India, one of the oldest civilizations of the world derives its name from Indus, on whose banks once flourished the Indus Valley Civilization. Indus in fact is a Greek distortion of the word Sindhu. When Arabic or the Islamic invaders started their invasions from North-Western borders of United India, they mispronounced Sindhu as Hindu and thus words Hindu, Hindukush and Hindustan came into being. We Indians, in fact, owe our entire cultural being to Sindhu.
But one thousand years of slavery have shackled not just our Sindhu but our memory of Sindhu too. That is why we have learnt to live without thinking. We have got used to the idea of a shrunken and shrinking India. We can now think of India without North-West Frontier Province, without Western Punjab, without Sindh, without East Bengal and we are more than willing to do the same without Kashmir, without Assam and without other parts in the future.
With the dawn of independence on 15th August 1947, United India was bifurcated into Hindu India and Muslim Pakistan, which had two states of Eastern Pakistan and Western Pakistan, which in their own term split into Bangladesh and Pakistan. But even after 58 years of partition we Indians remain confused and even unconcerned. We have been a poor student of history so we have also neglected its lessons. We are failing to read properly the forces that have been and are still at work to keep India down. In fact we do not even acknowledge them. All this because it involves doing nothing, anticipating nothing, planning nothing and we can continue to live from day to day. A realistic approach to our history will impose on us duties of a different kind and scope, which therefore we must shirk just as a pigeon closes its eyes to a cat in front of it.
Result of all this poor sense of history is terrorism of various shapes and shades in various parts of truncated India, attack on parliament of India , Kashmir , Assam and naxalism in various states along with rabbit like breeding over population.
Muslim fear of domination by Hindus and Hindu fear psychosis of domination by Muslims results not into some meaningful dialogue but stress on over population of Hindu India and Muslim India by Vishwa Hindu Parishad on one side and Fatwa wielding Mullahs on the other side, both sides ignoring tenets of modern science and fruits of science and technology in day to day living and raising the standard of living of our more than 60 percent population living below poverty line without bread, without health, without proper housing, without drinking water and without education.
Independence also brought about one of the biggest exodus and mass migration in world history when more than one million Indians were massacred and more than seven million people lost their age old hearths and homes, their temples and their fertile lands in the West Punjab, the North-West Frontier Province, Sindh and parts of Kashmir and the accompanying atrocities of the period, the carnage, the killings, the abductions and the forced conversions. But soon after we forgot all these gory details. Within a year, in 1948 Lt. Gen Kulwant Singh of the Indian army saved 2/5th of Kashmir for us but today no body in India even knows his name, leave aside having seen his portrait or a photograph.
In 1965 Lt. Gen Harbakhash Singh as chief of Western Command saved Amritsar and its Golden Temple, Sanctum Sanctorum of the Sikh people in particular and North-Western Indians in general. But we just know and practice only one dictum: Generals fade way in history.
In 1971 Lt. Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora as Chief of Eastern Command led India to unprecedented glory and split Pakistan into Bangladesh and Western Pakistan. But his recent death in Delhi demands no notes from apathetic public or unscrupulous political class. A close scrutiny of recent military history will reveal that a close associate of Gen. Aurora, Maj Gen. Shahbeg Singh who personally lead Mukti Bahini of Bangladesh to victory as his duty as a Brigadier of the Indian army, was discharged of the army one day prior to his retirement without pension, invoking a clause that had not been used in past 150 years of British India or independent India. His inglorious end came at Sri Akal Takht Sahib in Golden Temple complex along with Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale in 1984 where the dashing General fought against the same army that had nurtured and produced him.
Only 2 percent of Indians that is the Sikhs recite everyday in their prayer " Hey, Akal Purkh, Apne Panth De Sada Sahaie Datar Jeo! Sri Nankana Sahib Ate Hor Gurudwareyan, Gurdhama De, Jinha Ton Panth Nu Vichhoreya Giya Hai, Khule DArshan Deedar Te Sewa Sambhal Da Daan Khalso Ji Nu Bakhsho" (Oh God, You always help your Panth. Kindly bestow upon Your Khalsa unrestricted glimpses and services of Sri Nankana Sahib and other Gurudwaras and Gurdhams/Holy Places from which Panth has been separated).
It clearly has only one meaning that out of 100 crores only two crores still regard Sindhu Land as their own. 98 percent Indians have lost memory of their civilizational cradle.
Only 2 percent people produce Kulwant Singh, Harbakhash Singh, Shahbeg Singh, Jagjit Singh Aurora , Master Tara Singh or Partap Singh Kairon. But these 2 percent best Indians or rather 'Best Hindus' always feel neglected in our national life.
Even with a Sikh Prime Minister, the Sikhs cannot dream of winning back their Sindhu, their Lahore, capital of erstwhile Sikh Kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Tomb of their legendry tiger General Hari Singh Nalwa at Jamraud on the frontier of Afghanistan, their Nankana Sahib, birth place of Guru Nanak Dev, the first Sikh Guru, their Panja Sahib, their Pakistan occupied Kashmir. It maybe mentioned here that Gen Nalwa recaptured Kashmir after one thousand years from Islamic imperialists. This all happens not because one Manmohan Singh, one Khushwant Singh or one Gen J J Singh have forgotten their villages in Pakistan occupied Indian Land but because our pygmy leaders of Congress or of BJP, whether 'secular' Sonia Gandhi or Jinnahphile L K Advani, have lost their sense of history, not just of modern India but also one of its glorious phase written by the blood of Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Hargobind Sahib, the sixth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, Gen Banda Singh Bahadur, Gen Baghel Singh of Chabal, Gen Jassa Singh Ramgarhia, Sikh Lion of Lahore Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his beloved general Hari Singh Nalwa and Gen Zorawar Singh.
Even today missiles launched in 'Pakistan occupied India' are christened 'Ghauri' (Mohammed Ghauri), 'Ghazanavi'(Mehmud of Ghazni attacked India 16 times), 'Abdali" (Ahmed Shah Abdali), but we Indians are masters in naming major roads in most major cities after the bigot, Hindu hating Muslim Kings such as Shah Jahan, Aurengzeb, Sher Shah Suri, etc.
Not contented with this forgetfulness, our Defence Minister Jaswant Singh himself leads Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar to Kandhar during the Taliban regime in Kabul.
Another Defence Minister George Fernandes is stripped naked twice in United States in 2003 in the garb of security check, , but he chooses to keep mum there, only to come back and shriek against American Multi Nationals on Indian soil. Also, Babu Lal Gaur, Ex-Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh along with his team of bureaucrats was humiliated in USA without an iota of protest. 80 years of RSS labours produce Shri L K Advani, who pays homage to 'secular' Jinnah, 'the great leader of history', forgetting all teachings of RSS 'Shakhas.
So, a Manmohan Singh in the Prime Ministers' office has little meaning if they have no mandate for getting their historical homeland in 'Pakistan occupied India' back to the Indian or the Sindhu fold. That is why I call Empowerment of India as 'Regaining of our Sindhu. First rekindle memory of Sindhu, and then produce a Hari Singh Nalwa to recapture Sindhu. Only then you have a right to call yourself a Hindu, an Indian or an Indian aspiring for an Empowered India.
No single party or any leader in India dares to touch the issue of population. Thomas Malthus is proving right in Sub Saharan Africa and is going to prove right in Indian sub continent (United India) in the coming few years.
Doyen of Indian industry J R D Tata cautioned Pandit Nehru against rapidly burgeoning population, but 58 years after Independence, we are still clinging to ' Jeh, population is our strength' theory.
All this happens because we have low self esteem, lack of confidence, lack of vision, because we have lost the 'power of thinking'. Long back Sri Aurobindo saw 'root cause of India's weakness' not in foreign yolk or poverty or dearth of spiritual experience, but in the 'decline of thinking power'. Everywhere he saw 'inability or unwillingness to think, which is a sign of tragic decadence'.
To break these shackles of mental slavery, every Indian should embrace and lead in their practical lives, a message of Indian nationhood as enshrined in our Vedas. Only then India will shine and India will be empowered and regain its position as 'Jagad Guru' in UNO and comity of nations.
Monday, April 26, 2010
This blogpost is in reply to Anurag Kumar's blog 'Capitalim' http://lucknowmylucknow.blogspot.com/2010/04/capitalism.html. My earlier post was perceived to be a personal attack by Anurag Ji, but I hope this version gets his approval.
I agree in contemporary India money has become paramount, but what is wrong with that? Since time immemorial India has been subjected to paucity's of all kind. Scarcity of resources, scarcity of governance, scarcity of simple things that make life more comfortable, scarcity of free trade, scarcity of opportunities to do well without the help of any kind of government interference, scarcity of ideas that push the humans beyond the limits that they were taught exist. I mean scarcity of everything & anything in the society.
This thinking has made us Indians forever intellectually malnourished. Our thinking process has been arrested & very rarely will you come across an Indian who breaks free & pursues his beliefs to attain successful heights in India. Happens all the time for Indians going abroad to pursue their dreams because India would never have allowed their intellectual prowess to bear fruit because of decadent, barbaric & defeatist/protectionist social/educational norms.
You must bear in mind that India is a very young precocious democracy. It took more than two centuries for Great Britain & USA to evolve. Their plight during the early days of their new found freedom was far worse than what India has witnessed till date. The progress made by India after 1947 is astounding, but we don’t see that because the overpopulation & retrograde government policies eclipse it. We were following a socialistic form of economic democracy till 1991. NAM, Cold War, protectionist politics were responsible for that. Other reasons were also responsible but I don’t want to dwell into those at the moment.
A person/ company who made a lot of money & who is in a position to smother competition by might of their monetary accomplishments should be discarded? I don’t think so. Barring a handful few ‘Old business Houses’ who became super rich during the British Raj because of their ability to accommodate & facilitate the sinister British agenda against the indigenous forces, most of the contemporary individuals/companies doing well have done so due to their merit & no doubt with some connivance with the government (land acquisition et al). But then the States who accommodated these successful firms desperately needed the investment. I agree, right now money is might, but have patience, things will change for the better. Days when money is not paramount are not very far off. I can assure you of that.
The point you mentioned about gun running, pimping, etc is valid. I don’t approve of money ill gotten. But then that is for the other arms of government (revenue, tax, etc) to handle. I am not going to discuss the ‘Tax Net ‘issue here. Later may be. Believe you me, Free market, Open competition, Profit Motive are not a part of bad terminology. They could be life saviours for India. If in some movie a university student becomes a nude model to pay her tuition fee, how does that make capitalism deplorable? Just goes to show that there is no ‘Free Lunch’ in rest of the world other than India. In India, due to the reservation demon, free lunches are galore & the ‘grub consumed’ is not even worth writing home about. The university student could have chosen a tougher path to earn the tuition fee, but then that was her choice & India had not role to play in that.
Now about the friendly neighborhood karyana store. I have read quite a number of studies published in regard to MNC’s like Wal-Mart et al affecting the livelihood of these ever smiling service providers & all the studies have proved that the corner karyana store will not be affected at all. One can see all the so called big stores of Indian origin in our markets. I don’t think that they have had any impact on the karyana store that offers ‘home delivery’ to the local residents. Atta, dal, sauce, eggs, bread etc are just a phone call away & you might agree with me, in the days of paucity of time, the local karyana store will always score over the MNC mall any day.
Journalism that is based on expedience rather than moral grounds is a source of agony for all aware, concerned Indians. Since I am not from that stream, I will restrict my comments to a certain extent. All I have to say is that in an evolving, vibrant, brash, callous, insensitive society such as ours’, the corruption that ails all other arms of the society will definitely percolate down to the main stream media too. Content is bound to change. In these days of deadlines, extreme job pressure, who in his/her right mind would be interested in an interview that involves a graveyard worker? Majority of the journalists are employees with some media house & you would have to agree with me that one cannot run a media house (News paper/TV Channel) on a charitable basis. Everybody has to feed their family. So, profit oriented media coverage is but natural. Of course the journalists are not at a liberty to report anything they want. They are bound by some guidelines by their employers. If they don’t like that then leave they should leave their job. You can’t have your cake & eat it too. Only thing is that blatant ‘cash for news’ has to be condemned and nipped in the bud. It might have short term gains for some parts of the society, but in the long run this kind of corruption will not augur well for the Nation.
About the sudden explosion of sex on our breakfast & dining tables. Well what do u expect? In a country of Kamasutra, sex engravings in Indian Hindu Temples, etc, why be a hypocrite? I agree the sex sleaze on display in MSM is not what ancient India was all about, but the contemporary Indian society is evolving & you must keep in mind that it is easier to emulate shallow, easier & sexually promiscuous behavior. This kind of behavior is far more easier to adhere to than the other more socially responsible options. Socially correct behaviour is rather more difficult to follow, you will agree to this. We are one of the most over populated Nations in the world & find discussion on sex despicable. But this too shall pass.
I am treading onto untested waters now. I have absolutely no knowledge about the functioning of the film industry. This is the age of awareness. The eyes won’t see what the mind does not know. So, the mega advertisements. On the other hand, have you ever wondered how much employment these advertisement blitzkriegs generate? That is showbiz for you, the more people involved, the better. There is definitely a niche for non-mainstream cinema. If someone makes that kind of cinema that is good enough to appeal to that targeted population, so be it, best of luck to them. It is your own free will to not watch Hindi cinema, but I can assure you a great number do really enjoy these forms of visual entertainment & I am amongst them too!
Again I am treading on unknown waters. I have to agree with you that MSM has degenerated into some kind of a genetic mutation that is beyond repair. But then one must understand that the MSM deliver what the general population wants to devour. If the people like sex & sleaze on TV, so be it. Contemporary MSM is profit driven hence whatever will spiral their ratings skywards will be broad casted. Like they say, the people get the government they deserve. So I say, people get the MSM they deserve, because MSM will never pursue issues that the general public is not craving for. In these unfortunate contemporary times, if serials, sex, scandals etc are the need of the hour, MSM will deliver these only. In another period of time when the evolved democracy is hungry for relevant socio-political issues, MSM will deliver that. It is just a matter of demand & supplies my friend. Don’t forget MSM is part of the society & it will strive to fulfill the needs of the society in its current avatar.
Companies like Bharti Airtel, Idea, Reliance Telecom came up on their own (People like A Raja not discounted). If their advertisements on MSM generate business, then what is wrong in that? And why should not MSM profit from that fact?
About the ‘Reality TV Shows’. Again I beg to bring to your notice that I am totally ignorant about their modus operandi. But these reality TV shows are popular all over the world. Why blame the people if they sms @ Rs 6/min just so that their fantasy man/woman wins a contest? Again all the money being spent is contributing to the GDP of the Nation. Money in circulation is always more profitable than money in the bank!
Now to the MBA part. If students want to pursue the course, who is there to stop them & why should anybody stop them? If someone is contributing to generating money in a Nation, should he be branded as a person with criminal intent? I don’t think so. A choice of career is totally relative. Democracy in India at least gives us the privilege to choose a career that suits us both mentally & physically.
I am aghast that your line of thought opposes both the parents to be working! Whom do you suppose should stay at home & bring up children in the ‘traditional’ manner? Father or Mother? Don’t tell me the mother should stay home to bring up the kids, because that will prove that you are biased & are in a favour of tradition taking precedence over the well being of the average Indian family. Majority of Indian households would not be the same economically if one of the parents were not working. Demands of the current times demand that both work & it is actually healthy for the whole family. I also don’t agree with your idea that all children are ignored by parents in pursuit of their worldly goals. Both me & my wife are working & I can assure you that my children are probably one of the most happiest kids in India.
Club culture in India is the legacy of the British Raj. If clubs are used in a positive & a restrained manner, they can prove to be quite handy. I don’t approve of clubs being second homes for some, but they do have their own positives if they are used in a judicious manner. In fact many sports clubs are a boon to our country, producing many a champion to enhance India’s glory in the international arena. Golf Clubs are the prime example.
What do you mean by an advanced society? You mean advanced in materialistic things or advanced intellectually or socially? I agree environmental pollution et al are the result of rapid unplanned industrialization/ over population in the world. But what do you expect? Should we shut shop? Close all industrial units, manufacturing units etc so that environment can be saved? No, that is not the solution of the problem that lies elsewhere in the first place. We cannot arrest industrialization/advancement just so that the environment is being affected. What we need to do is to find different sources of energy that feed our industrialization & energy demands so that we can make rapid progress & also not tax Mother Earth at the same time. Just because progress has a negative aspect, we cannot abandon that path, instead we have to be even more resilient & steadfast to find new ways to produce energy that is easy/cheap to produce & also keeps the environment clean.
Why is that God, Religion & Philosophy have failed to end India’s woes of widespread hunger, illiteracy, intolerance, superstition etc? Do you think these will prove to be a force enough to counter all the ills facing India? Or do you think rapid progress, efficient government scheme delivery systems et al will be able to overcome them? Why do you want India to be scarcity galore? Why do you want India to be found wanting in all aspects just so that capitalism can be defeated? Capitalism is not bad, its execution may be. India needs a lot more capitalism right now to take it forward. For once, let merit prevail, let market forces prevail, let the demand & supplies curve play out its full course, let us get out of the vicious cycle of scarcity in every field, let the nouveau rich Indians splurge & live out their dream. For once let the Indians earn more & spend more, let the money be circulated, let there be generation of employment, let there be competition & let the cash rich Indians exploit that competition to acquire the finest there is. Why not? For long we have been shackled by the Nehruvian Socialism, let us enjoy the spoils while the party lasts.
I agree in contemporary India money has become paramount, but what is wrong with that? Since time immemorial India has been subjected to paucity's of all kind. Scarcity of resources, scarcity of governance, scarcity of simple things that make life more comfortable, scarcity of free trade, scarcity of opportunities to do well without the help of any kind of government interference, scarcity of ideas that push the humans beyond the limits that they were taught exist. I mean scarcity of everything & anything in the society.
This thinking has made us Indians forever intellectually malnourished. Our thinking process has been arrested & very rarely will you come across an Indian who breaks free & pursues his beliefs to attain successful heights in India. Happens all the time for Indians going abroad to pursue their dreams because India would never have allowed their intellectual prowess to bear fruit because of decadent, barbaric & defeatist/protectionist social/educational norms.
You must bear in mind that India is a very young precocious democracy. It took more than two centuries for Great Britain & USA to evolve. Their plight during the early days of their new found freedom was far worse than what India has witnessed till date. The progress made by India after 1947 is astounding, but we don’t see that because the overpopulation & retrograde government policies eclipse it. We were following a socialistic form of economic democracy till 1991. NAM, Cold War, protectionist politics were responsible for that. Other reasons were also responsible but I don’t want to dwell into those at the moment.
A person/ company who made a lot of money & who is in a position to smother competition by might of their monetary accomplishments should be discarded? I don’t think so. Barring a handful few ‘Old business Houses’ who became super rich during the British Raj because of their ability to accommodate & facilitate the sinister British agenda against the indigenous forces, most of the contemporary individuals/companies doing well have done so due to their merit & no doubt with some connivance with the government (land acquisition et al). But then the States who accommodated these successful firms desperately needed the investment. I agree, right now money is might, but have patience, things will change for the better. Days when money is not paramount are not very far off. I can assure you of that.
The point you mentioned about gun running, pimping, etc is valid. I don’t approve of money ill gotten. But then that is for the other arms of government (revenue, tax, etc) to handle. I am not going to discuss the ‘Tax Net ‘issue here. Later may be. Believe you me, Free market, Open competition, Profit Motive are not a part of bad terminology. They could be life saviours for India. If in some movie a university student becomes a nude model to pay her tuition fee, how does that make capitalism deplorable? Just goes to show that there is no ‘Free Lunch’ in rest of the world other than India. In India, due to the reservation demon, free lunches are galore & the ‘grub consumed’ is not even worth writing home about. The university student could have chosen a tougher path to earn the tuition fee, but then that was her choice & India had not role to play in that.
Now about the friendly neighborhood karyana store. I have read quite a number of studies published in regard to MNC’s like Wal-Mart et al affecting the livelihood of these ever smiling service providers & all the studies have proved that the corner karyana store will not be affected at all. One can see all the so called big stores of Indian origin in our markets. I don’t think that they have had any impact on the karyana store that offers ‘home delivery’ to the local residents. Atta, dal, sauce, eggs, bread etc are just a phone call away & you might agree with me, in the days of paucity of time, the local karyana store will always score over the MNC mall any day.
Journalism that is based on expedience rather than moral grounds is a source of agony for all aware, concerned Indians. Since I am not from that stream, I will restrict my comments to a certain extent. All I have to say is that in an evolving, vibrant, brash, callous, insensitive society such as ours’, the corruption that ails all other arms of the society will definitely percolate down to the main stream media too. Content is bound to change. In these days of deadlines, extreme job pressure, who in his/her right mind would be interested in an interview that involves a graveyard worker? Majority of the journalists are employees with some media house & you would have to agree with me that one cannot run a media house (News paper/TV Channel) on a charitable basis. Everybody has to feed their family. So, profit oriented media coverage is but natural. Of course the journalists are not at a liberty to report anything they want. They are bound by some guidelines by their employers. If they don’t like that then leave they should leave their job. You can’t have your cake & eat it too. Only thing is that blatant ‘cash for news’ has to be condemned and nipped in the bud. It might have short term gains for some parts of the society, but in the long run this kind of corruption will not augur well for the Nation.
About the sudden explosion of sex on our breakfast & dining tables. Well what do u expect? In a country of Kamasutra, sex engravings in Indian Hindu Temples, etc, why be a hypocrite? I agree the sex sleaze on display in MSM is not what ancient India was all about, but the contemporary Indian society is evolving & you must keep in mind that it is easier to emulate shallow, easier & sexually promiscuous behavior. This kind of behavior is far more easier to adhere to than the other more socially responsible options. Socially correct behaviour is rather more difficult to follow, you will agree to this. We are one of the most over populated Nations in the world & find discussion on sex despicable. But this too shall pass.
I am treading onto untested waters now. I have absolutely no knowledge about the functioning of the film industry. This is the age of awareness. The eyes won’t see what the mind does not know. So, the mega advertisements. On the other hand, have you ever wondered how much employment these advertisement blitzkriegs generate? That is showbiz for you, the more people involved, the better. There is definitely a niche for non-mainstream cinema. If someone makes that kind of cinema that is good enough to appeal to that targeted population, so be it, best of luck to them. It is your own free will to not watch Hindi cinema, but I can assure you a great number do really enjoy these forms of visual entertainment & I am amongst them too!
Again I am treading on unknown waters. I have to agree with you that MSM has degenerated into some kind of a genetic mutation that is beyond repair. But then one must understand that the MSM deliver what the general population wants to devour. If the people like sex & sleaze on TV, so be it. Contemporary MSM is profit driven hence whatever will spiral their ratings skywards will be broad casted. Like they say, the people get the government they deserve. So I say, people get the MSM they deserve, because MSM will never pursue issues that the general public is not craving for. In these unfortunate contemporary times, if serials, sex, scandals etc are the need of the hour, MSM will deliver these only. In another period of time when the evolved democracy is hungry for relevant socio-political issues, MSM will deliver that. It is just a matter of demand & supplies my friend. Don’t forget MSM is part of the society & it will strive to fulfill the needs of the society in its current avatar.
Companies like Bharti Airtel, Idea, Reliance Telecom came up on their own (People like A Raja not discounted). If their advertisements on MSM generate business, then what is wrong in that? And why should not MSM profit from that fact?
About the ‘Reality TV Shows’. Again I beg to bring to your notice that I am totally ignorant about their modus operandi. But these reality TV shows are popular all over the world. Why blame the people if they sms @ Rs 6/min just so that their fantasy man/woman wins a contest? Again all the money being spent is contributing to the GDP of the Nation. Money in circulation is always more profitable than money in the bank!
Now to the MBA part. If students want to pursue the course, who is there to stop them & why should anybody stop them? If someone is contributing to generating money in a Nation, should he be branded as a person with criminal intent? I don’t think so. A choice of career is totally relative. Democracy in India at least gives us the privilege to choose a career that suits us both mentally & physically.
I am aghast that your line of thought opposes both the parents to be working! Whom do you suppose should stay at home & bring up children in the ‘traditional’ manner? Father or Mother? Don’t tell me the mother should stay home to bring up the kids, because that will prove that you are biased & are in a favour of tradition taking precedence over the well being of the average Indian family. Majority of Indian households would not be the same economically if one of the parents were not working. Demands of the current times demand that both work & it is actually healthy for the whole family. I also don’t agree with your idea that all children are ignored by parents in pursuit of their worldly goals. Both me & my wife are working & I can assure you that my children are probably one of the most happiest kids in India.
Club culture in India is the legacy of the British Raj. If clubs are used in a positive & a restrained manner, they can prove to be quite handy. I don’t approve of clubs being second homes for some, but they do have their own positives if they are used in a judicious manner. In fact many sports clubs are a boon to our country, producing many a champion to enhance India’s glory in the international arena. Golf Clubs are the prime example.
What do you mean by an advanced society? You mean advanced in materialistic things or advanced intellectually or socially? I agree environmental pollution et al are the result of rapid unplanned industrialization/ over population in the world. But what do you expect? Should we shut shop? Close all industrial units, manufacturing units etc so that environment can be saved? No, that is not the solution of the problem that lies elsewhere in the first place. We cannot arrest industrialization/advancement just so that the environment is being affected. What we need to do is to find different sources of energy that feed our industrialization & energy demands so that we can make rapid progress & also not tax Mother Earth at the same time. Just because progress has a negative aspect, we cannot abandon that path, instead we have to be even more resilient & steadfast to find new ways to produce energy that is easy/cheap to produce & also keeps the environment clean.
Why is that God, Religion & Philosophy have failed to end India’s woes of widespread hunger, illiteracy, intolerance, superstition etc? Do you think these will prove to be a force enough to counter all the ills facing India? Or do you think rapid progress, efficient government scheme delivery systems et al will be able to overcome them? Why do you want India to be scarcity galore? Why do you want India to be found wanting in all aspects just so that capitalism can be defeated? Capitalism is not bad, its execution may be. India needs a lot more capitalism right now to take it forward. For once, let merit prevail, let market forces prevail, let the demand & supplies curve play out its full course, let us get out of the vicious cycle of scarcity in every field, let the nouveau rich Indians splurge & live out their dream. For once let the Indians earn more & spend more, let the money be circulated, let there be generation of employment, let there be competition & let the cash rich Indians exploit that competition to acquire the finest there is. Why not? For long we have been shackled by the Nehruvian Socialism, let us enjoy the spoils while the party lasts.
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