India’s road to be a super-power.
The road has been laid clear – let’s make it a highway!
The first step lies in determining how super-powers are built. Economically? Politically? Or these, and much more?
I would back the last option and elaborate on it, looking at it top-down.(Gandhiji wanted it from the bottom-up which never happened and we have but ourselves to blame.)
The first thing we need to do is to make use of our resources. The census places our current population estimate of at nearly 1.12 billion. Good management can decide whether this astronomical figure is going to be an asset or a liability.
The ability to lead, manage and inspire people with vision, at every micro level, will determine our growth as a country.In business, these people are called entrepreneurs who manage to provide employment and experience to millions thus forming the crux of a cycle.To sum we need good, intelligent leaders to be our politicians and smart businessmen to run our economy.
Next, how do we get these good managers at every level?
1) By implementing a fool-proof education system and weeding corruption of any form altogether, although this is easier said than done.
2) By providing enough incentives to keep the educated folk within the country.
Quite evidently, education is the tap root of the tree.Our teachers and their students form the most invaluable assets of the country.Isn’t it true that the four walls of a school or a house can decide the future of a country? Every person has the potential to change the world in some way – we must find the right people to give direction to these dreams – a la top down.
Once we have raised valuable human potential, we need to use them to create opportunities, consolidate, and grow from there on.When this happens, the perfect scenario of balance between all concerned – the judiciary, the government and the public can be achieved.Also, the ‘world’s largest democracy’ would then be able to get the much-needed harmony and consensus to solve all its problems.The constitution of India is our pride – once the public abide by the law and natural justice is allowed to take its course, governance becomes easy and industry will flourish.
Finally, every Indian must pledge himself to abide by the law and serve the country, by serving himself. We need to applaud every individual who comes forward to make a difference, for starters.
Until then, the super-power dream will continue to be what it is – a dream – and a subject of conjecture and hypothesis with no action.
Nevertheless, the fact that the country is a force to reckon with and also the second fastest growing economy in the world makes me proud as an Indian.
(A write-up for Independence day celebrations.The topic was”India’s road to be a super-power”. I have borrowed the premise from my earlier post on education)
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