Today's the 70th Independence Day. We've come a long way since 1947 but is it the pace of growth that we'd like it to be? It, definitely, isn't fast enough and many people still live below the poverty line without being able to eke out a decent living, not able to have three square meals a day and nursing an elusive dream of a roof of their own!
So, where did we go wrong? We'd elected successive governments, 'Garibi hatao' had been proclaimed in the early '70s and we're still talking about eradicating poverty even today. The greedy politicians who ruled us need to take the blame but are they the only ones to be blamed? Aren't we also to blame for electing the same corrupt guys again and again, who'd made winning a habit through their money power and muscle power?
Corruption exists at every level in our society. The fixers, the crooks and the middlemen have permeated into every level of governance and have been raising the stakes to their advantage. The net result is that there's an all round cynicism, among people, about an effective government and a meaningful governance. The present dispensation under PM Narendra Modi has made the right noises and embarked on a wide ranging set of reforms but the pace has not been as rapid as what we'd have loved it to be.
The deaths of 70 odd children, due to lack of Oxygen at a hospital in Gorakhpur, UP shows as to how primitive we are in terms of infrastructure in the vital field of health.
Lack of adequate numbers, for the ruling dispensation, in the Rajya Sabha and the opposition playing disruptive politics have been the main reasons for the slow pace of reforms. But now, all those things have receded into the background, the winning numbers have been achieved and hopefully, the pace of reforms is gonna be on fast track.
A strong and prosperous India is what we aspire to be and let's not rest on our oars with what we've achieved thus far - it's too little too late, if one were to ask me. We need to be respected by every other country in the world and mindless needling by China or Pakistan need to be sorted out, forthwith, with zero tolerance about their recurrence.
Tailpiece.
Had hoisted my national flag at our balcony by 0800 hrs and hauled it down at sunset.
So, where did we go wrong? We'd elected successive governments, 'Garibi hatao' had been proclaimed in the early '70s and we're still talking about eradicating poverty even today. The greedy politicians who ruled us need to take the blame but are they the only ones to be blamed? Aren't we also to blame for electing the same corrupt guys again and again, who'd made winning a habit through their money power and muscle power?
Corruption exists at every level in our society. The fixers, the crooks and the middlemen have permeated into every level of governance and have been raising the stakes to their advantage. The net result is that there's an all round cynicism, among people, about an effective government and a meaningful governance. The present dispensation under PM Narendra Modi has made the right noises and embarked on a wide ranging set of reforms but the pace has not been as rapid as what we'd have loved it to be.
The deaths of 70 odd children, due to lack of Oxygen at a hospital in Gorakhpur, UP shows as to how primitive we are in terms of infrastructure in the vital field of health.
Lack of adequate numbers, for the ruling dispensation, in the Rajya Sabha and the opposition playing disruptive politics have been the main reasons for the slow pace of reforms. But now, all those things have receded into the background, the winning numbers have been achieved and hopefully, the pace of reforms is gonna be on fast track.
A strong and prosperous India is what we aspire to be and let's not rest on our oars with what we've achieved thus far - it's too little too late, if one were to ask me. We need to be respected by every other country in the world and mindless needling by China or Pakistan need to be sorted out, forthwith, with zero tolerance about their recurrence.
Tailpiece.
Had hoisted my national flag at our balcony by 0800 hrs and hauled it down at sunset.
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