India - An Analysis ( Independence Dy Special)

On the occasion of India's Independence day would like to share some thoughts about India

What we need to do?

• Grow continually to be a economic superpower and lift millions out of poverty
• Get rid of corruption
• Set our administration right - make it professional
• Build world class universities and education system
• Create a good social security system . It is almost non existent today
• Be ahead in cutting edge technology and innovation and build a society based on scientific temper
• Get rid of ' we were old superpower and have world's best culture mania' and learn to respect others culture
• Think big and do Bigger things
• Develop strong and independent institutions like Election Commission, Supreme Court. We need more such institutions. Look at CBI,Dept of Revenue and Tax like CBDT, CVC

What we can be proud of:

• Financial services system - one of the best in the world .I think this is the biggest asset that we can leverage currently
• Technically sound manpower - though very less as compared to our population we have one of the very best. Another asset .We know it all
• Judicial system - for financial and dispute resolution ( we have a very bad system for criminal justice)
• A good democracy - though most of it is dominated by politicians of 60's and 70's mentality. It can be considered a big success if we look at our neighbours. Most of them are either autocratic states or banana republics.

What can we hate about us:

• Castism - this is the biggest problem and worst baggage of history that we have
• Regionalism - another old baggage
• Corruption - endemic
• Indiscipline and bad etiquette - we do not follow any rules from standing in a queue to traffic rules .We also have to improve a lot on mannerism. Just look how our leaders talk filth.
• Tag of a soft state - we really do not value a life
• Indian crab mentality - this has always pulled us down
• Not taking ownership - we blame everything on government and conveniently forget that we only elected it .Can we take some matters in our control?

Fighting for Nothing

I was just going through India’s boundry disputes recently with its two big neighbours China and Pakistan. They are Aksai Chin, Arunachal Pradesh with China and Siachen , Sir Creek with Pakistan. I can find a very basic similarity with all these places geographically. Aksai Chin currently under Chinese control is a barren white desert where there is no vegetation and in fact it’ll be challenge to find grass in this region. Arunachal Pradesh is a sparsely populated hilly and remote north eastern part of the country. Now comes the famous and known ones . Siachen glacier is world’s coldest battle field with more soldiers dyeing because of cold than by battle fatalities.Sir Creek is a marshy island which is difficult to demarcate and is a bone of contention between India and Pakistan.

So as a country we are fighting for pieces of real estates in which nobody will be interested . This really makes no sense economically although we fight because we think it is our land , basically for pride and national honour etc. Though this sounds incredibly correct we must recognize that we are spending resources and energy where it is least required.