Yes, there's no doubt in anyone's mind that India has arrived. One would imagine that it's a moment for everyone to rejoice. However, one feels that instead of getting accolades from everywhere, our success story is causing a lot of heartburn across the world. How else would one justify Twitter trends like What's Wrong With India? Plus the way it kept gaining more popularity? Is nothing wrong with any other country? When we were a poor, struggling country we we're perfectly acceptable to all. How could we transform ourselves like this?
At last it's India's Moment. This should have happened in 1947 itself but the reality was far from it. Isn't it a sad irony that first we had to undo all the damage of the past seven decades. It's said that if you give a person a fish, his present is taken care of. However, if you teach a man fishing, his future is taken care of. The same is the case with all the various schemes introduced by the Government. It takes time to bear fruit and that's what we are witnessing.
I'm hopeful that since our country is now on the right track, we will only gain from strength to strength. Surely we will not go from a glittering future to the dark ages of the past.
The fact India has arrived under decisive leadership is hard to digest for many. It is ironical while the FIIs and other institutional investors have such a bullish view , the biased western media continues to blow it's rhetoric.
Great article as always. But just one correction (sorry to quibble) on the PM's "Reform, Perform and Transform” remark. This was NOT a "first" - not for this PM !! He has embraced and spoken eloquently about reforms, economic & social, as long as I can remember - as CM of Gujarat, PM-candidate pre-2014 (remember the SRCC speech, 2013 ?), as PM in Parliament and outside, heck even during election campaigns !! He has been the most vocal pro-enterprise (the Lijjat papad ex he took during the '14 campaign), pro-reforms, pro-technology PM ever, and so has been the party !!
Dear Anil
Yes, there's no doubt in anyone's mind that India has arrived. One would imagine that it's a moment for everyone to rejoice. However, one feels that instead of getting accolades from everywhere, our success story is causing a lot of heartburn across the world. How else would one justify Twitter trends like What's Wrong With India? Plus the way it kept gaining more popularity? Is nothing wrong with any other country? When we were a poor, struggling country we we're perfectly acceptable to all. How could we transform ourselves like this?
At last it's India's Moment. This should have happened in 1947 itself but the reality was far from it. Isn't it a sad irony that first we had to undo all the damage of the past seven decades. It's said that if you give a person a fish, his present is taken care of. However, if you teach a man fishing, his future is taken care of. The same is the case with all the various schemes introduced by the Government. It takes time to bear fruit and that's what we are witnessing.
I'm hopeful that since our country is now on the right track, we will only gain from strength to strength. Surely we will not go from a glittering future to the dark ages of the past.
The fact India has arrived under decisive leadership is hard to digest for many. It is ironical while the FIIs and other institutional investors have such a bullish view , the biased western media continues to blow it's rhetoric.
Great article as always. But just one correction (sorry to quibble) on the PM's "Reform, Perform and Transform” remark. This was NOT a "first" - not for this PM !! He has embraced and spoken eloquently about reforms, economic & social, as long as I can remember - as CM of Gujarat, PM-candidate pre-2014 (remember the SRCC speech, 2013 ?), as PM in Parliament and outside, heck even during election campaigns !! He has been the most vocal pro-enterprise (the Lijjat papad ex he took during the '14 campaign), pro-reforms, pro-technology PM ever, and so has been the party !!