A LITTLE BIT OF THIS AND A LITTLE BIT OF THAT!!!

Well 59 years of independence and it was indeed a bit of time-check for the nation.I read three reports regarding the status of the nation.

The first article was an interview with one of the oldest and venerated judge Mr V K Krishna Iyer who at 91 seemed rather sad that today nobody seems to follow the constitution.He seemed very bitter about India's socialistic ideals not gettin fulfilled and also that a marxist CM of Bengal saying his state was a capitalist state deeply saddened him. He was equally sad that Gandhi and Nehruvian ideals were not being followed.The only hopeful thing was young India

The second was a statement on how small Indian companies are going international not as body shoppers or producing low cost items but trying to be a niche upper crust brand in international venues. Y is this relevant today bcoz we r seen as a third world country promoting the former with a few exceptional companies.

The third was an article on how Warren Buffet had donated his money to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation instead of his immediate family.

For me each was an important cog to building a strong India.

The nation might be growing real fast.We have the best brains in the world and the most corrupt ppl. It would be amazing if we could thru technology reduce the amount of corruption to only the top brass of industry and political leadership and not to the lower bureacracy and the common man. This is where America is succesful.While corruption is a big issue and there are defence kikcbacks there is no corruption involved for building house, for getting a ration card , for a clerk's job in the government etc...

Two the idea of capitalism is not that bad.When an individual or a company is looking at being big, it always looks at improving individual productivity.The more entreprenurial we get , we get more innovative we get and the more productive.This is the basis of a good capitalist economy. Socialism makes ppl lazy and we get dependent on the state. Kerala,Soviet Union, West Bengal of the past are the best example of these failures.Socialism is more relevant when a capitalist like Warren Buffet and Bill Gates use their money to promote social causes.They have made money but also understand the social obligation.

Lastly the dream of young India and small India to grow big internationally is the only way forward. It makes me dream of something big and maybe achieve something sizeable.

We may not be ther and getting there. As a young Indian I am not a cynic. I think in the end there is hope, there is a way ahead. Something I do is identify small orphanages with commited people at the helm and donate in kind along with my group of college friends. I probabaly dont do enough but having done four projects in the last year I am more than happy.All these orphanages were run by young Indians who believed that they have to grow big but they have a responsibility to their nation.

Lastly an article read a few years back probably makes the moot point. An NRi returned to India after making sufficient money. He established a library in Bangalore with about a crore of money in Bangalore. He allows youngsters in Bangalore across all age and social groups to visit the library and browse for as low as Rs .50ps a day . The reason he takes that money he does not believe in a free meal.

That for me is the ideal ideal combining a little bit of socialism with the a little bit of capitalism and making our own version so that we could go ahead ..........