tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14178965.post113840599336815982..comments2023-05-25T14:55:41.339+05:30Comments on Woman with Parasol: Paint it YellowRachita Bansalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01100420857966921005noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14178965.post-79654305980941474682008-11-19T12:29:00.000+05:302008-11-19T12:29:00.000+05:3050 years ago Ginsberg said -- America I'm putting ...50 years ago Ginsberg said -- America I'm putting my queer shoulder to the wheel. <BR/><BR/>50 years later,I only wish 'we the people' put our heart, mind, soul and shoulder into making a 'we the nation' of a wheel that moves ahead. :-)<BR/><BR/>Read argumentative indian?Jhuma Senhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14088206963362161240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14178965.post-1163207697230676412006-11-11T06:44:00.000+05:302006-11-11T06:44:00.000+05:30Excellent! I must say that it was quite pleasing t...Excellent! I must say that it was quite pleasing to read an article written with so much passion.Its provoked a few thoughts and here goes…<BR/><BR/>I personally believe that irrespective of anything, one of the inherent problems with us Indians is that we get too emotional too quickly. For starters, it pained me equally when I looked at the Kohinoor Diamond at the Tower of London with a tag that said “Presented to Her Majesty the Queen by..” – But does it really matter now? Are we still expecting petty “reparation” from the British? <BR/><BR/>For how long are we going to blame the world for problems that face present India? I personally couldn’t care the least and the only thing that matters to me is how we as a nation correct our past mistakes and start performing. <BR/><BR/>For over 50 years now, India’s dominant revenue earning sector has been Agriculture, but why are we still not the leaders in this sector? Every nation has had its set of problems. Take Japan for example- the Hiroshima and Nagasaki episode and miseries of WW-II had crippled its economy 70 years ago. From being the largest importer of technology they are now the Leaders in Technology! Now how did they achieve it and why can’t we build on what we are good at? Recent years have seen India being a hot spot for ‘Services’. Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, and Gurgaon house companies like Infosys, Wipro, TCS and Satyam and have attracted thousands of global companies to offer services. As such, India has gained recognition for being a highly competent Service provider. Now, 5-10 years from now do we still want to be recognized as a Service Provider? When will our focus shift to products? We have to start thinking BIG and for that we need entrepreneurs…lots of them and the mantra of tomorrow must be ‘innovation’. The future generation must be encouraged and their ideas funded. This is precisely what’s not happening and for this reason though I come from Bangalore, I hate the fuckwits who brag out being testers at Microsoft or Yahoo.<BR/><BR/>As for politics, I could go on for ever. I guess it all started off with a series of hopeless decisions post Independence by Nehru and Indira Gandhi where most talented institutions like Banks and Industries were centralized and licensed. Vajpayee led NDA government at least set up a decentralization ministry headed by Arun Shourie but the Congress led UPA government under the influence of esteemed CPI(M) scrapped the entire ministry. We can see the benefits of decentralization and privatization here in England and likewise in most of the western countries. When will our government realize that P & D is for an efficient tomorrow! <BR/><BR/>In my opinion, one of the ways to move forward is to start building infrastructure in revenue earning cities and towns in every state. With these main cities earning the required revenue for the state, the government can start putting in money for all other economic and social programmes. <BR/><BR/>I guess in all, it’s important to take in good ideas from around the world and from people who have global exposure and outlook; at the same time it is also important to nurture the young talents in-house to be more commercially aware.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14178965.post-1139065543107382902006-02-04T20:35:00.000+05:302006-02-04T20:35:00.000+05:30Hey,Nice! RDB did leave a lot of questions open fo...Hey,<BR/><BR/>Nice! RDB did leave a lot of questions open for us. But I guess it also answered quite a few. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for visiting my blog. I really liked your selection of topics and style of writing. Keep blogging.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com