding; works for the cause of nation and society; up-to-date, well- informed of political changes and social evils; a keen civic sense.
An ideal citizen is one who establishes (sets up) his standard in everything. He loves his country more than anything else. He can make any sacrifice for his motherland. He can lay down his life for the honour of his family, society and clan. He is a true patriot. He is thorough gentleman. He protects the public property at the cost of his own life. He is fully law-abiding. He pays all the taxes honestly and unhesitatingly. He is a true friend of society. He is the saviour of the honour of the fair sex. He swims and the society sinks with him. He is its axis. He is its pivotal point.
As far his personal qualities are concerned, he is gentle and noble. He is tolerant in all matters. He does not turn violent and rebellious. He is certainly broad-minded. Narrow-mindedness and parochialism (affairs and opinions confined to narrow areas) are his enemy number one. He is a man of uprightness (honesty) and integrity. He has a sufficient fund of morality. He is selfless. He is miles away from rumour mill. He does not believe in hear-sayings (rumours). He hates hoarding, thieving, smuggling and black-marketing. In a nut-shell, he is an ideal in everything. He is a model to be emulated by others. He is an institution in himself. He is national asset.
He is sufficiently intelligent and wide-awake. He has civic sense. He is alive to real problems of his area, city and the country. He has a penetrating eye. People value his opinion. He is heard in every company His words are highly effective. He carries weight age. No one can brush his aside as something essence less. He is extremely important ant significant. He holds a place of honour in every society. People swear by his name. Day-in or day-out, he lives for the benefit of others. His devotion to his motherland is unquestionable. The interest of his nation is uppermost to him. He works for the cause of the poor, the afflicted and the downtrodden. Whatever be the task of the society, he is at the front. You will never find him timid and coward. You will never see him lagging behind in the cause of others. He is responsible and duty conscious. He regular and punctual. He is a man of his word. He may lose his life, but not his word of honour. He is well-informed with what is going on around I tic globe. He is fully aware of the woes of his country. He tries to tackle them and find a satisfactory solution to them quite courageously. He is hold and brave. He is a true man. His knowledge is updated. He thoroughly knows the laws of the land. Ignorance of law is no excuse, it is true in his c.ise. He is a fountain-head of all the noble qualities of head and heart. His heart weeps for the needy and the naked. He tries his level best to awaken I lie slumbering (sleeping) Government.
He is very thick with the political life of his country. He very well knows the political changes. He has a complete knowledge of Aya Ram und Gaya Ram of today's politics. He is clever and shrewd but certainly not cunning. Social evils around him, make him sick and sad. He wants to tiring about a drastic change in the political set-up of his country. Evils like dowry, gambling, drinking, drug-abuse such as taking brown suger by I lie youths really upset him. He wants to set up Ram Rajya— a dream envisaged (contemplated/imagined) by Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of Indian Nation. But how many of us are ideal citizens. I am sorry to say none of us fulfill all these aforesaid qualities. Our civic sense, social duty ends when we preach one thing and practice something reverse.
