For the sake of India: Let her be in Jail

She has only one goal...de stabilize the government and substitute the democracy with RED Power. She has several ways to criticize and oppose the government, either it be  BJP or Congress it doesn't matter. If Govt does 100 things she has 101 ways criticize them. She is none other than Arundhathi Roy.

She advocates mercy for naxals but sorry not for police, she supports the naxals outrageous attacks as self defense and police attacks as the brutal force attacks on the humanity, she can oppose the development in the name of tribe, and also can oppose the government if it chooses to do otherwise. Well till now I was thinking that she is a person with communist ideology and explained myself that there is no wrong in having different ideology. After all, I thought she is for the people and for the nation. But last week, sharing the table with Kashmir separatist groups, she supported the Azaadi Kashmir. She went on to say "Kashmir was never been a part of India and Indian govt is acting like a colonial power on kashmiri people". I now know that asking her to stand up for the integrity of the nation, is way too much to ask from her. After establishing this, I can only wish that she will be put in jail until she changes her path.

Population of India - Once a burden, is a crown now

During my childhood days, there was one argument, that I remember listening many times. It’s about the population of India and associating nation’s ill development to it. Scholars and illiterate had the same opinion on it. It was also a skipping point for politicians in questions relating development of the country; they simply answered ‘we are overpopulated’. Its true.

We had the history of scarcity of rice, wheat, goods, oil and lot…but we never had the scarcity of people. Indian Govt. tried extremely hard to put cap for the nation’s population growth so that economic growth of the nation can be seen. In 80’s, Sanjay Gandhi, the son of Indira Gandhi, even fell in the controversy of forceful vasectomies for men and sterilizing women. After 2 decades, I am listening to things like, India has the largest available man power, is the leader in service sector, the knowledge base is so vast, highest number of engineers, large number of English speaking people, and many other things. Now the development of India is associated with its population. The population that no body wanted turned out to be the focal reason for India’s growth. A liability of the nation became an asset.

I feel uncomfortable, if somebody attributes the success of India to the govt or for its policies. I am believe in that India developed merely because of its people but not because of its leaders after the independence. I am not saying, that the leaders/govt has done nothing, but the damage that they have done for the nation, and the missed opportunities for the nation makes their achievements obsolete. The people of India achieved miracles with skim or no support from the govt. When Narayan Murthy and his other friends started Infosys in 1980’s, the Govt. of India didn’t intervene in its operations as it doesn’t fall under core sectors (heavy industries like steel, manufacturing, engineering and essential goods were considered as core sectors). This is one thing Infosys always feel happy about. Almost all companies struggled or bankrupted with the Govt. policies. From the Independence till 1990’s, India struggled (/confused/ignorant) about the path to go forward (/path to development/policies) for development. But time has proved us, that growth engine of the nation is fueled by economic reforms and its man power. Well, now we know what can take us up, what kind of policies works for our nation, the problems and their solutions. With the advancement in the technology and knowledge with in India, India has the capability of solving any problem on its own. But what is worrying me is the leadership of the nation. They have best ideas, plans and the budget to spend on, but they are lacking the best delivery system. We sound great on papers and theory but nothing seems working on the ground. I remember an analogy, comparing Indian public delivery system with a huge pipe having equal sized holes. Money is not reaching down.  India is suffering with bureaucratic laziness, incapable middle-level leadership, no-transparency and no-accountability.

A wise man builds on his capabilities rather than merely thinking about his drawbacks. By knowing ‘Human Power’ is the center of the nation’s growth, any other country would have acted with fire in developing and better educating their human capital. For no surprise, in the era of fast paced time, Indian govt is showing its old laziness in implementing its basic ideas. I really hoped that the Right to education bill passes the Parliament. But never thought they wouldn’t introduce at all. Our GDP sounds great on whole terms, but if one looks deep into it, we ranked between 70 and 80 in education and health indexes. Without improving the education and health services in the nation, talking of human capital and becoming a developed nation will sound like a joke.