essay on what should india do to become a developed country
What would have happened if there was no Partition and India and Pakistan did not have to spend such enormous amounts on defence?
Look at Europe and you'll get your answer. It's a continent where nations fought each other for more than 100 years, which heaped two world wars on us. Yet, it's working towards a common trade code, a common currency and other things to boost the economy. I firmly believe India and Pakistan will have no option but to work towards a similar situation to keep their economic and political interests alive; it may take two or three decades, but it'll happen.
How would you define a developed country?
Everyone in the country has to be well above the poverty line. There should be plenty of employment opportunity for all, including women and those in rural areas. There has to be basic self-reliance in strategic defence systems, so that external policy is not umbilically connected to countries through the weapons business. Self-reliance is the only answer in the defence sector. Health, education, employment too should reach one and all. There has to be effective action for old-age care. Above all, the nation should have a standing commensurate with its billion people.
Can India become a developed country?
It can and it should. It has the potential and basic capabilities.
If Europe’s warring nations could come together in the EU, why can’t India and Pakistan?
Thrust towards basic food security, self-reliance in strategic areas, speedier economic growth, and the new thrust we see in information technology are steps in the right direction.
How does one develop scientific temper in a country which can still have sati and where politicians look to astrologers to form governments?
Do not evaluate a nation by isolated incidents. In a nation of a billion people, everyone has a right to practice whatever he or she thinks is right. All the nation needs is a big aim, the rest will follow. The sparks for Independence flew
Look at Europe and you'll get your answer. It's a continent where nations fought each other for more than 100 years, which heaped two world wars on us. Yet, it's working towards a common trade code, a common currency and other things to boost the economy. I firmly believe India and Pakistan will have no option but to work towards a similar situation to keep their economic and political interests alive; it may take two or three decades, but it'll happen.
How would you define a developed country?
Everyone in the country has to be well above the poverty line. There should be plenty of employment opportunity for all, including women and those in rural areas. There has to be basic self-reliance in strategic defence systems, so that external policy is not umbilically connected to countries through the weapons business. Self-reliance is the only answer in the defence sector. Health, education, employment too should reach one and all. There has to be effective action for old-age care. Above all, the nation should have a standing commensurate with its billion people.
Can India become a developed country?
It can and it should. It has the potential and basic capabilities.
If Europe’s warring nations could come together in the EU, why can’t India and Pakistan?
Thrust towards basic food security, self-reliance in strategic areas, speedier economic growth, and the new thrust we see in information technology are steps in the right direction.
How does one develop scientific temper in a country which can still have sati and where politicians look to astrologers to form governments?
Do not evaluate a nation by isolated incidents. In a nation of a billion people, everyone has a right to practice whatever he or she thinks is right. All the nation needs is a big aim, the rest will follow. The sparks for Independence flew