Our ex-president Dr. Abdul Kalam had a vision for India. He termed it the Vision 2020. He envisages a politically powerful, agriculturally self-reliant India by the year 2020. It is not a dream but a vision. And that involves a functioning plan in place to attain that vision. The vision was shared way back in 2002 when he became our President. Today its 2009 and it becomes very essential for each one of us to try and introspect if we are even a contributor to this process. If yes , how? And has India changed from what it was in 2002 to what it is today? Most important of all, do our leaders even share that vision in the first place? Or has petty politics ensured that we live on a 5-year contract stumbling ahead somehow with no goals in sight. Completely directionless , rudderless under the so-called leadership of our spineless politicians.
One must have a look at the President of India's Republic and Independence Day speeches for the past few years. The speech writers have this amazing quality of portraying the Indian State as a model of democracy , development and pluralism. Don't they watch TV ? Aren't we a flawed democracy where history-sheeters are eligible to stand for elections? Don't we see extreme poverty and farmer suicides in the same states that boast of cosmopolitan cities? Have we really seen the last of those gory communal riots in this country? I know I am painting a very sombre picture of our young nation. I may even balance it out by sprinkling some positive happenings in the country. But will that overshadow the dangerous shortcomings in our society? The country is nowhere near being a superpower or a developed country by the year 2020, a fact that we should humbly accept. It will take the combined might of the Indian polity, the Indian people & the Indian diaspora in other countries to help redeem ourselves on the world stage. A glorious past won't help us secure a glorious future.
As for those immersed in watching 20-20 cricket , there's some news... Your country's Vision 2020 has just been hit for a six...
One must have a look at the President of India's Republic and Independence Day speeches for the past few years. The speech writers have this amazing quality of portraying the Indian State as a model of democracy , development and pluralism. Don't they watch TV ? Aren't we a flawed democracy where history-sheeters are eligible to stand for elections? Don't we see extreme poverty and farmer suicides in the same states that boast of cosmopolitan cities? Have we really seen the last of those gory communal riots in this country? I know I am painting a very sombre picture of our young nation. I may even balance it out by sprinkling some positive happenings in the country. But will that overshadow the dangerous shortcomings in our society? The country is nowhere near being a superpower or a developed country by the year 2020, a fact that we should humbly accept. It will take the combined might of the Indian polity, the Indian people & the Indian diaspora in other countries to help redeem ourselves on the world stage. A glorious past won't help us secure a glorious future.
As for those immersed in watching 20-20 cricket , there's some news... Your country's Vision 2020 has just been hit for a six...
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