60 years of independence
Its been some time since I 'spoke' in here. So here it is....
60 years is a long time in a man life but it isn’t very long in a country’s life, it is just 6 decades. In these 60 years India has been through some quite turbulent times. Every turbulent time has proved that we can emerge always in a better position than the way we went into it. Of all these 6 decades the last one has really been interesting. India has just rocked and grabbed attention of almost every soul in this World. Be its amazing growth rate, Indians accruing much larger company abroad, Winning series aboard or anything for that matter is an head turned for even most unconcerned. India and Indian as changed the way in which the world looks and perceives us.
In every field India and its citizens have done well, there is no doubts about it. It seems the leading newspapers in Britain has run not articles but rather supplements on the occasion of the 60th Independence day. It is said that the best place to be born today is India. It is something that is quite unprecedented.
Today Times of India has given out a 24-page supplement about 60 movers and shapers in the 60-year independent India. For a country of this size, 60 personalities are not sufficient for this kind of achievement. There must be about a million unsung heroes and we should attribute this to every one of them.
All is not rosy. We do have problems. The main problem that I see is in form of our beloved politicians. Today politicians have too much power. The power was given to them thinking that the opposition will provide a good check and balance for the policies. Today opposition is not very constructive. Every policy irrespective of its merit is opposed, that’s not very constructive, is it? They play all unite when it comes to policies that impact their vote bank. There are literally no oppositions what so ever. All policies are vote-bank and not growth oriented. TVs are being promised and not good roads and clean drinking water. Short cut solutions are being sort for and not long-term growth oriented. Part blame also lies with us (I am kind of referring to people who ever is reading this post, the so called IT engineers and the learned). How many of us Vote?
For the politicians the main vote bank is people who are not educated and who couldn’t really see beyond the short cuts being offered. This situation has to be changed. We have a moral responsibility to vote. More than the Vote, the educated have the responsibility to demystify the mystified policies. People who hail from villages and who go there regularly can do this with a lot of ease. They can analyze the policies with their colleagues and friends and take it back to their villages and pass it on to people there. This will to an extent negate vote bank polities and pave way to growth oriented long-term solutions. The vote bank politics work only till people don’t realize the ill effects of it. I am a good preacher but don’t have a clue whether I will walk the talk. Time will tell! If the preaching is about something that will help India, then why not give an ear to it. I hope you guys can take the preaching and try to walk it.
I hope in the next decade the politics of this country take turn towards even more progressive and be an example for other countries. This will take India to unimaginable height.
60 years is a long time in a man life but it isn’t very long in a country’s life, it is just 6 decades. In these 60 years India has been through some quite turbulent times. Every turbulent time has proved that we can emerge always in a better position than the way we went into it. Of all these 6 decades the last one has really been interesting. India has just rocked and grabbed attention of almost every soul in this World. Be its amazing growth rate, Indians accruing much larger company abroad, Winning series aboard or anything for that matter is an head turned for even most unconcerned. India and Indian as changed the way in which the world looks and perceives us.
In every field India and its citizens have done well, there is no doubts about it. It seems the leading newspapers in Britain has run not articles but rather supplements on the occasion of the 60th Independence day. It is said that the best place to be born today is India. It is something that is quite unprecedented.
Today Times of India has given out a 24-page supplement about 60 movers and shapers in the 60-year independent India. For a country of this size, 60 personalities are not sufficient for this kind of achievement. There must be about a million unsung heroes and we should attribute this to every one of them.
All is not rosy. We do have problems. The main problem that I see is in form of our beloved politicians. Today politicians have too much power. The power was given to them thinking that the opposition will provide a good check and balance for the policies. Today opposition is not very constructive. Every policy irrespective of its merit is opposed, that’s not very constructive, is it? They play all unite when it comes to policies that impact their vote bank. There are literally no oppositions what so ever. All policies are vote-bank and not growth oriented. TVs are being promised and not good roads and clean drinking water. Short cut solutions are being sort for and not long-term growth oriented. Part blame also lies with us (I am kind of referring to people who ever is reading this post, the so called IT engineers and the learned). How many of us Vote?
For the politicians the main vote bank is people who are not educated and who couldn’t really see beyond the short cuts being offered. This situation has to be changed. We have a moral responsibility to vote. More than the Vote, the educated have the responsibility to demystify the mystified policies. People who hail from villages and who go there regularly can do this with a lot of ease. They can analyze the policies with their colleagues and friends and take it back to their villages and pass it on to people there. This will to an extent negate vote bank polities and pave way to growth oriented long-term solutions. The vote bank politics work only till people don’t realize the ill effects of it. I am a good preacher but don’t have a clue whether I will walk the talk. Time will tell! If the preaching is about something that will help India, then why not give an ear to it. I hope you guys can take the preaching and try to walk it.
I hope in the next decade the politics of this country take turn towards even more progressive and be an example for other countries. This will take India to unimaginable height.