luminos24 wrote:
but homeless are not the only people who inhabit this great land...i mean i do sometimes feel that we are leaving them behind but this is a story of all the millions of middle class people who are seeing a new dawn of optimism and hope (hope to do better in life)
I never excluded them... I am one of those middle class people. I am happy with my current situation and the situation of millions of other niddle class. But the fact remains the development is not getting to the grassroots as it should have.
luminos24 wrote:
i wouldn't go that far...i would call it more of an optimism than ostrich-ism...after having been ruled by foreigners for over 800 years (200 if you count only British), another 50 years of poverty and socialism...we have always been negative about that things around us...finally we have an ongoing era which is providing us an opportunity to make a mark in the world...maybe it's good that for once we are being an "ostrich" and not fretting with all that is wrong with us...
You can look at a glass of water as half empty or half full. This was entirly one man's opinion. I go with the philosophy that if you take care of the negative things.... positive things will take care of themselves.
luminos24 wrote:
as lhotseface mentioned...changes don't happen overnight...the real question is that as we make changes at the top, are we doing enough at the grass root level...personally i think we are not doing enough...sure, things are changing....but given the progress at the top, we should have a similar growth at the lower levels...and that's the challange we face
Exactly. I think my abbreviated version has been interpreted in a wrong way.
Let me clarify. To pelihu's question on whether India is close to China, I just gave some facts or challenges we are facing currently. I am not expecting changes to happen overnight, as mentioned we have challenges and how we deal with those challenges will decide the true course of this nation.
luminos24 wrote:
I have heard this argument time and again...but please try and put that in perspective with the total population...we have 1/6 th total population of the world...even if 0.5% of the population is infected with AIDS, we still have 5.5 million people with AIDS...there is no denying the fact that the situation is bad but "most HIV people than any other countery" has a more depressing tone to it
Sure it is depressing. But shouldn't this depressing fact spur us to act more proactively?
IMO the major advantage India has over any other nation is its young population. HIV is one epidemic that is threating to turn that advantage into disadvantage. I for one would like to see more action.
luminos24 wrote:
so that we can use that money to warm the pockets of our great politicians
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i personaly think education and politicians are the reasons for our current problems...it's a catch 22 situation....poor education leads to bad govenrance and bad governance leads to poor education...it's a cycle which a dictator can break
and that is why i dream of dictatorship in India...if only we could find some capable, educated, knowledgable, firm, resolute person...i know there is no such thing as a "good dictator" but hey...as long as i am dreaming of dictatorship in India, why not also dream of a good dictator
Luminous .... my thoughts exactly. But frankly..... is it feasible?