Re: Sixty Years of Independent India (15th August 1947 - 15th August 2007)
Here is an interview with Shabana Azmi (Host Charlie Rose) on PBS. The first half is Nicholas Burns and the second Shabana Azmi.
SOA, I agree with you, but you know, it is not possible to explain to someone who is not willing to listen. I know there have been problems in India, but these problems are everywhere, in every country. With so much diversity, I think India is managing these problems very well. We, as Indians, need to do much more, and as more Indians are getting educated and there is more employment such problems are reducing. More Indian's of every religion are fed up of these politicians taking advantage of religion and caste diversity. I hope there is a law that can dictate that caste and religion can't be used for political purpose.
Completely agreed with a law should be put into practice that no more of this religion hoopla in India. Indians are doing good and for a large country with only 60 years of independence, its obviously needs some time to come into the top league much like the OECD countries.
If we observe over the past 5 years
1) We know india is growing strong every year economically
2) The legal system is improved tremendously
3) Employment though has some issues is doing better
4) The cultural factor is obviously been damaged due to westernization, which i am slightly against.
5) The government who is captured the hot seat is not all that important (though i love the duo of PM-FM of the present govt)
6) Communal riots though seem to play a major role but in big cities its just like unheard of.
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7) According to the report by Mckinsey, India's below poverty line estimated 291 million now, will reduce at a rapid pace by 2025 (though population will increase in this period), accordingly middle class will boom from present size of 50 million to 583 million.
8) Per capita income in the same period would triple from the present state (113,744 - 318,896 indian rupees)
So what more do we want, from 60 years of independence to 80 years of independence.