"India is a developing country" - I am sure, this was the sentence our parents studied while in school... I read the same sentence but I wish the next generations to come can say "India is a developed country".
Celebrating 61 years of Independence, I blog to memorize those leaders who fought for independence, who dreamt of a free India hoping that it would make wonders and shine with the glory that it had in the past.I salute to each and every individual who have represented our country and spread the greatness of our country across the globe (eg: Kalpana Chawla, Sunitha Williams, to name a few)
61 years - what does it mean ? Does it mean that India is growing older ? Does it mean that India had strived through the tests of time and stands stubborn after getting independence ?
There are some such ways of interpreting this. Let me tell you my interpretation - India looks older 'coz it is still being ruled by older people !! Even now, we hardly see young blood in current politics.
On every Independence day, I watch TV and hear the politicians giving lectures saying that the future of India is in the hands of youth !! But how many youngsters are there in the cabinet of the government in power ?
Let's move on - we are the top rankers when it comes to population, poverty, corruption and all sorts of things..Look at China, world's no. 1 in population and is now a proud host of Olympics.Let's put a question to ourselves - Can we host Olympics on such a scale ? may be yes and may be no..
We are next to China when it comes to population, but how many medals have we won in the past Olympics and how many are we going to win in the Beijing Olympics ?
What are our hindrances, why are we not the top performers in other positive areas ? People say that the reasons are - illiteracy, corruption, etc..
Well, everyone is aware of the problems, the reason for us being marked as a "developing" country and I think that it's high time that we spend time observing the world around us, get inspired by countries like China and Japan and get things improved at a faster pace and let the world know that a super power is in the making :-)
Wish you all a very happy independence day :-)
Celebrating 61 years of Independence, I blog to memorize those leaders who fought for independence, who dreamt of a free India hoping that it would make wonders and shine with the glory that it had in the past.I salute to each and every individual who have represented our country and spread the greatness of our country across the globe (eg: Kalpana Chawla, Sunitha Williams, to name a few)
61 years - what does it mean ? Does it mean that India is growing older ? Does it mean that India had strived through the tests of time and stands stubborn after getting independence ?
There are some such ways of interpreting this. Let me tell you my interpretation - India looks older 'coz it is still being ruled by older people !! Even now, we hardly see young blood in current politics.
On every Independence day, I watch TV and hear the politicians giving lectures saying that the future of India is in the hands of youth !! But how many youngsters are there in the cabinet of the government in power ?
Let's move on - we are the top rankers when it comes to population, poverty, corruption and all sorts of things..Look at China, world's no. 1 in population and is now a proud host of Olympics.Let's put a question to ourselves - Can we host Olympics on such a scale ? may be yes and may be no..
We are next to China when it comes to population, but how many medals have we won in the past Olympics and how many are we going to win in the Beijing Olympics ?
What are our hindrances, why are we not the top performers in other positive areas ? People say that the reasons are - illiteracy, corruption, etc..
Well, everyone is aware of the problems, the reason for us being marked as a "developing" country and I think that it's high time that we spend time observing the world around us, get inspired by countries like China and Japan and get things improved at a faster pace and let the world know that a super power is in the making :-)
Wish you all a very happy independence day :-)
1 comments:
Well, this is very genuine question to argue and we all do need to answer it. But I guess before we pose this question to people – we all (including you) for that matter - need to analyze what are we doing to make India a developed country?
What is your contribution to it...I would say mine is nothing (honest answer). For example - how many poor people have you thought of - to educate, how many times have you tried to abolish regionalism....honestly I have never tried/done...So I think before bringing a change we need to change. Change works wonders... :) Try it!!
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