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भविष्य के साथ अनुपस्थित शिक्षक और अधिकारी वर्ग के हज़ारों जिम्मेदार \nखिलवाड़ कर रहे हैं।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Eतीसरा चिन्ह\u003C\/span\u003E - \u003C\/strong\u003Eहमारी सामाजिक \nसुरक्षा प्रणाली की स्थिति - जिसमें जीवन की सुरक्षा से लेकर पौष्टिक भोजन, \nबीमारियों से लड़ने की ताक़त और स्वच्छ वायु भी शामिल है - बहुत कुछ कह जाती है। गरीब \nके लिए गरीबी उतना बड़ा अभिशाप नहीं जितना गंभीर बीमारी के चंगुल में \nफँसना।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003Eहमारे संविधान की उद्देशिका कहती है कि \u003Cb\u003Eभारत एक \n\"संप्रभु, समाजवादी, पंथ-निरपेक्ष, लोकतान्त्रिक, गणराज्य\" बनेगा\u003C\/b\u003E। एक-एक कर देखें \nकि इन पांच तत्वों का एक नागरिक से क्या लेना-देना है। जब तक हम एक नागरिक पर ये \nपरीक्षण नहीं करेंगे, तब तक कुछ नहीं पता चलेगा।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003Eसत्ता और राजतन्त्र \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Eसंप्रभु \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003Eहैं, \nइसमें कोई शक़ नहीं, किन्तु नागरिक अपने हक़ों को लेकर संप्रभु नहीं। जिस किसी का \nपुलिस या कचहरी या प्रशासन से अपने माकूल हक़ पाने हेतु कभी पाला पड़ा है, वो जानता \nहै कि दिखने वाले दांतों और खाने वाले दांतों में कितना बड़ा अंतर है! बरसों गुज़र \nजाते हैं, सभी मानदंड बदल जाते हैं, जीवन गुज़र जाता है, और तब कहीं न्याय की आस \nबंधती दिखती है।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Eसमाजवादी\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Eहम कितने बने, ये हमारी \nप्रति व्यक्ति आय (2000 डॉलरों से कम, जो हमें निम्न माध्यम आय मुल्क बनाती है), से \nसाफ़ ज़ाहिर है। हम व्यापक गरीबी हटाने हेतु लगातार नए कार्यक्रम लाते रहे, और गरीबी \nबढ़ती रही। एक आम जन ने यही सोचा होगा कि नेताओं से उम्मीदें बेकार हैं, तो चुनावों \nमें जो फायदा (धन, वस्तुओं) का लिया जा सके वो ले लिया जाये। व्यापक चुनावी \nभ्रष्टाचार दशकों की निराशा से पनपा।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Eपंथ-निरपेक्षता\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003Eसे जुड़े विवादों का \nभरपूर फायदा सभी दलों ने अपने-अपने ढंग से उठाया, किन्तु मूल नैतिकता जो सभी धर्मों \nका आधार है, वो खो गयी। हमने जीवन के हर वर्ग में मुंडक उपनिषद् के \"सत्यमेव जयते\" \nको त्याग दिया, हालाँकि हर आधिकारिक दस्तावेज पर वो शान से विराजमान रहा।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Eलोकतान्त्रिक \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003Eहम बने रहे, और जनता \nने उन राजनेताओं को भी समय-समय पर कड़ा सबक सिखाया जिन्होंने खुलेआम वादा-खिलाफ की। \nकिन्तु उससे कुछ मूलभूत बदला नहीं - नए रूपों में कभी उन्हीं परिवारों के, कभी \nरिश्तेदारों के, तो कभी चमचों के हाथों जनता की गाढ़ी कमाई का धन लुटता रहा, नेता \nअमीर और धनाढ्य बनते रहे और आमजन पिसता रहा। लोकतंत्र दुर्भाग्यवश एक मशीन बन गया, \nहर पांच वर्षों में नए चेहरे आगे लाने का, लेकिन वो जनता जो सुशिक्षित न बन पायी, \nउसके लिए 26 जनवरी और 15 अगस्त के असली मायने धीरे-धीरे धुंधले होते चले \nगए।\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003Eऔर बचा\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003Eगणराज्य\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E! हमारे शासक \nपरिवारवादी वंशों और राजवंशों के नहीं होंगे, और वे चुने हुए जनता के असली नेता \nहोंगे, ये थी गणतंत्र की असली भावना और उद्देश्य। आप खुद तय करें, उपरोक्त तःथ्यों \nके साथ, कि हमने सात दशकों में वाकई कितना सफर तय किया।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue; font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003Eनिराशा के बादल से ही आशा की किरण फूटती है। स्याह \nरातों के बाद ही एक सुनहरा सवेरा होता है। एक नागरिक के नाते, आप और हम बहुत कुछ कर \nसकते हैं जो हम कर नहीं रहे। क्या संभावनाएं हैं?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Eपहला\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E- अपने नेताओं को हम अपना राजा \nऔर अपना मालिक समझना बंद करें। \"सत्ता भ्रष्ट करती है और पूर्ण सत्ता पूर्ण भ्रष्ट \nकरती है\" के मन्त्र पर ही हमें अपने नेताओं को समझाना होगा कि हमारी पसीने की कमाई \n(हमारे चुकाए कर) के दम पर वे हमारे हितैषी नहीं बन जायेंगे - उन्हें नित नए \nनवाचारी और कुशल उद्यम और तरीकों से इन करों से काम लेकर दिखाना होगा। इनकी परीक्षा \nहोनी आवश्यक है, और केवल एक जागरूक नागरिकवर्ग ही ऐसा कर पायेगा।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Eदूसरा\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E- हमारे अपने स्वार्थों के \nलिए हर बार छोटी गलियां निकालने, और छोटे-छोटे भ्रष्टाचार के ज़रिये हिट साधने की \nअपनी आदतें हमें त्यागनी होंगी। हम ही उन बड़े भ्रष्टाचारों की नींव रख देते हैं, \nजिन घोटालों के फूटने पर हमें अचरज होता है।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Eतीसरा\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E - हमारे मौलिक अधिकार अपने \nसाथ कुछ गंभीर मौलिक कर्त्तव्य भी लाते हैं, ये हमें समझना होगा। एक हाथ से सब्सिडी \nलेते वक़्त हम ध्यान रखें कि व्यवस्था को ज़िम्मेदार बनाना हमारी की ज़िम्मेदारी \nहै।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003Eआइये, एक सच्चा गणतंत्र बनाएं, जहाँ जन ही तंत्र \nहों, राज उनके अधीन हो और तंत्र केवल जन हेतु हो। \u003Cstrong\u003Eजय \nहिन्द!\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr 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href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6scPxVRCWP8\/WIJpNx7eLpI\/AAAAAAAACo4\/BN2fmWACdwcS1xu5VeT3JmpV-LNRzZw9ACLcB\/s1600\/Donald.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6scPxVRCWP8\/WIJpNx7eLpI\/AAAAAAAACo4\/BN2fmWACdwcS1xu5VeT3JmpV-LNRzZw9ACLcB\/s400\/Donald.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nIt was 1991. My country was going through a huge period of turbulence. Rajiv Gandhi had been brutally assassinated, and the leading party Congress was rudderless, when a dimunitive but extremely intelligent politician Mr P V Narsimha Rao was thrust into the limelight. All other satraps imagined he wouldn't last too long, but he did. He not only lasted five full years, he ended up transforming India.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple;\"\u003EIndia abolishes industrial licensing \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E- headline in Economic Times.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple;\"\u003EIndia adopts the New Economic Policy \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E- headline in Times of India.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple;\"\u003EIndia opens up for business \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E- headline in Hindustan Times.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAs a young man about to graduate from the IIT Delhi, I was a curious newcomer reading these newspapers with intense interest. For the first time, I was introduced to the concepts called \"globalisation\", \"liberalisation\", and \"privatisation\". These were projected almost as the panacea for an economy struggling with rapid population growth rates, but poor industrial output.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPrime Minister Rao \u003Ci\u003Ethrust \u003C\/i\u003EIndia into the golden period of high GDP growth rates (despite all the leaking public services) and ensured that Indian entrepreneurs (like me) got a fair chance at doing what we loved to do - building enterprises. That would have been impossible just a few years ago.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(By the way, the public services have remained leaky till date!)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt was a bright new era. Open borders. An open world. Free trade (whatever that was supposed to mean). A new WTO coming up (Jan 1995). Wow. The world will be a free place, no borders stopping capital or labour.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EToday, 26 years later, while sitting with my son about to enter college, I watched Donald Trump say everything that was the direct opposite to what I experienced in 1991.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWe will put America First ⇒ The end of liberal globalisation as we know it.\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe will ensure that Americans get their due ⇒ The whole Chinese narrative of \"free trade\" whacked.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nWe will bring back jobs to America ⇒ The end of a free run for Indian IT companies\u003C\/div\u003E\nWe will ensure others don't get enriched at our cost ⇒ Allies, beware!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWe will eradicate radical Islam from the face of this Earth ⇒ Pakistan - any reply to that?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWe will eradicate radical Islam from the face of this Earth ⇒ Music to a patriotic Indian's ears.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nWe will ensure that power goes back to the people ⇒ Ooooh, bad days ahead, Establishment.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EIn the most radical of ways, Mr Trump has made it clear that starting Day 1, he intends to remain true to those who voted him to power\u003C\/b\u003E, despite the brutal ridiculing he received at the hands of the liberal mainstream media and \"coastal elite\". Even the media and the elite have powers that are not infinite. While he shook hands warmly with Obama, he made sure to pull the philosophical rug from under his feet almost immediately.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI could hear the globalisation engine emit a loud noise as the gears went into reverse.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHere is my take on what the coming era will hold for all of us :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Col style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBad days for Indian I.T. companies, if Trump really does what he said today\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E. Since most Indian IT companies make their profits using cheap labour packaged into dollar-billable assets, their basic model may evaporate. Since these companies are largely into services and lack any world-beating product (say, in consumer internet segment - the market of the future), their profit story may get a rude shock. And don't even imagine what will happen to the hundreds of engineering colleges dependent on \"mass campus recruitments\" to stay liquid. Bad luck for IT cos. shareholders, as valuations will tumble down the hole. If they don't, it will be another mystery of this story called \"globalisation\". All \u0026nbsp;the effort Mr Jinping put in at Davos seemed futile today.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPakistan and China may get the hard end of the stick pretty soon\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E. India has cried herself hoarse reminding China (touchy as they are about \"One China\") that our own territorial sentiments must be respected. In the most blatant, devious and insulting of ways, the Pak-China combo has rubbed salt into India's wounds. It will be very bad days for that approach, if Trump sticks to his words. And anyway, for Trump \"Hindus are a great people\". Thank you Mr.Trump.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EIndia's overall geo-strategic interests will get a terrific boost\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E. We are not a major manufacturing nation anyway - at least not when compared to China. So any harm that comes to exporters to the US, will be minimal in our case (relatively). We will recover. But for those hoarding trillions of dollars and using that leverage geostrategically, time to make fun of the Commander in Chief is all but over. Good luck to them!\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EThe closeness of many Indian businessmen and leaders to Mr. Trump must be leveraged to push India's case real hard\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E. The time is right to reclaim the Indian Ocean Region for a long, long time. The time is right to speak aloud that enough is enough, stay off us. And anyway, Mr Rex Tillerson has warned the dragon to stay off the south China sea islands.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EMore populism across the world \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E- Trump's remarkable campaign (for all the hatred it evoked) will be a template for many more watching him closely. The frustration of the 99% may spill over, flooding and swamping away the riches of the 1%. Anything seems possible now.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nTo all the liberal lobbies tearing their hair out, it is time for a cold, objective look into what prompted this amazing populist backlash.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nCan technology really be allowed to take over millions of jobs?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWill people just sit and watch as elites corner all the benefits progress has to offer?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWill a condescending attitude towards the less fortunate ever sustain in the long run?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWill the narrative of a Utopian future in the presence of dystopian present ever hold?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMr.Trump's arrival is the beginning of a whole new era of trade, finance and economics. He will not rest until he gets the job again (the next 4 years). In that light, among other things, I wonder what mighty institutions like the IIMs will do now, as the whole edifice on which their lofty existence was built is crumbling right under their feet. First it was Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balakrishna who threw all the polish and facade of modern management practice down the gutter by upstaging monolithinc rivals through brutal innovation and back-to-the-roots. And now Trump. Ha ha - unimaginable.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWelcome to the brave new world, ladies and gentlemen. Get your seatbelts along.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAnd stay glued to Twitter. He is about to announce something soon :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bodhibooster.com\/2017\/01\/Arrival-Donald-Trump-World-Politics-India-Free-Trade-Terrorism.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERead a detailed analysis on \"The Arrival of Donald Trump\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/hindi.bodhibooster.com\/2017\/01\/Hindi-Arrival-Donald-Trump-World-Politics-India-Free-Trade-Terrorism.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eउपरोक्त को हिंदी में पढ़ें\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E~\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/1352624901240903532\/comments\/default","title":"Post 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India had just gained\nindependence, and power was about to be transferred in the hands of a Prime\nMinister who believed firmly in the sentiment of a global fraternity of nations. Another\nAsian giant was struggling with its own internal challenges. Recovering from the Japanese attack, the Chinese Kuomintang Party – under the\nleadership of Chiang Kai-shek – was struggling with the domestic Communists. America and other nations had been supporting Kuomintang and the Communists\nwere not expected to usurp power. But surprisingly, in 1949, power came into\nthe hands of Mao Tse-tung and he founded the People's Republic of China (PRC). The Kuomintang Party leaders\nfled to Taiwan. The same Taiwan, the recent tweets on which by Donald Trump has\nenraged the Chinese government for violating the “one China” policy.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EPandit Nehru’s philosophy was that of peaceful co-existence,\nbut in only one decade all his dreams stood shattered when the Chinese communists not\nonly annexed entire Tibet, but also engaged in a bloody military\nconfrontation with India. Tibet, which with its 12.25 lac sq. k.m. geographical\narea, had been a safe “buffer zone” between India and China for centuries,\nsuddenly came under Chinese ownership. The PLA immediately started\nbuilding military assets there. Its impact is seen today in India’s\nmilitary strategies, where we are forced to deploy our state-of –the-art\nweapons and military assets to combat the visible threats coming over\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003Efrom Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EToday, it's different \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThe conditions today are such that China directly criticises\nIndia for Dalai Lama’s activities in India and the Indian government responds\nwith clarifications. China has not only acted in this fashion with India, but\nChina has done the same with Mongolia and the US in the recent past – only the\nUS responded tersely saying that criticism was not acceptable. If we see the entire\noverall strategy of China, it would be clear that there is only one direct,\nclear and current challenge for India, which\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\n\u003C\/span\u003Ehas both the capability and intention of harming Indian interests, and\nthat is China. Pakistan does not have the capability to threaten India at all, if it\ndoes not enjoy the blatant support of the Chinese.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-7Q6iKbfs5zo\/WHeCDk_hD3I\/AAAAAAAACok\/5-yvNmmeZHw668INXwohm0ktzQ1ggyYwQCLcB\/s1600\/xi-modi.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"www.SandeepManudhane.org, http:\/\/brightsparks.PTeducation.com\" border=\"0\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-7Q6iKbfs5zo\/WHeCDk_hD3I\/AAAAAAAACok\/5-yvNmmeZHw668INXwohm0ktzQ1ggyYwQCLcB\/s640\/xi-modi.jpg\" title=\"India-China, Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi, CPEC, IOR, Pakistan\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ELet us first look at the big differences between India and\nChina –\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\n\n\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFirst difference –\u003C\/b\u003E No government in India frames a long term\npolicy (strategic, industrial, or any other) which can last the next ten to\nfifteen years, whereas China is not only directly framing policies for the\nnext\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003Etwenty or thirty years, but also implementing them. It can be said that our democracy and elections every\nfive years, have given us this huge “relative strategic loss”.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESecond difference – \u003C\/b\u003ESince China practically does not have the concept of\nFundamental Rights, or the supremacy of any Constitution, and also no Supreme Court which can stop or prevent\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003Ethe government, hence, only a single-party government makes the economic\nand military\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003Ecapability of the country\nat its\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003Ewill, and speedily implements\nit. In India, where the policy of “take it easy”\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003Elooms large all across,\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003Ethis type of speed can look like a day-dream.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThird difference – \u003C\/b\u003EEver since 1980, under the\nleadership of Deng Xioping, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EChina \u003C\/span\u003Ehad realized that no strategic victory was possible\nwithout economic advancement,\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003Eand hence\nit wholeheartedly devoted itself to manufacturing and scientific research. The situation today is such that this becomes the main issue in the US\npresidential elections.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFourth difference – \u003C\/b\u003EThe Chinese state, working in only a\nsingle direction, with only a single\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003Eaim and\ntarget, strives to eliminate every possible strategic problem either by\nvirtue of resources or by the use of force. Huge foreign exchange reserves and\nmassive economic power give it this immediate advantage.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFifth difference – \u003C\/b\u003EChina wants a complete dominance on\nentire Asia. China has openly opposed and abused India’s\nevery interest in the past decade. It is indicative of the fact that China wants to create the a 21st century of its own, with no intention of sharing it with India.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EAll these indications are now transforming into ground\nrealities, and they are happening in our own land! China has speedily made its\nCPEC in the Illegally occupied PoK in the past two years and thereby prepared\nfor its entry in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Possibly this would be its\nultimate objective – to reduce India’s dominance in the most strategic IOR. All\nnations, which have so far been close to India are being supplied military\nequipments, like submarines (Bangladesh). Pakistan’s courage and 'power' has increased manifold, despite the Baloch rebels raising a hue and cry. The Babur missile\ntest conducted by Pakistan in 2017 should be viewed in this light.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ENow the issue is no longer limited to Pakistan. In the\nbattle of supremacy on entire Asia, China is continuously investing which can\nseriously impact India’s interests. By showing huge procurement favours to an\neconomically troubled Russia and convincing the Taliban for accepting a mid-way, China\nis creating new equations the ultimate results of which would possibly be not understood by anyone.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EAn Action Plan \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESo, what should India do? We can focus on five things –\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\n\n\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFirst – \u003C\/b\u003EWe should try to make a common front with all\npossible allies. The military and strategic close relationship with Vietnam and\nJapan is being developed with this view.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESecond – \u003C\/b\u003EOur intrinsic strengths – our education system,\nscientific research capability and economy – should be strengthened if we are\nto remain steadfast against such forces for the next fifty years.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThird – \u003C\/b\u003EThe political system and democracy we take pride in,\nand which has slowed us against the Chinese communists, has to be completely\ncleansed – i.e. revolutionary electoral reforms.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFourth – \u003C\/b\u003ESpeak in unison – when the issue relates to\nnational interest, mutual \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003Ebitterness and \u003C\/span\u003Econfrontations\u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003Ewould not be helpful, and that too against an opponent\nlike China. Our unity will always remain our strength.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFifth – \u003C\/b\u003EPreparedness for the future – It is quite possible\nthat the Chinese government’s current model (no democratic elections) may\nstruggle some day in the wake of despotism and finally collapse. And then there\nwill be a likelihood of a change in China’s strategic approach. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThe speed with which the 21st century is showing\nnew forms, India should not hesitate to do everything possible to protect its\ninterests and the prosperity of its citizens by national consensus.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sandeepmanudhane.org\/sminmedia\/Main-Editorial-Article-12-Jan-2017.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMy Hindi editorials on this was published recently. May like to read it here -\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sandeepmanudhane.org\/sminmedia\/Main-Editorial-Article-12-Jan-2017.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sandeepmanudhane.org\/sminmedia\/Main-Editorial-Article-12-Jan-2017.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"www.BodhiBooster.com, http:\/\/www.SandeepManudhane.org, www.PTeducation.com\" border=\"0\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-pf7hWocF_4g\/WHd_9R0eIwI\/AAAAAAAACoY\/bYnSRBA8tyIZoSWA3tcmnqhQWSiAjdMyACLcB\/s640\/Hindi%2Barticle.bmp\" title=\"India China relations CPEC, Pakistan, Babur missile, Agni V missile, Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi, Indian Ocean Region\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E~\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/7904113879219045341\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8647794548092946175\u0026postID=7904113879219045341\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/7904113879219045341"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/7904113879219045341"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2017\/01\/Asia-India-China-CPEC-IOR-struggle-competition.html","title":"The emerging Asian mega-struggle"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11843171978811719595"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-7Q6iKbfs5zo\/WHeCDk_hD3I\/AAAAAAAACok\/5-yvNmmeZHw668INXwohm0ktzQ1ggyYwQCLcB\/s72-c\/xi-modi.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647794548092946175.post-4846006383241756901"},"published":{"$t":"2016-12-01T16:35:00.001+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-12-01T16:35:39.954+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Capitalism Communism and Socialism"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Fidel Castro"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"indian politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"power thoughts"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"world politics"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Castro – The last great revolutionary"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\nThe twentieth century has been a big turning point in modern human history. Three factors moulded it – First, the continued colonialism since the 18th\u0026nbsp;century, which was itself influenced by mercantilism (accumulation of gold and\nsilver by nations); Second, the miraculous success of industrial revolution in some\ncountries and Third, the social disparities that arose as a result of the two\n– socialism and its extreme form, communism.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe results of complete\nsuccess of industrial revolution were evident in some countries. Nations were\ndivided into two groups – modern-industrialized and backward. Those\ncountries which surged ahead went on to develop massive and dangerous military\ncapabilities, and its result manifested in the form of World War I (1914-1919). The result of\nthis devastating war was the ultra-nationalism of some countries, and finally\nthe military expansion by Hitler culminated in the beginning of World War II\n(1939-1945).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\nWhen Germany and Japan\nwere comprehensively defeated, America emerged as the undisputed and\ninsuperable victor. America made relentless efforts to avoid the occurrence of a\nThird World War, for which it was proposed to constitute an international\nframework to institutionally help various nations and the focus\nremained on development and not on militarization. This resulted in the\nformation of institutions like IMF and the World Bank (WB) in 1945, and for\nonce it was felt that humanity would indeed reach an era of persistent\ndevelopment and peace.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-kUQV3adRWkM\/WEADwE20zkI\/AAAAAAAACns\/cg1vmwTnGZMfglW4zN-b4VJOzf-PbxA2wCLcB\/s1600\/1101590126_400.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-kUQV3adRWkM\/WEADwE20zkI\/AAAAAAAACns\/cg1vmwTnGZMfglW4zN-b4VJOzf-PbxA2wCLcB\/s320\/1101590126_400.jpg\" width=\"242\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EBut a consensus on\nfundamental key issues was never reached – these issues being – which was\nbetter, Capitalism or Socialism, Mercantilism or Humanitarianism of the Welfare State, and whether it is right to interfere with sovereign states or not. These\nthree key issues defined the entire twentieth century (from 1945 till the end).\nAnd ever since 1950 it was quite clear that the ideological conflict between\ncommunism of the Soviet Union and the “unrestrained” capitalism of the US could any\ntime transform into a devastating nuclear battle of the Third World War.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\nCountries like India,\nYugoslavia and Egypt kept themselves away from this tangle and formed a\nnon-aligned group of the Third World countries and categorically conveyed to\nthe first world (US and West) and second world (the Communist bloc) that they would remain out of this conflict. But the\nconflict between Capitalism (US) and Communism (USSR) flared up so much that the blazing flame of Cold War engulfed the whole world in different\nways right from 1950 to 1991. The Cold War – no bullets fired but a nuclear war would loom large, meet at a forum but be prepared for\nbackstabbing – a war of that kind!\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAmidst all this a leader\nemerged in politics right in the backyard of the US who, despite all dangers\nand assassination attempts, would continue to challenge the mighty US for the\nnext five decades. The message was straight and clear – do not interfere in the affairs of others, do not depict the omnipotence of market-mechanism as Godlike, and do not\nallow the international institutionalization of the robbing the\ndeprived classes. It was a scary dream which would haunt the US year after\nyear at all international forums that the all-powerful could also commit\nblunders and that they must be shown a mirror.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFive primary elements of\nFidel Castro’s politics and personality defined him. Let us see the magical charisma of this personality.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EFirst\u003C\/b\u003E – Not losing any\nopportunity of reminding the US of its blunders despite the constant grave\ndangers to his own life (the CIA had official sanction to eliminate him!), and\nboldly raising his assertive voice for hours on end at the UN as well as at all\nother international fora. This provided a moral support to the poor nations that\nin a bi-polar world (until 1991), and thereafter in a uni-polar world a lot\ncould be achieved provided one had the courage to speak the truth. Although,\nmost other countries did nothing more than genuflecting their financial knees before\nglobal agencies, but still, symbolically Castro continued to shine like the proverbial Pole-Star.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003ESecond\u003C\/b\u003E – Castro\nrepeatedly cautioned the world that the dangers of global financial systems had\nconverted the entire system into a gambler’s den. In the blazing storm of\nliberalization and globalization post-1980, these dangers had spread across the\nworld, and Castro's foresight was visible after the 2007\ncollapse of the US housing sector which prompted a global recession. He\nhad also predicted that the current form of consumerism would finish off all\nresources. Isn't this not what's precisely happening presently?\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EThird \u003C\/b\u003E– Fidel Castro had\ncautioned that the capitalism that we have embraced, would take social\ninequality to such a dangerous level – and the 2015 report of Oxfam made it clear when it highlighted the fact that the wealth of top 62\npeople today is equal to that of half of the global population! This equation (62 = 350,00,00,000) apparently seems to be the most dreadful aspect of the lopsided global economy! And\nwhy even recall Castro – remember the words of Mahatma Gandhi “This world has\neverything for the requirements of all of us, but it does not have anything for\nthe greed of any one of us”.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EFourth\u003C\/b\u003E – Quite different from the\nalleged communists of many nations, Castro’s Cuba tried to help and\nsupport local revolutionaries of various countries who revolted against the\ncolonial powers. And this was not secret but bold and open, which Cuba had\nopenly declared. So the designs of the power and wealth-hungry colonial\npowers (mostly European) came in an open and honest manner, and the results were usually pleasant – in Congo, Mozambique\nand particularly in Angola, where the racist South African army got such a\nhumiliating beating that finally the white regime had to abandon apartheid in 1993! But\nCastro’s fighters never tried to reap the fruits – they always returned to\nCuba after accomplishing their mission. Such honesty in words and deeds is\nrarely seen in the world.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EFifth \u003C\/b\u003Eand the last was\nCastro’s never surrendering to mercantilism despite almost the entire world\nbowing before it! It is now that one realizes that he could envision the power of unlimited greed to plunge humanity into a deep morass.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\nDespite all the\ncriticism, it would not be wrong to salute Castro for his honesty and his\nsteadfastness towards the goal. This great and last revolutionary of the\ntwentieth century could never be bent, and who gave a firm voice to millions of oppressed communities against mercantilism.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sandeepmanudhane.org\/sminmedia\/Main-Editorial-Article-01-Dec-2016.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHere is my editorial on the topic published in a Hindi newspaper. Enjoy!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sandeepmanudhane.org\/sminmedia\/Main-Editorial-Article-01-Dec-2016.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"www.SandeepManudhane.org, www.BodhiBooster.com\" border=\"0\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-TV_kFg3RIYg\/WEAC4xMrRAI\/AAAAAAAACno\/8PU5LD9nFG8GmYI6Mn62Z5clfa9OxeLDQCLcB\/s640\/Main-Editorial-Article-01-12-2016.gif\" title=\"Hindi editorials, Sandeep Manudhane, Fidel Castro, Communism, Capitalism\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E~\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/4846006383241756901\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8647794548092946175\u0026postID=4846006383241756901\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/4846006383241756901"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/4846006383241756901"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2016\/12\/castro-last-revolutionary-20th-century-communism-capitalism.html","title":"Castro – The last great revolutionary"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11843171978811719595"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-kUQV3adRWkM\/WEADwE20zkI\/AAAAAAAACns\/cg1vmwTnGZMfglW4zN-b4VJOzf-PbxA2wCLcB\/s72-c\/1101590126_400.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647794548092946175.post-8505021671810162872"},"published":{"$t":"2016-11-17T16:29:00.001+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-12-01T16:35:57.894+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"advice and power thoughts"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Economic Reforms"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Enterpreneurship"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"India"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian democracy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian econ"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"indian politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Prime Minister"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Demonetisation and nation-building - a multifarious exercise"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EPost the major \u0026amp; bold decision on currency demonetisation, many aspects of governance and nation-building are in sharp focus. In the middle of the inconvenience caused to the masses at the banks and ATMs, there are many other serious points to ponder. I wrote an Editorial Article in Hindi, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sandeepmanudhane.org\/sminmedia\/Main-Editorial-Article-17-Nov-2016.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Epublished recently and excerpted below\u003C\/a\u003E, the English version of which is here. Do let me know your views. Let the Mahayagna begin. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #783f04;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnd don't forget to check out our comprehensive analyses on demonetisation, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bodhibooster.com\/2016\/11\/BodhiBooster-Modi-demonetisation-500-1000-rupees-black-money-analysis-bodhi-part2.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehere!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJai Hind!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Chr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cb style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: xx-large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EAn open letter to the Prime Minister\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHon’ble Modiji,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThe country is struggling with many grave challenges, and\nall true Indians are striving to transform these challenges in to\nopportunities. I am trying to understand all aspects of this intricate subject\nof modern nation-building. May I attract your attention to seven issues.\nDespite all the hardships that the common Indians are facing today, crores of\ncitizens feel that a genuine crucial action seems to have been initiated.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFirst \u003C\/b\u003E–\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: orange;\"\u003EEntrepreneurship and nation-building \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E-\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: orange;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EAfter your important announcement of November\n8, an honest entrepreneur who could only weep in despair, has started feeling a\nsense of relief. \u0026nbsp;He was compelled to\npart with his hard, lawfully earned “white” money to gain his lawful rights, by\nvarious government officials who would want payment in black. If one did not\noblige, it was impossible to go even one step forward. This meant months of\nfurther problems.\u0026nbsp; It seems that out of\nfear, this menace can be curbed to an extent. Yes, now possibly the number of\njob seekers in the government sector is likely to go down because a major\nattraction for these jobs seems to be evaporating!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESecond \u003C\/b\u003E–\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: orange; font-weight: bold;\"\u003EAttack on Benami assets \u003C\/span\u003E-\u003Cspan style=\"color: orange; font-weight: bold;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EAll the necessary steps required to take\ndemonetization to its logical conclusion have already been announced by you –\nYour next strike would be on \u003Ci\u003EBenami property\u003C\/i\u003E (movable,\nimmovable\/tangible\/intangible). Excellent! Since these are the best sources of\nplacement of non-cash black money. The innumerable properties that the\ngovernment will confiscate through these measures need to be utilized for\npublic welfare. This will give the Indian population the opportunity to utilize\nits \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;rightful claim. If lavish but illegal benami properties\nare converted into schools, hospitals and incubation centers for entrepreneurial\nstartups, the difference and impact would be immediately visible. Though it is\nnot easy, but if this happens, it would be the most visible transformation. If\ncreation of benami property is made almost impossible, then only will the\npublic partnership of today become really meaningful in the long run.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThird \u003C\/b\u003E–\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: orange;\"\u003ENeed for mass training and orientation\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E-\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIf the honest Indian businessmen and citizens\nare not accustomed to cashless transactions, they alone cannot be held\nresponsible for this. The required technical systems and trust, as also the\nspread and promotion of awareness, has been woefully lacking. Till today all\nsuch sectors running on cash have dramatically come to a grinding halt. All\nsections of the economy who genuinely want to join the mainstream economy need\nto be helped and encouraged. All government departments, officials and\npersonnel related to revenue \u0026nbsp;need to be\nprovided with operational training. Public support for demoetization and their\ntrust will be with you, but their daily life needs to be streamlined\nimmediately.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFourth \u003C\/b\u003E–\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: orange;\"\u003EOnline portal to curb corruption\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E–\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHon’ble Modiji, the common man of India is\nready to go along on a righteous path if he is guided properly. Innumerable Indian\nwho are helpless, powerless (except during the elections) and with a low\nper-capita income want progress. But due to the virus of corruption infecting nearly\nevery aspect of our system, the correct information of various important\ngovernment programmes and subsidies neither reaches them at the right time nor\nin the right quantity.This shakes their confidence and faith, and the good\npeople also prefer to remain away from the system. You have made a new\nbeginning by creating many transparent portals (like GARV etc). Then, for a\nfinal assault on government corruption, why not make a transparent online portal\nwhere any instance of public’s exploitation could be uploaded through a mobile\nphone, for action?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFifth \u003C\/b\u003E–\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb style=\"color: orange;\"\u003EElection reforms \u003C\/b\u003E-\u003Cb style=\"color: orange;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ETime has come to cleanse the pious land which\nis the fountainhead of all corruption and mafia building. To deal with this\nsin, a law needs to be made for compulsorily accepting all electoral funding in\nwhite, and for government funding of elections. For this to happen,\nsimultaneous elections are necessary, so that all agencies can fully\nconcentrate on one single objective with all their energy and might. This is\nthe right time to bring such law. The entire system could be transformed with\nsimultaneous elections, and the country would be free to concentrate on the\nreal issues and challenges – per capita income, education, social harmony and\ntechnological progress – for the remaining four and a half years. This will\nreally help in honest people joining politics, because as of now it becomes\nimpossible for them to fight against money and muscle power.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESixth\u003C\/b\u003E –\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: orange;\"\u003EA suggestion\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E–\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESince this pious mission of nation-building\nhas started, I have another suggestion to make. There may be some among the huge\nlot of dishonest people who may have heard a faint knock of their conscience, and\nmay be ready to contribute their ill-gotten wealth for nation-building. Why not\ncreate such an account where their entire (100%, without any deduction) money\ncould be deposited, rather than being burnt or destroyed? One single account\nwhich could accumulate all such resources?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESeventh\u003C\/b\u003E –\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb style=\"color: orange;\"\u003EQuality of public services versus Taxation \u003C\/b\u003E-\u003Cb style=\"color: orange;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThe honest have been experiencing one more\nhardship, that of exorbitant rates of taxes but with meager returns. If all the\ndirect and indirect taxes collected at all levels are added, the honest have nothing\nleft in their pockets (this is being rationalized through GST). Even that would\nhave been ok if quality goods and services were available to the public. Bur\nthis does not happen. The final victory of this huge mission (Mahayagna) would\nbe only when millions of new entrants to the white economy become satisfied\nwith the quality of goods and services being provided to them. Otherwise, there\nis going to be a big discontent. That means, the entire government machinery\nand systems – police, administration, PDS, Govt. hospitals, Govt. schools, the\njudiciary – will have to undergo a complete transformation in their quality and\nfunctioning.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESir, thanks again for this big decision! \u003C\/b\u003EThe honest have\nlost nothing, but have got a new hope. By taking all sections of the society\ntogether, and by creating faith in them, this process will get a huge boost and\nsupport, which is necessary to make India truly strong in the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E\ncentury and face the massive challenge posed by China. The government has shown\nits commitment to take the hardest of decisions. It only needs a speedy\nimplementation and sensitiveness, and the transformation is bound to happen.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Co:p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sandeepmanudhane.org\/sminmedia\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThis was published as leading editorial article in Hindi newspaper Prabhat Khabar, all editions. 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Enjoy, and the link to original image is at the end.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003Eभारतीय राज्य व्यवस्था की सबसे बड़ी खूबी है उसका \nसंतुलन। हमने 1950 से ही, संविधान को अपना सर्वस्व माना, और राज्य के हर अंग को \nउसके अधीन करते हुए, ऐसी व्यवस्था बनाई जिसने इतने विशाल और विविध देश को 70 सालों \nसे संभाल रखा है।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eहमारी राज्य व्यवस्था तीन स्तरों पर कार्य करती है - \nकेंद्र सरकार और उसके संस्थान व निकाय, राज्य सरकारें और उनके संस्थान\/निकाय, एवं \nस्थानीय प्रशासन निकाय (शहरी और ग्रामीण) जो जड़ों तक फैले हुए हैं। चूंकि ये एक \nवृहद् व्यवस्था है जो विभिन्न सरकारें मिलकर चलाती हैं, अतः संविधान में अनेकों \nसंतुलन बनाये रखने वाले सूत्र दिए गए हैं, मसलन केंद्र-राज्य-स्थानीय निकाय संबंधों \nको परिभाषित करना और एक निरपेक्ष भाव से उनको चलाते रहने हेतु अनेकों स्वायत्त \nनिकाय भी बनाना।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eकिन्तु सत्ता का एक श्याम पक्ष होता है - सत्ता \nभ्रष्ट बनाने की ताकत रखती है, और पूर्ण सत्ता पूर्ण रूप से भ्रष्ट बनाने की ताकत \nरखती है। इसीलिए, हमारे लोकतंत्र को \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cstrong style=\"font-family: noto sans;\"\u003Eतीन स्तंभों \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eपर खड़ा किया गया \nहै, एक पर नहीं। \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cstrong style=\"font-family: noto sans;\"\u003Eपहला \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E- विधायिका (लेजिस्लेटिव) अर्थात संसद व \nविधानसभाएं, जो कानूनों को बनाती हैं और इन्हीं में से बनती है सरकारें (राजनीतिक \nकार्यकारी), \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cstrong style=\"font-family: noto sans;\"\u003Eदूसरा \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E- कार्यपालिका अर्थात प्रशासनिक व्यवस्था जो \nचुन कर नहीं वरन परीक्षा से चयन होकर आये लोगों से बनती है, और \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cstrong style=\"font-family: noto sans;\"\u003Eतीसरा \n\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E- न्यायपालिका जिसका मुख्य कार्य है संविधान की संरक्षा करना, कानूनी \nविवाद निपटाना और\u0026nbsp;कानून की व्याख्या करना (बनाना नहीं)।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eतो भारत के संविधान में विधायिका, कार्यपालिका और \nन्यायपालिका के बीच \"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cstrong style=\"font-family: noto sans;\"\u003Eशक्तियों के विभाजन\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cstrong style=\"font-family: noto sans;\"\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eका जो \nसिद्धांत है, वो करीब से देखने पर ऐसा प्रतीत होता है मानो न्यायपालिका को \n\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cstrong style=\"font-family: noto sans;\"\u003Eन्यायिक समीक्षा की शक्ति\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\" के रूप में कार्यकारी और\u0026nbsp; संसद पर एक \nऊपरी हाथ दिया गया है। वे संवैधानिक प्रावधान जो कानूनों की न्यायिक समीक्षा की \nगारंटी प्रदान करते हैं वे अनुच्छेद 13, 32 131-136, 143, 145, 226, 246, 251, 254 \nऔर 372\u0026nbsp; में शामिल हैं। न्यायिक समीक्षा की शक्ति उच्चतम न्यायालय को संसद द्वारा \nबनाये किसी भी कानून को संविधान की कसौटी पर परखने की पूर्ण स्वतंत्रता देता है - \nइस लिहाज से कार्यकारी और न्यायालयों के बीच घर्षण होना आम बात है, और उसमें कुछ \nबुरा भी नहीं।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eजब तक इन तीन स्तंभों में संतुलन बना रहेगा, तब तक \nदेश सुचारू रूप से चलता रहेगा। हालाँकि इतना सरल कभी कुछ नहीं रहा। 1951 के तुरंत \nबाद संविधान में जैसे ही नई सरकार ने काम शुरू किया, भूमि से जुड़े कानून और \nअधिकारों में संशोधन की आवश्यकता महसूस हो गयी चूंकि सरकारी प्रोजेक्ट अटक रहे थे। \nतबसे अब तक, 100 से अधिक संशोधन हो चुके हैं, और अनेकों बार न्यायपालिका द्वारा दिए \nगए निर्णयों को पलटने हेतु ऐसा किया गया - सबसे उल्लेखनीय है श्री राजीव गाँधी \nद्वारा शाह बानो मामले में कानून बदल देना जिससे सुप्रीम कोर्ट का निर्णय ही \nप्रभावहीन हो गया।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eभारतीय संविधान के अनुच्छेद 124 में कहा गया है कि\u0026nbsp; \nउच्च न्यायपालिका में न्यायाधीशों की नियुक्ति का संचालन कार्यकारी द्वारा किया \nजाएगा। 1990 के दशक में भारतीय न्यायपालिका में एक नई घटना हुई, जो वैश्विक \nन्यायपालिका में अनसुनी है, जिसके अनुसार शीर्ष अदालत ने न्यायाधीशों की नियुक्ति \nके लिए एक कॉलेजियम व्यवस्था का निर्माण किया जिसमें न्यायाधीश स्वयं न्यायाधीशों \nकी नियुक्ति करते हैं। यह राज्य-व्यवस्था के तीनों अंगों की दृष्टि से एक नया \nप्रयोग था! न्यायिक नियुक्तियों की कॉलेजियम प्रणाली भारत में अद्वितीय है और \nदुनिया में कहीं भी इस प्रकार की व्यवस्था अस्तित्व में नहीं है। उपरोक्त के \nपरिप्रेक्ष्य में सरकार ने संसद की विधि निर्माण की औपचारिक प्रक्रिया के माध्यम से \n(121 वां संशोधन विधेयक, जो 99 वें संशोधन अधिनियम के रूप में पारित हुआ) \n\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cstrong style=\"font-family: noto sans;\"\u003Eराष्ट्रीय न्यायिक नियुक्ति आयोग\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E अधिनियमित किया। सरकार की मंशा \nथी कि अन्य सभी क्षेत्रों की ही तरह न्यायपालिका पर भी पारदर्शिता के उच्चतम मापदंड \nलागू हों, और जनता का पूर्ण विश्वास हमेशा बना रहे। यहाँ ये जानना भी ज़रूरी है कि \nभारतीय न्यायपालिका विश्व की सबसे बडी न्याय व्यवस्थाओं में से एक है जहाँ देश के \nविभिन्न न्यायालयों में लाखों की संख्या में न्यायिक मामले लंबित हैं और सैकडों की \nसंख्या में न्यायाधीशों के पद रिक्त पडे हैं। विशेषज्ञ कहते हैं कि जितना व्यय \nन्यायिक अधोसंरचना निर्माण पर होना चाहिए था, उतना वर्ष-दर-वर्ष हुआ ही नहीं और \nबढ़ती जनसँख्या के दबाव के तले पूरी न्याय व्यवस्था चरमरा गयी।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003Eउच्चतम न्यायालय ने संसद के उक्त रा.न्या.नि.आ. \nअधिनियम को अवैध और शून्य घोषित किया और इसे खारिज कर दिया। अब केंद्र सरकार पर ये \nज़िम्मेदारी डाल दी गई कि वो एक प्रक्रिया पत्र (मेमोरेंडम ऑफ़ प्रोसीजर), जो \nराष्ट्रीय न्यायिक नियुक्ति आयोग के कार्य की जगह लेगा, तैयार करे। 28\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;; font-size: large;\"\u003E अक्टूबर 2016 को उच्चतम न्यायालय ने गुस्सा करते हुए सरकार को \nयाद दिलाया कि प्रक्रिया पत्र बनाने में बनाने में देरी स्वीकार्य नहीं है, और सबसे \nवरिष्ठ नौकरशाहों को कोर्ट में बुला लिया जायेगा यदि जल्दी से नतीजे नहीं आये तो। \nइसके तुरंत बाद सरकार ने कुछ नए न्यायाधीशों की नियुक्ति को मंजूरी दे दी, किन्तु \nअभी भी काफी पद रिक्त पड़े हैं।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong style=\"font-family: noto sans;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003Cstrong style=\"font-family: noto sans;\"\u003Eअक्टूबर अंत में रिक्त पदों की स्थिति : \n\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eउच्चतम न्यायालय : 10 % रिक्त (3 #), सभी उच्च न्यायालय : 43 % रिक्त (464 \n#)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eइस स्थिति में यदि कार्यपालिका और न्यायपालिका तुरंत \nऔर सौहार्दपूर्ण ढंग से इस गतिरोध को हल नहीं करते तो सबसे अधिक नुकसान न्याय चाहने \nवालों का ही होगा। कानूनी विशेषज्ञों और न्यायिक टीकाकारों की राय है कि इस गतिरोध \nको शीघ्र ही समाप्त कर देना चाहिए। इसके लिए दोनों पक्षों को इसे अधिकार या \nप्रतिष्ठा का प्रश्न न बनाते हुए एक कदम पीछे आने को तैयार होना चाहिए। उच्चतम \nन्यायालय को कॉलेजियम व्यवस्था की वर्तमान स्थिति की समीक्षा की संभावनाओं पर विचार \nके लिए सहमति प्रदान करना चाहिए यदि इससे यह सुनिश्चित होता है कि यह व्यवस्था अधिक \nखुली और पारदर्शी बनती है। साथ ही, न्यायाधीशों की नियुक्ति प्रक्रिया में \nन्यायपालिका से बाहर के व्यक्तियों के प्रवेश को लेकर न्यायपालिका को आपत्ति क्यों \nहोनी चाहिए?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eसमस्या अभी भी अनसुलझी है। हमें उम्मीद करनी चाहिए कि \nदेश में न्याय की प्रतिष्ठा ठोस बनाये रखने हेतु इसे पटरी से उतरा हुआ नहीं माना \nजाना चाहिए। इसके लिए आवश्यक है कि इस समस्या और गतिरोध का सौहार्दपूर्ण समाधान \nढूँढा जाये। अंततः समय पर प्रदान न किया गया न्याय, न्याय की वंचितता के ही समान \nहै!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;noto sans\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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This is part of our Premium service, in the Bodhi Booster platform.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThis project was in the making for long, and it was rolled out this week! 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The central pillar of their rule over such a huge land with massive diversity was simple - break Indian unity by nurturing selfish kings and princes, while defanging their military strength systematically and giving them a dream of a bright future. Today's Rajya Sabha itself came into being as a Council for such Princes, where they would meet together under British supervision.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EAs the fires of independence struggle started burning bright, the British were sure of one thing - once they left, India would simply balkanise (break apart) into hundreds of pieces. They knew it as they saw no single Party or individual capable enough of tying the huge land into one thread of unity. The rulers had no idea that a man whose vision was broader than Bismarck and skills sharper than Robert Clive and Warren Hastings combined, was waiting in the wings.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EHere is one of the many maps of the India when Britishers left in 1947.\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EThe complexity of the situation and immensity of the task of unification could have driven anyone crazy.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bodhibooster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"www.PTeducation.com, http:\/\/bodhibooster.com\" border=\"0\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ue0KYUszYj4\/WBc6nV8eVbI\/AAAAAAAACmk\/uma11o0TET40gRgKYmSXkYIC-XMZ9_81wCLcB\/s640\/India%2B1947.jpg\" title=\"India in 1947, Sardar Patel, Iron Man of India, United India, BrightSparks blog\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E(this is one of the many maps available)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EQuick facts :\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EVallabhbhai Patel (October 31, 1875 – December 15, 1950), the \"Iron Man of India\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EBorn at Nadiad, Gujarat\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EParents : Father Jhaverbhai, a farmer, and mother Laad Bai, Wife : Jhaberaba, who passed away at a very early age, Children : Daughter Maniben (Born in 1904); Son Dahyabhai (Born in 1905)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EDeath : December 15, 1950\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ECalled \"Sardar\" which means \"Chief\" or \"Leader\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHad a successful legal practice when he was inspired by the work of Mahatma Gandhi\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EPatel organised the peasants of Kheda, Borsad, and Bardoli in Gujarat in a non-violent civil disobedience movement against oppressive policies imposed by the British Raj\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ERose to the leadership of the Indian National Congress\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EPromoted the Quit India movement\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EFirst Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EOrganised relief for refugees in Punjab and Delhi, and led efforts to restore peace across the nation\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EPatel led from the front when it came to creating a united India from the 565 semi-autonomous princely states and British-era colonial provinces -\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003Ehis biggest achievement\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESoon after the Indian Independence, the 565 princely states started dreaming independence, as in the pre-British era, and argued that the government of free India should treat them as equals.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESardar Patel applied open talk, diplomacy, force, military power, and ultimately enabled the accession of almost every princely state. The hollow threats of most Nawabs and Kings were laid bare as Sardar quelled whatever little opposition arose.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHe is called \"Patron Saint\" of India's civil servants for establishing modern all-India services\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EOne of the earliest proponents of property rights and free enterprise in India.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThe Champion of Suraaj\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/bodhibooster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"http:\/\/BodhiBooster.com\" border=\"0\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-URxBXCnV7Oc\/WBczG5DO_CI\/AAAAAAAACmU\/fFG2ep19FywW7qRoX-84ZFTKwZodfixMwCLcB\/s640\/Sardar%2BPatel%2BBrightSparks%2Bblog.png\" title=\"Vallabhbhai Patel, Sardar Patel, Iron Man of India, Indian independence, BrightSparks blog, Sandeep Manudhane\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E[ Following is an excerpt from a previous article I wrote on a similar topic ]\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EWe have started a comprehensive knowledge portal - \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bodhibooster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBodhi Booster\u003C\/a\u003E - which you must visit to discover the wonderful content that awaits you! Also available are precise and time-saving news items 5 days a week on Bodhi News platform - \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/news.bodhibooster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Echeck it out here!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHistorians have always harped upon the difference in approach adopted by Nehru and Patel. As a hypothetical question, \u003Cb\u003Elet\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;, sans-serif;\"\u003Eus suppose that Pandit Nehru did not become the first PM of India. What would have happened?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis answer is based on pure speculation. Kindly bear.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em;\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIndia if Sardar Patel were to become the first PM, and continued for some years -\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4-6HbR3S2nI\/VnZWL-anzXI\/AAAAAAAACJ8\/gOl8bmK7LgQ\/s1600\/Sardar%2BPatel%2BImage%2Bfor%2Bblog%2BSandeep%2BManudhane%2BSM%2Bsir.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Sardar Patel BrightSparks blog Sandeep Manudhane SM sir Indore PT\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-4-6HbR3S2nI\/VnZWL-anzXI\/AAAAAAAACJ8\/gOl8bmK7LgQ\/s320\/Sardar%2BPatel%2BImage%2Bfor%2Bblog%2BSandeep%2BManudhane%2BSM%2Bsir.jpg\" title=\"Sardar Patel BrightSparks blog Sandeep Manudhane SM sir Indore PT\" width=\"229\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EPakistan to the UN? Never!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Col style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 2em 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHaving integrated India, he would have gone real heavy on the Kings and Princes that played the fool during the process of integration. Their falling-in-line would have been ensured very fast.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHe would have made them pay the price pretty quickly - the Privy Purses would have been abolished perhaps by 1955 itself (rather than in 1971 as done by Indira Gandhi) [\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan class=\"qlink_container\"\u003E\u003Ca class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Privy_Purse_in_India\" rel=\"noreferrer\" style=\"background-position: 100% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #2b6dad; padding-right: 12px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPrivy Purse in India\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;]\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThe private banking industry in India would have collapsed due to this pretty fast, and nationalisation would've happened by 1960 itself.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThe Congress may have seen a vertical split right after the First General Elections. The faction led by Pandit Nehru would have posed a huge challenge to Patel's leadership.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThe Kashmir issue would have taken a different shape altogether - it would never have been internationalised, and no appeal to the UN would ever be made. Bilateral would have meant completely Unilateral!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EPakistan would have thought once more before pushing the tribal forces into Kashmir in 1948.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EBye bye NAM.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EBye bye Personal Law System. Welcome Uniform Civil Code.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EPerhaps India would have discovered Netaji Bose's real whereabouts in the 1950s.\u003Ci\u003E(Warning - pure, heavily loaded speculation)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EGoa would have been in India by 1952 at the most :)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EPerhaps no IITs and IIMs but more of regionally empowered institutions\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EI\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003Endia if Netaji Bose were to become the first PM, and continued for some years -\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; (assuming he came back victorious after the armed conflicts)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-9HEruEqnPv8\/VnZWdUHNiKI\/AAAAAAAACKM\/z-s_DXp4TyI\/s1600\/Netaji%2BBose%2BImage%2Bfor%2Bblog%2BSandeep%2BManudhane%2BSM%2Bsir.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Netaji Bose Sardar Patel BrightSparks blog Sandeep Manudhane SM sir Indore PT\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-9HEruEqnPv8\/VnZWdUHNiKI\/AAAAAAAACKM\/z-s_DXp4TyI\/s320\/Netaji%2BBose%2BImage%2Bfor%2Bblog%2BSandeep%2BManudhane%2BSM%2Bsir.jpg\" title=\"Netaji Bose Sardar Patel BrightSparks blog Sandeep Manudhane SM sir Indore PT\" width=\"278\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EBose believed in strong central rule\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Col style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 2em 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ENetaji was pretty clear in his head - a free India needed 10 to 20 years of an strong centrally authoritarian rule to develop fast.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EWe would not have had the Constitution in its present form at all. The Constituent Assembly would have worked very differently, producing a remarkably State-power-laden document.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThe Congress would have revolted against this move, and an internal chaos would have caused either heavy-handed suppression, or Netaji would have simply outlawed Congress.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EFamily planning and population control measures would have been instituted strongly.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EWomen empowerment would be ages ahead of what it's even now - he had made a whole Rani Jhansi regiment, remember?\u0026nbsp; [\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan class=\"qlink_container\"\u003E\u003Ca class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rani_of_Jhansi_Regiment\" rel=\"noreferrer\" style=\"background-position: 100% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #2b6dad; padding-right: 12px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERani of Jhansi Regiment\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;]\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHe would not have thought much about aligning with the Socialist-Communist world, while retaining Indian identity.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EBye bye NAM.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EBye bye Personal Law System. Welcome Uniform Civil Code.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThe national anthem \/ song would've been different [\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan class=\"qlink_container\"\u003E\u003Ca class=\"external_link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subh_Sukh_Chain\" rel=\"noreferrer\" style=\"background-position: 100% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #2b6dad; padding-right: 12px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESubh Sukh Chain\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;]\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EGoa would have voluntarily appealed for joining the Indian Union :) :)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EAs for Pakistan, there would be perhaps none.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EA huge speculation - If Japan were not to be defeated AND Netaji became the PM then - Japan's influence on India's polity would have been not insignificant.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em;\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESome things that would've remained same irrespective of who became the first PM\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Col style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 2em 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EOur need for capital for investment and growth would be huge.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EOur agriculture would keep struggling till Dr M S Swaminathan would've come along, [\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan class=\"qlink_container\"\u003E\u003Ca class=\"external_link\" data-tooltip=\"attached\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M._S._Swaminathan\" rel=\"noreferrer\" style=\"background-position: 100% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #2b6dad; padding-right: 12px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EM. S. Swaminathan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;] of course, after Dr Norman Borlaugh's pioneering work\u0026nbsp; [\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan class=\"qlink_container\"\u003E\u003Ca class=\"external_link\" data-tooltip=\"attached\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norman_Borlaug\" rel=\"noreferrer\" style=\"background-position: 100% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #2b6dad; padding-right: 12px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENorman Borlaug\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u0026nbsp;]\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThe Indian Military would've taken more or less the same shape.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESocial and cultural practices of most of India would be the same.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-kI-017DMYek\/WBc8aPLPGjI\/AAAAAAAACmw\/-0KyiVRSaKYBUlO_DOdtsqELOhjLO-2kwCLcB\/s1600\/Sardar%2BPatel%2BBrightSparks%2Bblog%2BStatue%2Bof%2BUnity.png\" imageanchor=\"1\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"www.SandeepManudhane.org, http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\" border=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-kI-017DMYek\/WBc8aPLPGjI\/AAAAAAAACmw\/-0KyiVRSaKYBUlO_DOdtsqELOhjLO-2kwCLcB\/s640\/Sardar%2BPatel%2BBrightSparks%2Bblog%2BStatue%2Bof%2BUnity.png\" title=\"Sardar Patel, Vallabhbhai Patel, Iron Man of India, BrightSparks blog\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESo here's a salute to the Iron Man of India who gave us the nation we know today.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E~\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/4151227469137880002\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8647794548092946175\u0026postID=4151227469137880002\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/4151227469137880002"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/4151227469137880002"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2016\/10\/Sardar-Patel-anniversary-Indian-independence-balkanisation-IronMan.html","title":"The Iron Man who united modern India - a salute"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11843171978811719595"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ue0KYUszYj4\/WBc6nV8eVbI\/AAAAAAAACmk\/uma11o0TET40gRgKYmSXkYIC-XMZ9_81wCLcB\/s72-c\/India%2B1947.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647794548092946175.post-3710501509344493571"},"published":{"$t":"2016-10-30T19:07:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-11-05T14:54:14.594+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"advice and power thoughts"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Diwali"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hinduism and spirituality"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian economy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"philosohpy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Festive season of Diwali - a time to reassess India's priorities"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThe entire nation is drenched in the festive and colourful spirit of Diwali - the festival of lights. It is wonderful to see how over hundreds of years, this festival has taken on contemporary hues while retaining its ancient structure, alive with legends still relevant.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESo before moving ahead -\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E h\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eere's wishing all my readers a wonderful Diwali!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe key message from Diwali is - arrival of Good, destruction of Bad, cleaning of the clutter and mess, \u0026amp; a renewed vigour for prosperity!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bodhibooster.com\/2016\/10\/Bodhi-Diwali-festival-lights-legends-spirituality-Indian-Hinduism-Lakshmi-Krishna-Spirituality-Firecrackers.html\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;, sans-serif;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EIn fact, there's this amazing article on Diwali you must read!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELet me apply Diwali's lessons in a national context\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E. As we near the end of 2016, it is a good time to see the direction our national priorities are taking, and how far we still have to go to ensure a decent quality of life to all Indians.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EFrom the experiences gained in 25 years as an education entrepreneur working at the grassroot levels, I feel that an India aspiring for superpower status needs to urgently work on the seven priorities listed below, and Diwali is the best time to list these!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Col style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003ERapid economic growth\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E - India needs tonnes of investment, both internal and external, to speed up the industrial sector and overall economy and absorb the huge pool of emerging youth. Many initiatives are being pushed by the Government, with Make-in-India leading the march. Unfortunately, the speed still needs much acceleration. This single priority, if successfully achieved, can put renewed vigour in India's rejuvenation. We have a long way to go.\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EStrategic security \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E- Sadly, the evolving strategic situation in south Asia is not to India's comfort. A lot of national bandwidth is getting consumed into a focus on border security and tackling infiltration across borders, than on constructive nation-building. India has to not only destroy her enemies' nefarious designs, but also resolve longstanding issues yet unresolved. I wrote on the multiple dimensions of it\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2016\/08\/the-Balochistan-issue-2016.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bodhibooster.com\/2016\/10\/Bodhi-world-politics-superpowers-emerging-powers-India-China-EU-USA-Russia.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bodhibooster.com\/2016\/10\/BodhiBooster-treaties-protocols-organisations-SAARC.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. My Hindi article on it \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sandeepmanudhane.org\/sminmedia\/Main-Editorial-Article-20-Oct-2016.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecan be read here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EEase of doing business versus Corruption \u0026amp; Complexity\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E- Entrepreneurs create genuine wealth through innovative solutions for pressing problems. It is the society's and government's prime role to create a smooth highway for the engine of entrepreneurship. It is sad to see that the potholes on this highway are not reducing, but growing. The corruption and resistance endemic to nearly all government departments' approach acts as a great demotivator for new blood taking up this career option. We are destroying our own chances. The latest Ease of Doing Business ranking amply highlights this fact. The situation on the ground is pretty scary!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EA society yet to evolve\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E - It is sad to see that the topomost political executive - the Prime Minister himself - had to take up the issue of cleanliness as a national agenda (the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan). Why can we citizens not realise that it is our responsibility to keep our nation clean and hence largely disease-free? Why do we not own up such basic responsibilities needed for a healthy civic sense? And this is just one of the many lacunae we experience each day - traffic sense, sympathy for fellow-citizens, compassion for the needy, discipline in daily life, etc. all need an overhaul!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EDigital sovereignty \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E- Any sensible Indian using the internet and technology regularly is often saddened, and sometimes frightened, to see how deeply we are getting enslaved to brands and companies not Indian in origin or flavour. Practically all major services are American. Obviously they are doing a wonderful job, but what about India's future? As more and more Indians adopt the internet, are we okay with the prospect of a future where our huge digital markets are milked by foreign brands only? Even the high-speed free wifi at many Indian Railway stations is courtesy Google! We are handing over our future to others on a platter. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2016\/08\/this-independence-day-call-for-digital-independence-by-Sandeep-Manudhane.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003EHere is an insightful article\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E on this issue, for the inquisitive readers.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EComplete redesign of our education system \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E- Our present mainstream education is largely suited to the requirements of a linear, smokestack economy that's fundamentally changing its design and flavour. We are preparing our youth for jobs that no longer exist, using skills that are no longer relevant and with a mindset that creates entitlements and not responsibilities. Of what use is such a system? India needs to reassess its priorities in this, quickly. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2016\/07\/what-is-wrong-with-indian-education-by-Sandeep-Manudhane.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003ERead this to know more.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWomen as an equal partner in national progress\u003C\/b\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E- Various indicators show we are not moving ahead as fast as we should. Our womenfolk are not equal participants in nation building at all. This problem cannot be solved by legislation and government alone, but by a combination of assertive women demanding their rights and liberal men respecting this fundamental right. An imbalanced society can neither be truly prosperous nor independent.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIndia's true Diwali will be when we rise and shine true to our potential. Let us commit ourselves to bursting the firecrackers made up of ignorance and apathy, lighting the lamps of knowledge and compassion and distributing the sweets of hard labour done with nationalistic pride.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/achieve.sandeepmanudhane.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"www.SandeepManudhane.org, http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\" border=\"0\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-woJ8O7339Rk\/WBX3EzoTxlI\/AAAAAAAACmE\/od-E_HyAclo2bqlWBIhruxOmVhJ5giEVwCLcB\/s640\/Sandeep%2BManudhane%2B-%2BAchieve%2Bblog%2B-%2B28%2BOct%2B-%2Bwww.SandeepManudhane.org.jpg\" title=\"diwali greetings, sandeep manudhane, India priorities\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHAPPY DIWALI!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E~\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/3710501509344493571\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8647794548092946175\u0026postID=3710501509344493571\u0026isPopup=true","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/3710501509344493571"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/3710501509344493571"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2016\/10\/BrightSparks-Diwali-Greetings-India-priorities-prosperity.html","title":"Festive season of Diwali - a time to reassess India's priorities"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11843171978811719595"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-woJ8O7339Rk\/WBX3EzoTxlI\/AAAAAAAACmE\/od-E_HyAclo2bqlWBIhruxOmVhJ5giEVwCLcB\/s72-c\/Sandeep%2BManudhane%2B-%2BAchieve%2Bblog%2B-%2B28%2BOct%2B-%2Bwww.SandeepManudhane.org.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647794548092946175.post-2785820574974814841"},"published":{"$t":"2016-10-25T19:39:00.001+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-11-03T10:08:14.082+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"advice and power thoughts"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Advice for corporates"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"brands and products"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian economy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Professionalism"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tata group"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Leadership lessons from Tata Group's latest ordeal"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESo it happened finally on the 24th October, 2016.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EWhat was simmering below the surface, popping up occasionally through news reports and the rare interviews, rare enough to be brushed under the carpet, exploded into full public view.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EBarely four years into the job, Cyrus Mistry lost his job as the top gun at the huge Tata industrial and services empire in India.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6f-UxKdIwqY\/WA9mfpdvMPI\/AAAAAAAACls\/HnQWWiXaQ6gX_WJD4PEdEO-2tHg66DOxwCK4B\/s1600\/Tata.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"www.BodhiBooster.com, Tata sacks Cyrus Mistry, www.SandeepManudhane.org\" border=\"0\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6f-UxKdIwqY\/WA9mfpdvMPI\/AAAAAAAACls\/HnQWWiXaQ6gX_WJD4PEdEO-2tHg66DOxwCK4B\/s640\/Tata.jpg\" title=\"Tata Group, Ratan Tata, Cyrus Mistry, TCS, Tata Steel, Corus\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EFor the group, it is a rare thing to happen. In fact, in its nearly 150 years of existence, the group has seen \u003Cb\u003Eonly six individuals \u003C\/b\u003Eheading it. That puts it in a league that even the hallowed General Electric can't compete with - GE has had 12 CEOs over 124 years (of course, GE is a single legal entity running multiple businesses, and the Tata Sons holding company is controlling multiple legal entities (separate companies), but that's just a legal difference. For practical purposes, group Chairman is the boss and his word is final). Also, since Mr Mistry belongs to the family that holds the largest chunk of shareholding in Tata Sons (the holding company of the entire group), something must have gone terribly wrong for the Board to resort to such a desperate measure. I try to analyse it from a leadership - management perspective, and hopefully we all have some lessons to learn here.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Col style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETimes change, Systems usually do not.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003EWell, times had changed in 1991 when the prime minister of India Mr P V Narsimha Rao had thrust an unprepared India into the fires of economic liberalisation. Most corporate groups, accustomed to greasing their way to prosperity, simply fell by the wayside in the raging and unfamiliar storm of global competition. A young Ratan Tata, newly minted Chairman of the Tata Group, set upon radically restructuring the group to stay relevant. He succeeded big time. We have covered that story at length in this \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bodhibooster.com\/2016\/10\/Bodhi-Tata-Group-upheaval-Cyrus-Mistry-sacked-Ratan-Tata-back.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBodhi for our site BodhiBooster.com here\u003C\/a\u003E. It was the sheer force of Ratan Tata's vision and personality that he carried the group through the most difficult time imaginable. However, Mr Cyrus Mistry was not allowed the same freedom this time round. He was simply removed, as major transformations were afoot. Cyrus was facing the heat of a global slowdown just when the Tata Group had truly globalised itself (65% revenues coming from 100 countries). Was the system not able to cope up with rapid change this time? Obviously not. Was Mr Mistry not able to take the system into confidence? It seems not. For a visionary leader in an important position of power, the quality of communication can mean the difference between pulling it through, and losing it.\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EStepping into huge shoes is never easy. Set your terms before you set your feet in.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E The most unfair acid test history can subject leaders to is when a new leader, with a different worldview, is thrust into a position of immense power and responsibility, without having the time to settle down amid raging fires. More unfortunate is if the new leader lacked the foresight to set his terms of engagement properly at the start. My suspicion is that this might have happened here. Perhaps Mr Mistry came in without negotiating hard enough regarding the freedom he'd want for sure. Perhaps he never felt the need for it, or could not visualise it at that time. Perhaps the system was so large and the predecessor's laurels so bright, that no new leader may have succeeded at all. A recent and more successful example is that of Prime Minister Modi himself, who ensured that the generational shift in the now-ruling Party - the BJP - was taken to its logical extreme. Although he was brutally criticised by many for being too ambitious and perhaps even insensitive,\u003Cb\u003E he showed how to do the right thing by not allowing the older establishment tie his hands down\u003C\/b\u003E. He got his team, made of his own men and drove his own agenda. He had his way - full freedom to envision new projects from the ground up. This is the way for new leaders to ensure success when a huge legacy becomes a burden, not necessarily an asset. Old leaders need to learn this lesson - Retire gracefully, and exit.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue; font-size: large;\"\u003EEvery leader faces a new fire. Every leader will have to devise his own way.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;Again, the problem with success is that it sets prototypes, and forces the people (and media) to think in terms of 'permanent models of success', overlooking the fact that even the role model being eulogised was once criticised for being too radical. There are many reports that indicate that when the new leadership team tried to tinker (due to financial constraints) with the personal pet projects of the now-retired General, it set off many chain reactions across the power structure. How far can the new leader be criticised for it, remains a matter for great academic analysis. My own take is that once you have entrusted the business to a new guy (team), you must get out of the way and let him have his. If we fail to do that, we are not allowing new models to emerge. What if the new boss fails? Well that's occupational hazard. No one is without their share of failures. Can we forget the fate of the beautifully engineered Tata Nano, whose spectacular design was matched only by the scale of commercial failure due to wrong positioning? I recall reading many news reports over the past 4 years stating how different the style of the Cyrus was, how numbers-focussed he really was, and how he was trying to pinch every penny to keep the group's numbers healthy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue; font-size: large;\"\u003ENo two minds can see the world the same way, irrespective of the quantum of conditioning done.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003EPeople are different because their minds are different. Not even twins can have the same worldview. Different individuals will tackle similar challenges differently. And when it is a complex situation like a giant business house, with hundreds of levers operating simultaneously, to expect a new leader to operate in a cookie-cutter fashion is not only wrong, it is plain, well, old-fashioned. Here is what Cyrus's mentor, Mr Ratan Tata had said of him, earlier in 2011 -\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"color: purple;\"\u003E\"The appointment of Mr Cyrus P Mistry as Deputy Chairman of Tata Sons is a good and far-sighted choice. He has been on the board of Tata Sons since August 2006 and I have been impressed with the quality and calibre of his participation, his astute observations and his humility. He is intelligent and qualified to take on the responsibility being offered and I will be committed to working with him over the next year to give him the exposure, the involvement and the operating experience to equip him to undertake the full responsibility of the group on my retirement.\" \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003EHow times change!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMaking the succession plan work is more a need and responsibility for those who designed it.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/i\u003EWhen a succession plan is made, it is crucial for the senior (outgoing) power centres to realise that the only thing constant is change. When new people are appointed, the old levers of identity, values and power will and must undergo a change. You can try and control the speed and nature of that change, \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003Ebut you cannot negate that change itself\u003C\/span\u003E! I strongly suspect that exercising his executive power became the nemesis of Cyrus Mistry, despite all the good intentions he had (must have had). A very similar story is unfolding in the largest state of India - Uttar Pradesh - where the ruling Samajwadi Party is unable to manage the generational shift from father to son.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIt is a sad chapter in the clean history of this prestigious group. The Tatas have added immesurable value to India and Indians, victims often of selfish hedonists masquerading as leaders and businesspersons. The Tata name is cited by parents to kids across India as the ultimate measure of integrity and truthfulness. That a major succession effort could trip up so quickly and so badly, is beyond belief.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EAnd what is also unbelievable is the series of charges leaping out of the pages of \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B5myR0_fGoSxNHYzQjRuWG9UU1E\/view\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethis letter from Mr Mistry to the Board (click to open)\u003C\/a\u003E, post his removal. \u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EIt puts a huge question mark on everything\u003C\/span\u003E - the idea of corporate governance, role of independent directors, the big brand B-schools and what they teach inside the classrooms in the name of corporate governance and what is actually practised (why raise this here? because Tatas are a case-study everywhere and Mr Nitin Nohria of HBS is an integral part of their top body). Frankly, if what Mr Mistry is alleging is true, the joke is on everyone else except Mr Mistry.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESurely, the group will continue its success story for decades to come, and its topline and bottomline will continue to flourish, but this sad chapter will continue to haunt its spotless prestige.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jp1fxlZfTwM\/WA9p_uT4s-I\/AAAAAAAACl0\/0FloddjxM90YaIs4FYZTT6WIkpA1lpQ5wCK4B\/s1600\/Ratan%2BTata%2BCyrus%2BMistry.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"www.BodhiBooster.com, Tata sacks Cyrus Mistry, www.SandeepManudhane.org\" border=\"0\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Jp1fxlZfTwM\/WA9p_uT4s-I\/AAAAAAAACl0\/0FloddjxM90YaIs4FYZTT6WIkpA1lpQ5wCK4B\/s640\/Ratan%2BTata%2BCyrus%2BMistry.jpg\" title=\"Tata Group, Ratan Tata, Cyrus Mistry, TCS, Tata Steel, Corus\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAll the best Cyrus Mistry.\u003C\/b\u003E It seems you tried your best.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAll the best Mr Ratan Tata. \u003C\/b\u003EYou remain a source of inspiration to all of us.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bodhibooster.com\/2016\/10\/Bodhi-Tata-Group-upheaval-Cyrus-Mistry-sacked-Ratan-Tata-back.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EHere's a link to an elaborate article with facts, on this topic\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E~\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/2785820574974814841\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8647794548092946175\u0026postID=2785820574974814841\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/2785820574974814841"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/2785820574974814841"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2016\/10\/Leadership-Lessons-Tata-Group-Cyrus-Mistry-Chairman-BrightSparksblog.html","title":"Leadership lessons from Tata Group's latest ordeal"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11843171978811719595"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6f-UxKdIwqY\/WA9mfpdvMPI\/AAAAAAAACls\/HnQWWiXaQ6gX_WJD4PEdEO-2tHg66DOxwCK4B\/s72-c\/Tata.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647794548092946175.post-5763220120348653571"},"published":{"$t":"2016-10-20T20:09:00.001+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-10-25T19:39:35.183+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"advice and power thoughts"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bodhi Booster"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Exams and Tests"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Motivational ideas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"PT education"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sandeep Manudhane"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Teaching"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"An amazing set of learning resources, for you!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; 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I have finally pinned it down onto one site, and \u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/achieve.sandeepmanudhane.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eyou can check it out here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E. Thanks for all the love you're showering.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/achieve.sandeepmanudhane.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"http:\/\/achieve.SandeepManudhane.org\" border=\"0\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-lOXWtYnhROg\/WAjWUxOlE_I\/AAAAAAAAClU\/yIPiAbLKuEAGCcwsoxAR3wxiZqRW4_j9wCK4B\/s640\/Sandeep%2BManudhane%2B-%2BAchieve%2Bblog%2B-%2B20%2BOct%2B-%2Bwww.SandeepManudhane.org.jpg\" title=\"Achieve, Motivate, Inspire, MBA entrance, IAS preparations\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETo sum it up all, here is my latest editorial article, in Hindi, \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003Eon the recent issues facing India. I wrote this article with a lot of analytical research, and have tried to capture a deep historical story in just 1100 words. I am sure you will benefit. My patriotism is spilling all over these paras, as you can see :)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sandeepmanudhane.org\/sminmedia\/Main-Editorial-Article-20-Oct-2016.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"http:\/\/www.sandeepmanudhane.org\/sminmedia\/Main-Editorial-Article-20-Oct-2016.aspx\" border=\"0\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-0_bCAi7ZnHU\/WAjVvHJT50I\/AAAAAAAAClM\/wLk4RR-HP9gwnR1gFCbZPXldc_aErlTCwCK4B\/s640\/Sandeep%2BManudhane%2BIndia%2527s%2Bstrategic%2Bchallenges%2BHindi%2Beditorial%2Barticles%2B20%2BOctober%2B2016.gif\" title=\"India, China, Pakistan, strategic choices, Hindi article, Indo-China relations\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThanks for reading this! I hope you benefit from this cool set of useful resources.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EAnd before I say bye, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/p\/achievement.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003Ehere's a source of positive energy for you\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. 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It is artificial, and holds up only because we all allow it to.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIt has helped speed up a lot of our daily lives, due to easy understanding of transactions. This much we all know, agree with, and love, as none would like to prefer using the alternative - \u003Cb\u003Ebartering\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESo what this amazing invention called ‘money’ has done is to reduce every product, experience, service and interaction to a common scale - \u003Cb\u003Ethe value scale\u003C\/b\u003E - measured through a certain currency (convertible to another, or most of the rest). That this ‘money’ is physical or virtual, convertible or non-convertible, means little in the bigger scheme of things (unless, of course, you are a crook or a cyber-thief siphoning off central banks’ monies! Or North Korea.)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E“\u003Cb\u003EValue\u003C\/b\u003E” is what underlies everything. It defines how much money we are willing to part with, or earn through hard labour, and also why shining objects called the iPhones can keep commanding ridiculous sums of money to get owned, despite equally good or even better products available at much lower ‘\u003Cb\u003Eprices\u003C\/b\u003E’.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EValue is, because you have more of what can measure it, and I have less of it (or vice versa). Value (created through human effort) and the dissimilar amounts of moneys that can exchange it, creates the required ‘\u003Cb\u003Epotential difference\u003C\/b\u003E’ that keeps economies moving.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-OebFDvNjpqo\/V_C6q24_YiI\/AAAAAAAACj8\/zTQisI4JUjwmUyNX7bqP5kPDfwolfXf_ACK4B\/s1600\/1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"brightsparks, sandeep manudhane, money, inflation, hyperinflation, value\" border=\"0\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-OebFDvNjpqo\/V_C6q24_YiI\/AAAAAAAACj8\/zTQisI4JUjwmUyNX7bqP5kPDfwolfXf_ACK4B\/s400\/1.jpg\" title=\"brightsparks, sandeep manudhane, money, inflation, hyperinflation, value\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESo, when you give a sum of, say, $ 1 billion to every human on Earth,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESums of money with everyone = Equal, huge, equally huge!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EPotential Difference needed to create meaningful flows of value = Nil\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EValue of the “money” we hold = Equal, hence very low!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EWorth of what we hold = drastically down\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EPrices of nearly all products and services = sky high (worth down)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EWelcome to hyperinflation, and the breakdown of monetary systems.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EGovernment’s response? Reset the monetary system. Create new potential differences.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EAs an extension of this thought, it is amazing to visualise mankind’s future. If machine-use speeds up drastically and possible infinite energy sources like cold fusion etc. really come into being, we have a perennial and super-abundant future. Money will become meaningless in the glut-economy, and bingo! We would have created a truly \u003Cb\u003Ecommunist\u003C\/b\u003E society! Ha, ha.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EI have tried to analyse the whole idea of money is a series of lectures, the first of which can be viewed by cl\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003Eicking below.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qDTNOmJftjM\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe Concept of Money\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThank you for reading.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E~\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/3137501374126216621\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8647794548092946175\u0026postID=3137501374126216621\u0026isPopup=true","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/3137501374126216621"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/3137501374126216621"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2016\/10\/brightsparks-money-inflation-everyone-affluent-capitalism-communism.html","title":"What would happen if everyone on the planet was a billionaire?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11843171978811719595"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-OebFDvNjpqo\/V_C6q24_YiI\/AAAAAAAACj8\/zTQisI4JUjwmUyNX7bqP5kPDfwolfXf_ACK4B\/s72-c\/1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647794548092946175.post-4484812233154550963"},"published":{"$t":"2016-09-23T17:28:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-09-23T17:28:04.665+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"advice and power thoughts"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"attitude habits and learning"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Creative Destruction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Digital India"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Internet economy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"management"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"science technology and astronomy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Youth"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The need for ambitious self-teaching"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-TCUca7LrjXc\/V-UYJlCfN4I\/AAAAAAAAAz4\/xBqaPER4MI4cjPyQSPDadeeGkrwqQSSjACLcB\/s1600\/284.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"internet economy, Bright Sparks blog, Sandeep Manudhane, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, ecommerce\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-TCUca7LrjXc\/V-UYJlCfN4I\/AAAAAAAAAz4\/xBqaPER4MI4cjPyQSPDadeeGkrwqQSSjACLcB\/s320\/284.jpg\" title=\"internet economy, Bright Sparks blog, Sandeep Manudhane, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, ecommerce\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003EIn today's competitive age, millions of young Indians are trying to achieve their life-goals, either through the job market or by pursuing an entrepreneurial dream. More than 10 million new faces join the race each year! Indeed, that makes it a very tough race, and old methods that worked in an age gone by, can neither ensure victory nor any solid destination. And we keep coming across depressing news items in media regarding our degree-holders being unemployable. Many of our colleges and universities, assuming outdated and obsolete methods of imparting education and skills as relevant to the present day tsunamis, are delivering something that has little practical value. No one in particular is responsible, yet everyone actually is! We hear passionate cries promising system-repair, but little turns up on the ground. The youth understands that she\/he needs to do something, but is usually clueless regarding the nitty-gritty.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EA common refrain is\u003C\/i\u003E - there are no opportunities, and the markets have little to offer educated people.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003EAll this is having a telling effect on our social and political situation as well. Tensions keep mounting, and immediate solutions elude us. The choice before most of us is clear - either we give us and stop dreaming, or decide to go after it and find a solution. If you are young by age or attitude, then the latter option is always preferable! The good news is that in these difficult and changing times, there are many resources available that can easily impart skills which will not only develop your self-esteem and confidence, but even your market value. Let us try and understand how using simple and easy tools, we can learn something of value each day. These could mean the difference between success and failure. Seen as a whole, these can help our Indian society remain much more optimistic and positive.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EFirst and foremost\u003C\/i\u003E, we need to understand that the very internet that has revolutionsed most sectors, and has created huge problems for conventional methods, has simultaneously created a wonderful opportunity as well - it has brought the best teachers and learning resources right on your computer screen, available on a click. Many of them will do it free for you (on, say, Youtube), and the rest will do it at a price (on personal teaching sites). Try getting the gist of this argument. If you really want to crack it, then you have an option of getting help from the most skilled professionals in the world on a one-to-one basis, and this can help you deliver more in your job and race forward. Not only this, you can become an internet entrepreneur yourself, without any major investment. Excited? Let's see some milestones you're likely to face in this exciting journey.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFirst milestone\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E- Make three things a part of your daily life. (a) Read the blogs and articles by experts of your chosen field (on the internet), (b) Keep digging deep into the multiple aspects of emerging technologies (on relevant technology websites and forums), and (c) Keep saving relevant and useful content in a notebook (or a webtool like Evernote). Just keep at this for six months at least, and realise how the techniques of learning and skilling have truly transformed. As an example - many engineering related courses are available for free. Immense reso\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003Eurces are available related to technologies being used on the internet to create various tools. Multiple marketplaces abount (like Envato), where skilled graphic and web designers can sell their wares, without even stepping out of their homes. And if you have the teacher-talent in you, then why not start your own course academy to teach others (using platforms like Ruzuku, Kajabi, Udemy etc.), and earn in dollars!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple;\"\u003ESecond milestone\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E - When you will start spending your time (and datapack) on these skill-focussed areas rather than mostly useless chatting and video-watching, then you'll surely face three questions. Whom to follow daily (Google to the rescue, followed by Alexa ranking like tools), which paid programmes are really useful (check out various review and comparison sites), and how to really turn your entrepreneurial dreams into reality (check out teaching, blogging and hosting sites). You'll surely face problems with English. So you'll begin searching the right language teachers. The plethora of options will make your mind spin! I strongly feel that the millions of educated ladies who often utilise their talents only in cooking food for their families - they can (with some effort) become a micro-entrepreneur leveraging the internet and empower themselves and their families. If the family elders happen to be hyper-conservative, they can be told that this would not necessarily entail action outside the home.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple;\"\u003EThird milestone\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E - To prepare oneself, one's organisation, and the nation too, for the coming decades. It surely is not an exaggeration to say that the internet-enabled storm of easily available yet powerful technologies has totally transformed most sectors. We witness the changes in many areas like taxi services, shopping platforms, medical diagnosis and freelancing. Sadly, the Indian brands are not at the forefront of this unique race (surprising, given the dominance Indians display in services and in running some of these very global leader brands!). I have often spoken of this issue, calling it 'Digital Sovereignty' or 'Digital Independence'. Why has this happened? A simple answer is - we have spent our energies in cramming stuff, and acing exams. We lost the art of learning. The three key skills duly adapted to a new world - ability to read \u0026amp; comprehend fast, expressing ourselves through the written word beautifully, and basic arithmetic - were not developed. Net result? The easy methods by which one can try to cater to a global market despite being a micro-entrepreneur are not in our radar.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003EThe choice is ours - keep cursing the system, and wait for a messiah who will transform the entire scenario. Or begin the journey of our individual success today, and start creating innovative products and services using modern technologies. We may not succeed always, but when we do, it may be spectacular.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sandeepmanudhane.org\/sminmedia\/Main-Editorial-Article-22-Sep-2016.aspx\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003EMy Hindi editorial article on this theme was published recently. Can check here!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cimg alt=\"Internet economy, Indian education, technologies, e-commerce, Sandeep Manudhane Hindi articles\" border=\"0\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-BoILiyChy3E\/V-UXQfcashI\/AAAAAAAAAzw\/QbIUvei1KesqIGW-RzeochSn8zK_W3PNwCLcB\/s400\/Sandeep-Manudhane-article-on-Internet-economy-learning.gif\" title=\"Internet economy, Indian education, technologies, e-commerce, Sandeep Manudhane Hindi articles\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E~\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Trebuchet MS\u0026quot;,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/4484812233154550963\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8647794548092946175\u0026postID=4484812233154550963\u0026isPopup=true","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/4484812233154550963"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/4484812233154550963"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2016\/09\/need-ambitious-self-teaching-internet-economy.html","title":"The need for ambitious self-teaching"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Gyan Cloud"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07261375536957176336"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-TCUca7LrjXc\/V-UYJlCfN4I\/AAAAAAAAAz4\/xBqaPER4MI4cjPyQSPDadeeGkrwqQSSjACLcB\/s72-c\/284.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647794548092946175.post-9046289484428874468"},"published":{"$t":"2016-08-29T14:19:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-09-23T17:28:21.918+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Balochistan"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"India"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian democracy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"indian politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Kashmir"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Narendra Modi"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pakistan"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Prime Minister"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"South Asia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"world politics"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Balochistan issue 2016"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EA common question doing the rounds in India is the possible manner in which reactions to the reference to Balochistan (by the Indian PM in the 15th August independence day speech) will play itself out. As everyone knows, the constant meddling by Pakistan in creating unrest in Kashmir, and the handlers of Mumbai terror attack (and many more attacks) openly operating from its soil has worsened relations between the two South Asian neighbours.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIt is very unlikely that the chain of events will immediately lead to any violent skirmishes, but there is little doubt that a process to balance out perceptions has been started by India. Let us take a look at the issue in totality now.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cb style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;\"\u003EHere is the Indian tricolour in the hands of Baloch activists in Germany. They have seized the moment to voice their concerns worldwide.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2Dgr8ynTpWM\/V8PoXXIP6qI\/AAAAAAAAChw\/WVmF5UZjXosmrChX9UbfsdI8W04jDlglgCLcB\/s1600\/Balochistan%2BIndia%2BPakistan%2BGermany%2BChina%2B-%2B1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Human rights violation, Balochistan, India, Pakistan, Germany, China, Kashmir unrest, BrightSparks blog\" border=\"0\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2Dgr8ynTpWM\/V8PoXXIP6qI\/AAAAAAAAChw\/WVmF5UZjXosmrChX9UbfsdI8W04jDlglgCLcB\/s400\/Balochistan%2BIndia%2BPakistan%2BGermany%2BChina%2B-%2B1.jpg\" title=\"Human rights violation, Balochistan, India, Pakistan, Germany, China, Kashmir unrest, BrightSparks blog\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1ShzSDs67nM\/V8PolppbyqI\/AAAAAAAACh0\/7bBDDmmuGgwZRa40jfRKO9yZHKQ1UZ0ygCLcB\/s1600\/Balochistan%2BIndia%2BPakistan%2BGermany%2BChina%2B-%2B2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1ShzSDs67nM\/V8PolppbyqI\/AAAAAAAACh0\/7bBDDmmuGgwZRa40jfRKO9yZHKQ1UZ0ygCLcB\/s400\/Balochistan%2BIndia%2BPakistan%2BGermany%2BChina%2B-%2B2.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EWe all know the strategic importance of both Balochistan as well as the CPEC passing through it and the PoK, which is an integral part of India. The debate heated up in past 5 years due to the two ports coming into limelight, and the recent trouble in Kashmir, fomented by Pakistan. The Baloch fear more oppression and resource-grabbing than earlier.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHere is the proposed China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that passes through PoK.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZIKq8N6p9X0\/V8PrP9QTVXI\/AAAAAAAACiI\/3yWPiGvHZygFLYN3dGyi7WHu_1cNhR8UgCLcB\/s1600\/cpec2.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZIKq8N6p9X0\/V8PrP9QTVXI\/AAAAAAAACiI\/3yWPiGvHZygFLYN3dGyi7WHu_1cNhR8UgCLcB\/s400\/cpec2.png\" width=\"386\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESource -\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/nation.com.pk\/blogs\/01-May-2015\/calling-cpec-china-punjab-economic-corridor-is-not-a-mistake\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/nation.com.pk\/blogs\/01-May-2015\/calling-cpec-china-punjab-economic-corridor-is-not-a-mistake\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHere is Balochistan as shown in the map by The Economist magazine\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VYlVcomRPuI\/V8Prs2_XP9I\/AAAAAAAACiQ\/Q2GunJ6tVekh4Lcx5U30A5ZDP62APEUngCLcB\/s1600\/Balochistan.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VYlVcomRPuI\/V8Prs2_XP9I\/AAAAAAAACiQ\/Q2GunJ6tVekh4Lcx5U30A5ZDP62APEUngCLcB\/s1600\/Balochistan.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E... and here is the flag of Balochistan's government in exile.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-gTHuyjP-0hQ\/V8PsRCEDlrI\/AAAAAAAACiU\/028UyK3Qwb8WHPfyk1dlV_O05CYSOTAnQCLcB\/s1600\/Flag_of_the_Balochistan_Liberation_Army.jpeg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-gTHuyjP-0hQ\/V8PsRCEDlrI\/AAAAAAAACiU\/028UyK3Qwb8WHPfyk1dlV_O05CYSOTAnQCLcB\/s1600\/Flag_of_the_Balochistan_Liberation_Army.jpeg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-gTHuyjP-0hQ\/V8PsRCEDlrI\/AAAAAAAACiU\/028UyK3Qwb8WHPfyk1dlV_O05CYSOTAnQCLcB\/s400\/Flag_of_the_Balochistan_Liberation_Army.jpeg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EChina has its own problems in the Muslim-dominated Xinjiang province,\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-toMtp-a16b0\/V8Pup1PzQkI\/AAAAAAAACik\/TMyzGEXUrnEXcEbx8ySytM84lBZKVazFQCLcB\/s1600\/xinjiang2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Kashmir, Balochistan, Xinjiang, India, Pakistan, Asia\" border=\"0\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-toMtp-a16b0\/V8Pup1PzQkI\/AAAAAAAACik\/TMyzGEXUrnEXcEbx8ySytM84lBZKVazFQCLcB\/s640\/xinjiang2.jpg\" title=\"Kashmir, Balochistan, Xinjiang, India, Pakistan, Asia\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; 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font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E... and of course, a whole crisis in the South China sea where its claims are contested by almost everyone else.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-_I4IpfJwwpE\/V8PyhwYWUcI\/AAAAAAAACiw\/_w5DJCoflRMT3DNOi9iAxCewJ418_zZZwCLcB\/s1600\/SouthChinaSeaReclamation-Economist.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"South China sea, Vietnam, Malaysia, India, China, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines\" border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-_I4IpfJwwpE\/V8PyhwYWUcI\/AAAAAAAACiw\/_w5DJCoflRMT3DNOi9iAxCewJ418_zZZwCLcB\/s400\/SouthChinaSeaReclamation-Economist.png\" title=\"South China sea, Vietnam, Malaysia, India, China, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines\" width=\"284\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; 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font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Image from The Economist)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnd indeed, the Hong Kong democracy protests have raged for years now.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-LHZeeKS9ZX0\/V8P1k1gYs8I\/AAAAAAAACi8\/wJFwYw5JCZYIjh6tWPYUexDuKlnpixTwACLcB\/s1600\/hk.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Hong Kong, South China sea, Vietnam, Malaysia, India, China, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines\" border=\"0\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-LHZeeKS9ZX0\/V8P1k1gYs8I\/AAAAAAAACi8\/wJFwYw5JCZYIjh6tWPYUexDuKlnpixTwACLcB\/s400\/hk.jpg\" title=\"Hong Kong, South China sea, Vietnam, Malaysia, India, China, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EIn light of all this, the impact of PM Modi’s raising this issue would be a combination of the following:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cul style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 2em 1em 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EChina will be extremely careful about overtly meddling in India’s affairs unlike its behaviour in the past; it knows that it too has several skeletons the Indian government can symbolically pull out of the closet. That would be far more uncomfortable for the Chinese government which operates behind a massive firewall of restrained speech, unlike its Indian counterpart that is exposed to public and media criticism daily.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EPakistan will have newer fires to extinguish regularly worldwide. The non-resident Baloch community will rake up this issue everywhere, and the waving of the tricolour by these ‘rebels’ will be the most in-your-face humiliation the Pak diplomacy will now have to confront. It has an impact much deeper than what bullets can create. Remember, Balochistan is around 45% of Pak’s territory - it is an existential issue for them.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIndia has suddenly opened a new front in the Kashmir debate, and unlike almost all occasions in the past when it was playing the defensive game, it’s front foot this time. This ostensibly must have been done as we have little to lose, and politically it puts the entire opposition in a serious fix domestically. Though the long-term sustained approach yet needs to evolve.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESince Pakistan’s heft in all international fora is minimal and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Enegative\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Eas compared to India’s, the more it raises this particular issue, the more difficult things will become for it. India will definitely take them head-on everywhere on this matter at least, and the manner in which opinion in the US has turned in recent years, we have little to lose.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThe recent moves on the border by Indian defence forces (placement of Brahmos missiles and building up of military assets etc.) cannot have happened in isolation. There seems to be a concerted response the government is trying to project, perhaps something like “we’ve had enough; restrain yourself or we are ready”.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThat an actual war will break out is a far-fetched possibility. I do not think that will happen, though quick local skirmishes are much more likely.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESimilarly, the idea that India will actually carry out a raid or an armed attack to free Balochistan is too far-fetched. Like all strategic moves in international affairs, this too seems a mix of tactical thinking and strategic maneuvering. But to even remind the enemy of such a possibility can often have a chilling effect.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EOf course, there must be much more happening behind the scenes that we are blissfully unaware of.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIn the final analysis, there is no alternative to peace and cooperation for South Asia to prosper and move ahead. Animosities can take us nowhere, as India cannot be cowed down by military hardware.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESo relax and enjoy the free speech India offers. Life will go on.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E~\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/9046289484428874468\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8647794548092946175\u0026postID=9046289484428874468\u0026isPopup=true","title":"13 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/9046289484428874468"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/9046289484428874468"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2016\/08\/the-Balochistan-issue-2016.html","title":"The Balochistan issue 2016"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11843171978811719595"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2Dgr8ynTpWM\/V8PoXXIP6qI\/AAAAAAAAChw\/WVmF5UZjXosmrChX9UbfsdI8W04jDlglgCLcB\/s72-c\/Balochistan%2BIndia%2BPakistan%2BGermany%2BChina%2B-%2B1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"13"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647794548092946175.post-5024772243843066448"},"published":{"$t":"2016-08-24T12:37:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-08-30T14:41:44.789+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Excellence"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hard Power"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"India"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"indian politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian sports"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Olympics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Prime Minister"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Soft Power"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"USA"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"world politics"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Olympics Success – our Soft-Power ladder"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-YBJPGshVlkU\/V71D2MkwYTI\/AAAAAAAACg4\/UvEIjdvVXU0d2qIvIPq4a5utzHQNIhuAACLcB\/s1600\/Olympics%2Blogo%2BRio%2B2016.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Olympics, India at the Olympics, Olympics medals tally, Excellence, hard power, soft power, India, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, BrightSparks blog, Sandeep Manudhane\" border=\"0\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-YBJPGshVlkU\/V71D2MkwYTI\/AAAAAAAACg4\/UvEIjdvVXU0d2qIvIPq4a5utzHQNIhuAACLcB\/s400\/Olympics%2Blogo%2BRio%2B2016.jpg\" title=\"Olympics, India at the Olympics, Olympics medals tally, Excellence, hard power, soft power, India, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, BrightSparks blog, Sandeep Manudhane\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EExcellence all the way\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIn the interconnected world of today, a nation can display\nits might in two ways – Hard Power and Soft Power. For example, in the digital\nworld of the internet, approximately 80 percent leading brands are American,\nand the common man (user) unquestioningly accepts that country’s supremacy.\nIndia, similarly, has become a big brand in information technology. In military\npower (hard), Indian definitely figures in the top 5, and even China hesistates\nto take it head-on in several matters. Likewise, in manufacturing (hard power),\neven America finds it tough to compete with China. Many strategic global marathons\nlike these are incessantly being run, and a huge nation weaving the dream of emerging\na superpower, cannot stay aloof.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIn this background, let us attempt an unbiased and neutral\nanalysis of India’s Olympics performance.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIn India, the common population stays indifferent to what\nhappens at the Olympics, normally. Several reasons account for it – Olympics’\nnot being in the governments’ priorities, the expensive nature of many games\nand sports, and the youth being involved in studies or livelihood activities\nrather than making games the aim of their lives. Every four years, when this\nmega global competition happens, the national media suddenly changes focus to\nissues like national glory and priorities. This year was special – a society\nthat habitually carries out female foeticide and burns its brides for dowries,\nwan in rapture when girls won many medals at Rio. Suddenly, slogans like \u003Ci\u003EBeti Bachao, Beti Padhao, Beti Khilao\u003C\/i\u003E\n(Save the girl child, educate her, let her play) became the rage. It will be\nworth seeing if those raising such slogans and updating their social media\nstatus accordingly, will celebrate if a girl child arrives in their families!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-4Y62aC6ee8Q\/V71EC2litbI\/AAAAAAAACg8\/ycFLmowWGv0V6Ys_yjIyGhUQg3NR-xFAQCLcB\/s1600\/India%2Bat%2Bthe%2BRio%2BOlympics%2B2016%2BSakshi%2BPV%2BSindhu%2B3.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\" Pullela Gopichand, Sakshi Malik, P V Sindhu, Olympics, India at the Olympics, Olympics medals tally, Excellence, hard power, soft power, India, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, BrightSparks blog, Sandeep Manudhane\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-4Y62aC6ee8Q\/V71EC2litbI\/AAAAAAAACg8\/ycFLmowWGv0V6Ys_yjIyGhUQg3NR-xFAQCLcB\/s320\/India%2Bat%2Bthe%2BRio%2BOlympics%2B2016%2BSakshi%2BPV%2BSindhu%2B3.jpg\" title=\"Sakshi Malik, P V Sindhu, Pullela Gopichand, Olympics, India at the Olympics, Olympics medals tally, Excellence, hard power, soft power, India, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, BrightSparks blog, Sandeep Manudhane\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EDoing it \u003Ci\u003Edespite \u003C\/i\u003Ethe system\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EAnyway! So as the Olympic games conclude, everything returns\nto normal for the next three years and the hassles of everyday life take over.\nThis has been happening for many decades now, and there is no reason for me to\nbelieve that the next four years would be any different. That no miracle is\nwaiting round the corner, I am sure of. In hushed tones, even government\nofficers accept that it is insane to expect Olympic miracles from the present Sports\nsystem in India. Many ills beset the Indian Sports system at every level – the corruption\nand influence of politicians, the impact and exploitation of individual ‘reach’,\nand the utter lack of talented and honest sports administrators. These, in\nperfect harmony, sink our dreams every four years.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESo if we truly are worried about India’s image, and wish to\nmake our mark in the “Top 10” at the Olympics, we should focus on the five\npoint programme below.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EPoint One.\u003C\/span\u003E Miracles\ncan happen if our politicians realize that the Olympics are a solid means to\nprove and establish India’s soft power in the most non-violent of ways\u003C\/b\u003E. We\nhave to start treating the Olympics not as an international sports competition,\nbut an intense though not violent war amongst the nations of the world. The\nmanner in which we are spending large sums on strategically enhancing our\ndefence capabilities and establishing our presence across the Indian Ocean\nregion and South Asia, should mirror our efforts at a parallel stage – the Olympics.\nIf our political class can get this point, the whole narrative can change. The\nfocus will shift from organizing jamborees to getting performances on a regular\nbasis.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VQVzTxV8w_0\/V71EC6cF8bI\/AAAAAAAAChA\/tMhHRWPZu5EVTNwuZWrJ4CDEN8fG_vxUgCEw\/s1600\/India%2Bat%2Bthe%2BRio%2BOlympics%2B2016%2BSakshi%2BPV%2BSindhu%2B1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Sakshi Malik, PV Sindhu, Pullela Gopichand, Olympics, India at the Olympics, Olympics medals tally, Excellence, hard power, soft power, India, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, BrightSparks blog, Sandeep Manudhane\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VQVzTxV8w_0\/V71EC6cF8bI\/AAAAAAAAChA\/tMhHRWPZu5EVTNwuZWrJ4CDEN8fG_vxUgCEw\/s320\/India%2Bat%2Bthe%2BRio%2BOlympics%2B2016%2BSakshi%2BPV%2BSindhu%2B1.jpg\" title=\"Sakshi Malik, PV Sindhu, Pullela Gopichand, Olympics, India at the Olympics, Olympics medals tally, Excellence, hard power, soft power, India, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, BrightSparks blog, Sandeep Manudhane\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003EGenuine pride, flying high!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EPoint Two.\u003C\/span\u003E Only an\ninsulated system can help us get Olympic success\u003C\/b\u003E. Our regular Sports\nMinistries should be allowed to do stuff related to everything but the\nOlympics. If we are serious, we need to make an Olympics Ministry, and start\nfrom ground zero up. This thought is not as crazy as it seems at first sight –\nfaced with massacres of tigers and elephants, we have successfully conceptualized\nand executed conservation programmes that have delivered! The manner in which\nthe IT industry in India flourished due to being insulated from the government mechanisms,\nand interference, and ultimately made its mark globally, is the formula to be\nused by us strategically. The Olympics Minister too should be different (not a\npolitician but a sportsperson or an administrator), and the top team of that Ministry\nshould have only sportspersons, defence officers and normal civil service\nadministrators. Their budgets and performance should get updated daily on an\nonline dashboard.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EPoint Three.\u003C\/span\u003E Select a\nfew games, decide a medals-to-be-won target, and make a Project for 8 years (at\nleast)\u003C\/b\u003E. Leaders and officers need to realize that this task is not akin to\namending the constitution or framing a new law or making the next big\nannouncement. In those cases, encomiums are earned immediately, irrespective of\nwhat finally happens on the ground. At the Olympics, you are head to head with\nthe best among the best, and the space of mediocrity is exactly equal to the\nspace the honesty has enjoyed traditionally in government schemes!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EPoint Four. \u003C\/span\u003ESelect\nthe potentials from across the country just like through competitive exams,\u003C\/b\u003E\nand for the selected students, fix the salaries and allowances for at least a\ndecade. Unless you remove existential worries from the potentials’ minds,\nexpecting performance is not wise. This has never really happened in India, and\ndespite that, our medal winners have done wonders! Of course, the selected\npotentials will rarely get to see their families, and it will be a very\nrigorous regime.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EPoint Five.\u003C\/span\u003E As a\nnation, let us then stop interfering with the Olympics Ministry, and let it\nwork for a decade peacefully\u003C\/b\u003E. Unnecessary interference and criticism has to\nbe avoided. This battle cannot be won with normal weapons. Let monthly performance\naudits reveal any major incongruencies, if ever. Otherwise, give them time, and\nwait for miracles to happen.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EWe have always had the potential to do wonders. Let Rio Olympics 2016 be another reminder. The need now\nis for a top leader to realize this perspective, and rewrite our future Olympics\nhistory!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sandeepmanudhane.org\/sminmedia\/Main-Editorial-Article-25-Aug-2016.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMy article in Hindi on this topic was published. May read here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vvaxoE_HL_c\/V76QpWYQ4ZI\/AAAAAAAAChQ\/wa_Uebs0GbQJp0KROtNiTkI8I5A3UOmsQCLcB\/s1600\/Main-Editorial-Article-25-08-2016.gif\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vvaxoE_HL_c\/V76QpWYQ4ZI\/AAAAAAAAChQ\/wa_Uebs0GbQJp0KROtNiTkI8I5A3UOmsQCLcB\/s400\/Main-Editorial-Article-25-08-2016.gif\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; 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, sans-serif;\"\u003EAs urbanisation picks up pace across India, albeit not matching global levels, this is one question that we are forced to confront frequently.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIn my opinion, \u003Cb\u003EIndia is so bad at planning cities because we have no ‘one’ effective, central urbanisation plan at all\u003C\/b\u003E. We do not have state-level urbanisation plans either. And till recently, we did not even have effective, functional district level comprehensive urbanisation plans. Though there have been ministries and departments, but their power to make deep dents in the system was negligible.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESounds shocking, right? The only plans we have had so far have been after random, haphazard growth in Indian cities has already happened. Then, authorities would scramble to make it work, turn it revenue-positive and make it look less dis-organised. This story repeated itself countlessly over and over, time and again. It was only post 1991–92, after the 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments were carried out, that Rural local bodies and Urban local bodies gained prominence.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut why is there such a mess? Three prime reasons - basically a rural nation + no effectively funded centralised plan + huge regional variations.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E. . . . .\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EREASON 1. Primarily a Rural nation -\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E In 1951, India had only 5 cities with a population more than 10 lacs, and only 41 cities with more than 1 lac people. Villages were more than 5.6 lacs. Today in 2016–17, more than 65 percent of our people live in rural areas, or just-above rural towns. These are the prime focus of all governments, due to sheer numbers, and the political meaning it carries. The fact that rural folks are primarily agriculturists makes it simpler for the policy-makers to focus largely on them. The figures are tell-tale.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-xH3V2RsVYWA\/V7k5r3gg9PI\/AAAAAAAACf8\/2fxQsbnvHzMz9izzLVHxbr1YO4N_AypDACLcB\/s1600\/1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Urbanisation in India, Rural India, Ministry of Urban Development, AMRUT, Housing for All, Government of India, Smart Cities, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, Sandeep Manudhane, BrightSparks blog, Indore, India\" border=\"0\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-xH3V2RsVYWA\/V7k5r3gg9PI\/AAAAAAAACf8\/2fxQsbnvHzMz9izzLVHxbr1YO4N_AypDACLcB\/s640\/1.jpg\" title=\"Urbanisation in India, Rural India, Ministry of Urban Development, AMRUT, Housing for All, Government of India, Smart Cities, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, Sandeep Manudhane, BrightSparks blog, Indore, India\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EIndian urbanisation has a long way to go yet\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E. . . . .\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple;\"\u003EREASON 2. Random, unplanned urban growth -\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/b\u003EThere was no impetus to concentrate people into better organised urban centres. The system just let it evolve on its own. We have more than 8000 urban centres today! In this area at least, we have let loose democracy’s dance in full flourish. Move anywhere, settle anywhere, do whatever. Can we really make 8000 urban centres world-class? A big question. We need funds, duly-elected and capable urban local bodies and technology to help achieve this. The 14th Finance Commission has allotted huge sums to local bodies till 2020. We need to see what comes out of it. The most difficult part will be for vested interest lobbies to let go of their hold and allow the urban local bodies to effectively implement revenue-generating schemes (taxes etc.) and enforce rules and discipline.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-73GRMbo7R5g\/V7k5r1B4qoI\/AAAAAAAACgQ\/LXvKN26tmuAM-65V4_new8gX8FoG8LPkACEw\/s1600\/2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Urbanisation in India, Rural India, Ministry of Urban Development, AMRUT, Housing for All, Government of India, Smart Cities, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, Sandeep Manudhane, BrightSparks blog, Indore, India\" border=\"0\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-73GRMbo7R5g\/V7k5r1B4qoI\/AAAAAAAACgQ\/LXvKN26tmuAM-65V4_new8gX8FoG8LPkACEw\/s640\/2.jpg\" title=\"Urbanisation in India, Rural India, Ministry of Urban Development, AMRUT, Housing for All, Government of India, Smart Cities, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, Sandeep Manudhane, BrightSparks blog, Indore, India\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E8000 urban centres!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt is reasonable to assume that smaller towns are a bridge between rural and truly urban centres. But by 2031, these 8000+ urban centres will be densely packed. They need a total overhaul in systems, processes, resources and governance.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-b9R-LZ4qK7M\/V7k5srmeuMI\/AAAAAAAACgQ\/M42prcKk-NskeRQ4WSIYtI7oomPITEyGwCEw\/s1600\/3.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Urbanisation in India, Rural India, Ministry of Urban Development, AMRUT, Housing for All, Government of India, Smart Cities, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, Sandeep Manudhane, BrightSparks blog, Indore, India\" border=\"0\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-b9R-LZ4qK7M\/V7k5srmeuMI\/AAAAAAAACgQ\/M42prcKk-NskeRQ4WSIYtI7oomPITEyGwCEw\/s640\/3.png\" title=\"Urbanisation in India, Rural India, Ministry of Urban Development, AMRUT, Housing for All, Government of India, Smart Cities, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, Sandeep Manudhane, BrightSparks blog, Indore, India\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EA total overhaul is needed\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere are other striking aspects of this urbanisation. A notable one is the sheer concentration of economic activity that has happened, a fact that’s also reflected in the skewed share of sector in India’s GDP basket. And we plan to turn India into an egalitarian society with such figures.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-5vquWynz4H4\/V7k5so4mfGI\/AAAAAAAACgQ\/1awji0KzczkCoCU2WH1kHTYPQ_gyRJaVwCEw\/s1600\/4.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Urbanisation in India, Rural India, Ministry of Urban Development, AMRUT, Housing for All, Government of India, Smart Cities, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, Sandeep Manudhane, BrightSparks blog, Indore, India\" border=\"0\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-5vquWynz4H4\/V7k5so4mfGI\/AAAAAAAACgQ\/1awji0KzczkCoCU2WH1kHTYPQ_gyRJaVwCEw\/s640\/4.png\" title=\"Urbanisation in India, Rural India, Ministry of Urban Development, AMRUT, Housing for All, Government of India, Smart Cities, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, Sandeep Manudhane, BrightSparks blog, Indore, India\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGDP imbalance between urban and rural India\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E. . . . .\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EREASON 3. Huge regional variations -\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E This is typically Indian. The states are as different from each other as nations are in Europe. Here is the data -\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-XnUdc__ZbTI\/V7k5s6RLaBI\/AAAAAAAACgQ\/kZ6pu-h1qmUMsPld2j0CfGcV3EQtV4q7ACEw\/s1600\/5.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Urbanisation in India, Rural India, Ministry of Urban Development, AMRUT, Housing for All, Government of India, Smart Cities, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, Sandeep Manudhane, BrightSparks blog, Indore, India\" border=\"0\" height=\"334\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-XnUdc__ZbTI\/V7k5s6RLaBI\/AAAAAAAACgQ\/kZ6pu-h1qmUMsPld2j0CfGcV3EQtV4q7ACEw\/s640\/5.png\" title=\"Urbanisation in India, Rural India, Ministry of Urban Development, AMRUT, Housing for All, Government of India, Smart Cities, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, Sandeep Manudhane, BrightSparks blog, Indore, India\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EA continent in the shape of a nation\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Modi government apparently understands this challenge, and to break free from the past, all the new schemes like Smart Cities, AMRUT (an improved version of JNNURM), Housing for All by 2022, etc. have been launched. I am not going into the details of those, as that’s not what the question is about.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe task is humongous, and the resources may not be enough. Here’s a picture of the funds involved -\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-MmayjPhKQ9k\/V7k5tiZVjnI\/AAAAAAAACgQ\/sx9GSqN3OIwQe8en5D9D0-JcFUrRp9BZQCEw\/s1600\/6.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Urbanisation in India, Rural India, Ministry of Urban Development, AMRUT, Housing for All, Government of India, Smart Cities, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, Sandeep Manudhane, BrightSparks blog, Indore, India, 14th Finance Commission\" border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-MmayjPhKQ9k\/V7k5tiZVjnI\/AAAAAAAACgQ\/sx9GSqN3OIwQe8en5D9D0-JcFUrRp9BZQCEw\/s640\/6.png\" title=\"Urbanisation in India, Rural India, Ministry of Urban Development, AMRUT, Housing for All, Government of India, Smart Cities, PT education, PT's IAS Academy, Sandeep Manudhane, BrightSparks blog, Indore, India, 14th Finance Commission\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGulp! The figures...\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELet’s see how it turns out.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E~\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/4463219051247522357\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8647794548092946175\u0026postID=4463219051247522357\u0026isPopup=true","title":"4 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अर्थव्यवस्था"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"सकल घरेलू उत्पाद"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Our unhealthy GDP (an article in Hindi)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eचकित न हों - मुझे पता है भारत की जीडीपी वृद्धि दर \nविश्व में फिलहाल सर्वाधिक है (चीन से भी अधिक) और अनेक अंतर्राष्ट्रीय निकाय हमें \nशाबाशी दे रहे हैं. हमारे आर्थिक सर्वेक्षण 2016 एवं बजट 2016-17 में भी इस आधार पर \nअनेक योजनागत विश्लेषण व अनुमान लगाये गए हैं. अच्छा है, जीडीपी का परिमाण बढ़ना ही \nचाहिए अन्यथा हर साल सुरसा के मुंह की भांति बढ़ रही हमारी आबादी खपेगी कहाँ, \nनौकरियां आएँगी कहाँ से और प्रति व्यक्ति आय बढ़ेगी कैसे. ये सब तो ठीक है, किन्तु \nहमारी पूरी व्यवस्था 5\u0026nbsp; ऐसी बीमारियों से ग्रसित हो गई है जिनका इलाज नहीं हुआ तो \nवृद्धि के लाभ केवल कागज़ों पर रह जायेंगे.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eप्रसिद्ध चिंतक \u003Cb\u003Eप्रोफेसर एंगस मेडिसन\u003C\/b\u003E ने अपने अध्ययन से ये सिद्ध किया कि ऐतिहासिक रूप से भारत और चीन विश्व के सर्वाधिक समृद्ध देश रहे हैं. \u003Cb\u003Eइन दोनों का जीडीपी विश्व के कुल का साठ प्रतिशत से अधिक हुआ करता था\u003C\/b\u003E. प्रसिद्ध पत्रिका \u003Cb\u003Eद इकोनॉमिस्ट \u003C\/b\u003Eने इस चित्र के ज़रिये इस सच्चाई को बताया -\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tsg_-DuRt60\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Angus Madisson, The Economist, India, China, GDP, Economy\" border=\"0\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-PTRiDonO5xs\/V7g4gW-Sh9I\/AAAAAAAACfg\/JnYnECJ8IMw__QHlDpqIL6PTZ0ri_TrSACLcB\/s400\/gdp.bmp\" title=\"Angus Madisson, The Economist, India, China, GDP, Economy\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red; font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tsg_-DuRt60\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eविश्व इतिहास का अदभुत सच\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eकिन्तु जैसा हम जानते हैं, और जी रहे हैं, आज की\u0026nbsp;स्थिति\u0026nbsp;बिलकुल उलट है.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eवर्तमान\u0026nbsp;में\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eजीडीपी को लेकर, मेरा मानना है कि हम जितना कर सकते \nहैं उसका फिलहाल आधा भी नहीं कर रहे हैं, क्योंकि कुछ बड़ी समस्याएं \nहैं.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eये पांच मूल, ढांचागत समस्याएं हैं \n\u003C\/b\u003E- अनुत्पादक व्यवस्था व प्रक्रियाएं, दिशाहीन शिक्षा प्रणाली, न्यून महिला \nश्रम भागीदारी, बड़ी जनसँख्या का कृषि में फंसा होना, और विनिर्माण \n(मैन्युफैक्चरिंग) नामक बस का छूट जाना.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eपहली\u003C\/b\u003E, और सबसे बड़ी समस्या है \nउत्पादकता की चर्चा का राष्ट्रीय विमर्श से पूर्णतः गायब होना. हम बातें करते हैं \nनौकरियों की संख्या की, लेकिन प्रति व्यक्ति उत्पादन क्षमता पर कोई चर्चा ही नहीं \nहोती है. चूंकि ये एक भावनात्मक विषय नहीं है, बल्कि तकनीकी विषय है. यदि प्रति \nव्यक्ति उत्पादक क्षमता पर राष्ट्रीय चर्चा शुरू हो जाये तो क्या होगा? हमें पता \nचलने लगेगा की बहुत सारे क्षेत्रों में हम इष्टतम निष्पादन नहीं कर रहे हैं. जो \nतनख्वाह दी जा रही है और जो आउटपुट मिल रहा है, उसका भीषण अंतर अचानक लेंस के नीचे \nआ जायेगा (ये बात सरकारी क्षेत्र पर भी लागू होगी). इसी विषय को अर्थशास्त्री \"टोटल \nफैक्टर प्रोडक्टिविटी\" कहते हैं, जिसका एक आसान अर्थ है कि 1 + 1\u0026nbsp; = 3. इस जादू को \nजापान ने 1960-70 तक प्राप्त कर लिया था और एशियाई चीतों (मलेशिया, इंडोनेशिया आदि) \nने 1990 तक. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eदूसरा \u003C\/b\u003E- प्रतिष्ठित सर्वेक्षणों को \nवर्ष-दर-वर्ष पढ़ें तो एक बात साफ़ हो जाती है - हमारे 80 से 90 प्रतिशत युवा स्कूल \nऔर कॉलेज की पूरी शिक्षा लेने का बाद जैसे ही बहार निकलते हैं और नौकरी की तलाश \nप्रारम्भ करते हैं, तो उन्हें पता चलता है की अभी एक लम्बी दूरी उन्हें तय करना \nबाकी है यदि अपने पैर ठोस रूप से ज़माने हैं तो. फिर शुरू होता है अनेक वर्षों का \nप्रतियोगी परीक्षाओं या इंटरव्यू का एक चक्र और 4 , 5\u0026nbsp; या 6\u0026nbsp; वर्ष बीतने के बाद \nछात्र कहीं जाकर टिकता है.\u0026nbsp; तक तक उसकी उम्र 28 या 30 हो चुकी होती है, अर्थात सबसे \nउत्पादक वर्ष ख़त्म. जब उस युवा को कमरतोड़ मेहनत कर देश के जीडीपी में अपना योगदान \nकरना चाहिए था, तब या तो वह घर पर बैठ कर किसी परीक्षा की तैयारी कर रहा था या \nसिर्फ भटक रहा था या अपनी डिग्रियों से उलट कोई अलग ही अनुत्पादक कार्य कर रहा था.\u0026nbsp; \nक्या स्कूल और कॉलेज इसके लिए ज़िम्मेदार नहीं? तो उनका काम है क्या? बस परीक्षाएं \nलेते जाना और सर्टिफिकेट बांटते रहना? क्या उनकी\u0026nbsp; \"\u003Cb\u003Eआउटकम-बेस्ड\u003C\/b\u003E\" \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-family: arial;\"\u003Eज़िम्मेदारी नहीं बाँधी जा सकती\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eतीसरा \u003C\/b\u003E- लड़कियों और महिलाओं की हालत \nतो और भी बुरी - ज़्यादातर परिवार चाहते ही नहीं के लडकिया काम करें! एक सर्वे के \nभयानक नतीजे बताते हैं कि केवल १५ से २० % महिला मेडिकल डिग्रीधारी डॉक्टर्स वास्तव \nमें कार्यरत हैं - इसे कहते हैं अखंड राष्ट्रीय वेस्टेज! पूरे दक्षिण एशिया में \nभारत में कामकाजी महिलाओं का प्रतिशत सबसे काम हैं, और हाँ, महिला सांसदों का \nप्रतिशत भी (पाकिस्तान और अफ़ग़ानिस्तान की संसदों में हमसे ज्यादा है!).\u0026nbsp; इस शर्मनाक \nस्थिति से हमारा न केवल विश्व स्तर पर नाम ख़राब होता है, बल्कि हमारी आबादी का बड़ा \nहिस्सा केवल घरेलू काम करता है जिसकी तो जीडीपी में गिनती ही नहीं होती है. यदि सरल \nशब्दों में कहें तो भारत में एक सम्पूर्र्ण लिंगभेद समाप्ति क्रांति की घोर \nआवश्यकता आ चुकी है। लेकिन किसी भी पार्टी के लिए ये एक गम्भीर मुद्दा है ही \nनहीं.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eचौथे नंबर पर \u003C\/b\u003E- देश की 50 - 60 \nप्रतिशत आबादी का कृषि में फंसा होना. किसान अन्नदाता है वो तो ठीक है, किन्तु क्या \nहमें 130\u0026nbsp; करोड़ की आबादी के लिए 70 करोड़ अन्नदाता चाहियें? अमेरिका में केवल 3 \nप्रतिशत आबादी किसानी करती है और 33 करोड़ लोगों का पेट भरती है. हम 1947 के बाद न \nतो विनोबा भावे के क्रन्तिकारी भूदान आंदोलन को अंजाम तक ले जा पाये, न कानूनी रूप \nसे भूमि सुधार कर पाये. हर पीढ़ी के साथ जमीनें कटती चली गईं, प्रति एकड़ उत्पादकता \nबिगड़ती गयी और गरीबी बढ़ती गयी. किसान राजनीतिक उल्लू साधने का वो हथियार बन गया \nजिसका हर किसी ने पूरा दोहन किया. हाँ, बढ़िया उत्पादन देने वाले क्षेत्र और किसानों \nने कमाल किया भी है, किन्तु अब समय आ गया है इनमें से ज़्यादातर को अन्य क्षेत्रों \nमें अवसर दिलाने का.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Eअन्त में \u003C\/b\u003E- हमसे सबसे बड़ी भूल हुई \nकि न तो हम आबादी की बढ़त रोक पाये, और न ही मैन्युफैक्चरिंग बड़े स्तर पर ला पाये. \nविनिर्माण (मैन्युफैक्चरिंग) को बड़े स्तर पर लाने का अर्थ है हमारी व्यवस्था को \nसंपूर्ण रूप से पुनर्परिभाषित करना. प्रक्रियाओं को बेहद सरल बनाना. नौकरशाही \nसमाप्त करना. अब मैन्युफैक्चरिंग पूरी तरह से मशीनीकृत हो चुकी है. कोई भी प्रमोटर \n10,000 कामगारों को रखने के बजाय पूर्णतः स्वचालित फैक्ट्री लगाना पसंद करेगा जिसे \nकेवल 50 या 100 कुशल कर्मचारी चला लें. तो हम कैसे हमारी बेरोज़गार फ़ौज़ को नियोजित \nकर पाएंगे? मेक इन इंडिया को शुभकामनाएं क्योंकि उसकी सफलता से करोड़ों युवाओं को \nरोज़गार मिल सकेगा. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eकौन है जिम्मेदार इस स्थिति के लिए? उत्तर सरल है - \n1947 के बाद वह हर भारतीय जिसने कोई सरकारी नीति-निर्माता का पद सम्भाला, वो हर \nटीचर जिसने केवल विषय पढ़ाये बच्चों को आज की जरूरतें नहीं बताईं, वह हर पलक जिसने \nकौशल-विकास की जगह डिग्री पर बल दिया, अर्थात, हम सब. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;;\"\u003Eमेरा मानना है कि देश में आज इन मुद्दों पर गंभीर, \nव्यापक और सतत बहस की आवश्यकता है. हमारे आपसी मतभेद यदि हमें इन मूल समस्याओं का \nसमाधान करने के बजाय कहीं और ले गए, तो शायद हमें बड़ा लम्बा इंतज़ार अगले \nजनसांख्यिकीय लाभांश के लौटने का करना पड़ेगा!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot;; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E~\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/2267484530466344768\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8647794548092946175\u0026postID=2267484530466344768\u0026isPopup=true","title":"5 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Destruction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Excellence"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"happiness"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Professionalism"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Success"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How can I stop being average in life?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHow can I stop being average? A great answer is possible for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E“How can I be excellent at anything?”\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E~ A practical guide to creating excellence in daily life ~\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cul style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 2em 1em 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EDo work you love to do. That is the indispensable first condition.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIf you are stuck in a profile you hate, leave. Or, begin loving it. No third way.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EEveryday, try to be a bit faster and more efficient that the earlier day.\u003Ci\u003EConsciously\u003C\/i\u003E. Don’t ask your boss, do it on your own.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EConstantly imagine what you desire others should say of your work - “average”, “\u003Ci\u003Echalta hai\u003C\/i\u003E”, “professional”, “wow!”, “reliable”, …\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EMake formats (small and big) that you can replicate the next time - for everything possible. It saves amazing amounts of time and makes you very fast.\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-G-SBQ3dY2l8\/V7cI-u0i-GI\/AAAAAAAACfE\/1ecM8vL7NPk6PYLMlN0e-an_ZQ7U1YOGQCEw\/s1600\/ex1.bmp\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Excellence, Work culture, Success, Professional, Happy, Prosperity, Sandeep Manudhane, PT education, PT's IAS Academy\" border=\"0\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-G-SBQ3dY2l8\/V7cI-u0i-GI\/AAAAAAAACfE\/1ecM8vL7NPk6PYLMlN0e-an_ZQ7U1YOGQCEw\/s320\/ex1.bmp\" title=\"Excellence, Work culture, Success, Professional, Happy, Prosperity, Sandeep Manudhane, PT education, PT's IAS Academy\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EOrganize your stuff. Files, papers, software, hardware, everything. Acid test - how much time you take to retrieve anything.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ERead about your area of work regularly. It keeps you alarmed enough to never lose the incentive to learn new things.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ENew skills take time to learn and master. Be very patient, but aggressive all the while. Find an accomplished guru who’s willing to mentor you (fastest and surest way, but very difficult to find)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EInquisitiveness killed the cat, but it’ll build your excellence. Ask, inquire, search, sift, collate, reject, edit, absorb.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EKeep your silliness at bay - don’t smirk when someone points out your shortcomings, don’t laugh when someone fails, be willing to dish out money on great books\/literature (of immediate use), etc.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EDon’t envy the accomplished. Praise them whole-heartedly.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EAnd if you find all this tedious and useless, there’s no compulsion at all. Just don’t complain the next time you miss the pay hike or bonus, and are unable to achieve your material goals. Settle at a lower orbit, and if you can be happy with it, perfect.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ELife does not expect excellence for survival. It is stuff dreams are made of.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E~\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/7392228494782266831\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8647794548092946175\u0026postID=7392228494782266831\u0026isPopup=true","title":"6 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/7392228494782266831"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/7392228494782266831"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2016\/08\/how-can-i-stop-being-average-by-Sandeep-Manudhane.html","title":"How can I stop being average in life?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11843171978811719595"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-G-SBQ3dY2l8\/V7cI-u0i-GI\/AAAAAAAACfE\/1ecM8vL7NPk6PYLMlN0e-an_ZQ7U1YOGQCEw\/s72-c\/ex1.bmp","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"6"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647794548092946175.post-6729071849125840153"},"published":{"$t":"2016-08-19T15:04:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-08-30T17:34:10.683+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ancient India"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"C K Raju"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Delhi"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"History of India"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"India"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian economy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"indian politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mathematics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Nalanda University"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pakistan"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sanskrit"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"schools"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"science technology astronomy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"South Asia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"universities"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"USA"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How would Indian civilisation be different today had Nalanda not been destroyed?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\nIndians often wonder how things would be, had the great centres of learning like Nalanda, Takshashila and Vikramshila would still be around, flourishing. These and more fell to the invaders from time to time, and only a small part of the glory exists today.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EHow would Indian civilization be different today had Nalanda University not been destroyed?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EA simple, straight, innocent but incomplete answer would be -\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\nMuhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji was a warrior with weapons, who upon encountering the mighty Nalanda, saw thousands of savants who intellectually were centuries ahead of anything he had experienced. Nalanda was using the formal Vedic systems of learning since 5th c. A.D., like Takshashila and Vikramshila.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EKhilji had two choices\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;- bow his head, learn from them, exceed them in knowledge. Or, burn them down. In ca.1193 AD, he chose to end Nalanda. And had this monster not done so, this University would be better and bigger than the Harvards and Stanfords of this world. India would have had a big education brand to flaunt globally, and so on and so forth.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003EModern day ruins of Nalanda, and a reconstruction of the University seal -\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vKczB9YqNT0\/V7bLXXrlVvI\/AAAAAAAACeg\/LuO_dxuutrs6GCIO3VShpGrz_8lLTMz_wCLcB\/s1600\/nalanda%2B1.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vKczB9YqNT0\/V7bLXXrlVvI\/AAAAAAAACeg\/LuO_dxuutrs6GCIO3VShpGrz_8lLTMz_wCLcB\/s400\/nalanda%2B1.JPG\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003EKhilji and the end of the Buddhist monks -\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-v_p6pKEdI-Y\/V7bLeTuHdQI\/AAAAAAAACes\/cjENjm_EMc0yZTtieAY50xQxrfHb6LP0wCEw\/s1600\/Nalanda%2B2.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-v_p6pKEdI-Y\/V7bLeTuHdQI\/AAAAAAAACes\/cjENjm_EMc0yZTtieAY50xQxrfHb6LP0wCEw\/s400\/Nalanda%2B2.JPG\" width=\"305\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\nBUT Such an answer will be not only superficial, it will be a grave injustice to the ancient Indians who built a magnificent civilization second to none.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003EI remind you of the recent studies (by Western scholars) that have proven beyond doubt that India, and China, were the two richest civilizations at the start of the Christian era, measured by sheer size of GDP. I\u0026nbsp;take it as a starting point for my detailed answer. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003ETo get a real answer, we must start by asking a question here.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cul style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 2em 1em 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow did India become that rich at that time?\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;Simple, huge success in world trade and agriculture, among other things.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003ETo do world trade and agriculture successfully, what would Indians have needed at that time? Simple hard work and luck?\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003ENo.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003EWe needed to navigate the seas properly. We needed to predict climate patterns. And that needed lots of arithmetic and maths. Lots of trigonometry. Lots of astronomy. And lots of science. All this was done, used, monetized through trade and successful agriculture, and a great civilization was nurtured.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EAnd in this answer, I will not even delve into the 1000+ sites wonder called the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003ESindhu Ghati sabhyata \u003C\/i\u003E(The Indus Valley Civilisation).\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EToday’s students are typically told that “Congrats! India invented the Zero”. That’s it. Accept the congrats and get back to studying western maths and science.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EBy implication, some genius in India, one fine morning, invented a freakish number called “zero” and the world transformed. Is this idea even remotely believable?\u003Cb\u003EWould anyone in ancient India invent the zero\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003Ewithout having already worked on all associated knowledge that the zero was required in the first place to solve problems in?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003EAre we not told that part of the story ever because it might turn turtle all prevalent assumptions of superiority bred out of colonialism?\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EIf only we researched well on Brahmagupta, we’d find the rich literature underpinning so much of later-claimed wisdom. (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Br%C4%81hmasphu%E1%B9%ADasiddh%C4%81nta\"\u003EBrāhmasphuṭasiddhānta\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cspan class=\"qlink_container\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EAstronomical calculations in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EShatapatha Brahmana\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ca. 4th century BC) use a fractional approximation of 339\/108 ≈ 3.139. That is the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003Eπ\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003Ewe know. (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shatapatha_Brahmana\"\u003ERead more here\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe historical truth is\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E- India has been the birthplace of major aspects of mathematics including arithmetic, trigonometry, calculus, and probability. Places like Nalanda (and many more) were nurturing grounds of the deepest knowledge known to mankind then.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EWe not only invented the zero, but also the fundamental place value decimal system, that was ages ahead of the foolish Roman number system. As a proof, try writing 1788 in Roman numerals. Answer - MDCCLXXXVIII ! So with the Greek system.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EAnd all that knowledge was taken to the Arab world first, then to Europe, and re-exported back to India starting the 16th century, painted as “the original”, and we are still stuck with it like God’s word from heaven. So just as Nalanda was destroyed, every other authentic source of knowledge in India was ravaged, torn apart, burnt down, and the jist was all taken abroad. We lost our languages, our science, our self-respect. We assumed that everything sophisticated has a “Western” origin.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EThe term \"algorithm\" itself comes from\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Ealgorism\u003C\/i\u003E, the technique of performing arithmetic with Hindu-Arabic numerals developed by al-Khwārizmī. (Latinized form of al-Khwārizmī's name is Algoritmi)\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003ERemember,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003ENalanda\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003Eis symbolic to this answer. It represents what\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EBharatiya\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003C\/b\u003Ecivilisation then was - a\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;grand culmination of centuries of science, mathematics, philosophy, evolution and material success\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EAncient Indians developed science as a WHOLE by merging concepts, ideas, and objects from all facets of Indian cultural experience – mythological, puranic, literary, religious, etc. and harvested them to generate number-connoting words. This is in stark contrast to the value-less, objective, cold education provided today. In fact, if some teacher were to attempt it today, he’d be imprisoned citing secular values. Ha ha!\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EAn example is the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EBhutasamkhya system\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E(\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bhutasamkhya_system\"\u003ERead more here\u003C\/a\u003E). Here is an image of a typical Sanskrit verse used for mathematical calculations -\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_image_wrapper\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; position: relative;\"\u003E\n\u003Ccanvas class=\"qtext_image_placeholder landscape qtext_image zoomable_in_feed\" data-src=\"data:image\/PNG;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAADCAIAAAAlXwkiAAAAUElEQVR4nAXBQQ4AEAwEwFpWmvQHDv7\/NjcpiR6EmTTGWGupas45IgDceyOCZO+9nHPc3d3fe6UUACJiZq01ACAJoNZK0sxSSqq6955zisgHbkwhQWpGyaoAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" height=\"102\" style=\"animation-duration: 0.001s; animation-name: insQ_100; display: block; max-width: 100%; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden;\" width=\"369\"\u003E\u003C\/canvas\u003E\u003Cimg class=\"landscape qtext_image zoomable_in_feed lazy_loaded lazy_loading\" master_h=\"102\" master_src=\"https:\/\/qph.ec.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-48fd45152054763bbb7230cca3c75640?convert_to_webp=true\" master_w=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/qph.ec.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-48fd45152054763bbb7230cca3c75640?convert_to_webp=true\" style=\"animation-duration: 0.001s; animation-name: insQ_101; border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.5s linear;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cul style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 2em 1em 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003ETranslation of the verse: \"Gods (vibudha : 33), eyes (netra : 2), elephants (gaja : 8), snakes (ahi : 8), fires (hutāśana : 3), three (tri : 3), qualities (guṇa : 3), vedas (veda : 4), nakṣatras (bha : 27), elephants (vāraṇa : 8), and arms (bāhavaḥ : 2) - the wise say that this is the measure of the circumference when the diameter of a circle is nava-nikharva (900,000,000,000).\" So, the translation of the poem using the\u003Ci\u003Ebhūtasaṃkhyā\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Esystem will simply read \"2827433388233 is, as the wise say, the circumference of a circle whose diameter is nava-nikharva (900,000,000,000)\". That is, divide 2827433388233 (the number from the first two lines of the poem in reverse order) by nava-nikharva (900,000,000,000) to get the value of pi(π). This calculation yields the value π = 3.1415926535922. This is the value of π used by Madhava in his further calculations and is accurate to 11 decimal places.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003ESo, the answer to your question is -\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EHad Nalanda not been destroyed, we would have been a self-respecting society today, not the mess we are\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EIt is not about one physical university destroyed. It is about a fundamentally different thought process and approach to the Cosmos itself, including all in it, the living, the non-living, the maths, the science - everything.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EIndian thought (Vedic, Buddhist etc.) is not based on blind faith. For example, Buddhism accepts only two valid means of knowledge:\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003Epratyaksha\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;(empirical) and\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003Eanumana\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;(inference). Note that science does the same, only that “science”, i.e. modern western science, came centuries\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003Eafter\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003EBuddhism.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EShoonyavada\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003Ecan be compared with mathematics, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EPaticca samuppada\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E(conditioned coorigination) with physics.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EShoonyavada\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003Eis Buddhist mathematics. Consider 3+3=6. Is it valid knowledge? Typical response: 3 Apples and 3 Apples make 6 Apples. But that is\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Epratyaksha pramana\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E(empirical proof) - accepted in Buddhism, and nearly all systems of Indian philosophy. And yes, in science too!\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EThe most respected (and much used by Indian test-setters!) Pythagoras theorem  is\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003Enot\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003Evalid knowledge for right-angled triangles drawn on the curved surface of the earth to determine latitude and longitude. Ha ha! So every so-called deductively proved theorem is hiding in its womb regions it is not valid at all!\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EThe image below (excerpted from Prof C K Raju’s work) indicates this problem clearly -\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_image_wrapper\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; position: relative;\"\u003E\n\u003Ccanvas class=\"qtext_image_placeholder portrait qtext_image zoomable_in_feed\" data-src=\"data:image\/PNG;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAIAAAACUFjqAAABFklEQVR4nAXBS07DMBAA0PHYsUPShoYiPhVdImCPhFhwAq7EDoklt+AK7DgB3AAhRIGWikJomzixE8\/wnrh5CigxtN472xQLDTPIz9NUMCAwoJTYNbZeFpGSmI1PD+6O9O3PNwkOIACdrYrZuzIaBATnPsqLy5PriCY\/n1MhAJ0t03wbGOqyRPAvb1mzqkbRPeu8rdfYNlZpgyoSAJ2vervHe\/t8OJ6QML76Q2airiMKG\/1NqWQx\/3p8PnudjgQ1zEJcPcyTbAsYiIkpOLsOmEtuo6hlRozixC5\/lVbaaAGo4zQxzsTsXaPTRJmkB0TLxTzpZ6Hr6lUhJCLKZDBEIRUTmV4mVeTq2lelb2x\/uBP3BwKRif8BZEeRY4qoDgQAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" height=\"474\" style=\"animation-duration: 0.001s; animation-name: insQ_100; display: block; max-width: 100%; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden;\" width=\"464\"\u003E\u003C\/canvas\u003E\u003Cimg class=\"portrait qtext_image zoomable_in_feed lazy_loaded lazy_loading\" master_h=\"474\" master_src=\"https:\/\/qph.ec.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-2c50b498c901742e85902fb851226509?convert_to_webp=true\" master_w=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/qph.ec.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-2c50b498c901742e85902fb851226509?convert_to_webp=true\" style=\"animation-duration: 0.001s; animation-name: insQ_101; border-radius: 3px; border: 0px; display: block; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; position: absolute; top: 0px; transition: opacity 0.5s linear;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cul style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 2em 1em 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EBut I do not say this. Formalists\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003Eaccept\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003Ethat mathematical theorems are only true relative to the hypotheses. Since\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003Ethe hypotheses of formal math are metaphysical (surprise! surprise!)\u003C\/b\u003E, their validity can never be ascertained. Let this come from THE authority.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EBertrand Russell says -  \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EIn [formal] mathematics we never know whether what we are saying is true .\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003EA deductively proved theorem is not valid knowledge, for logic is not universal. With a diff erent logic, di fferent theorems may be proved relative to the same hypotheses.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EThe bosses of western philosophy (science) - Aquinas, Kant, Russell etc. - seemingly were ignorant of the multiplicity of logics.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EIndian tradition from pre-Buddhist times was aware of it.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EExamples -\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cul style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 2em;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EChatushkoti\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;(चतुष्कोटि) [\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catu%E1%B9%A3ko%E1%B9%ADi\"\u003ERead more here\u003C\/a\u003E] diff ers from the 2-valued logic used in formal mathematical proofs, or\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EAnekantavada\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;(अनेकान्तवाद) [\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anekantavada\"\u003ERead more here\u003C\/a\u003E], a part of Jain philosophy, or\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESyadvaad\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;(स्याद्वाद) [\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anekantavada#Sy.C4.81dv.C4.81da\"\u003ERead more here\u003C\/a\u003E] which is conditioned predication\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003EBaudhayana Sulabh Sutras\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;[\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baudhayana_sutras\"\u003ERead more here\u003C\/a\u003E] which were Vedic Sanskrit texts, explicitly states  Pythagorean proposition  using square roots. Really?\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003Eदीर्घचतुरश्रस्याक्ष्णया रज्जु: पार्श्र्वमानी तिर्यग् मानी च यत् पृथग् भूते कुरूतस्तदुभयं करोति ॥\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003EA rope stretched along the length of the diagonal produces an area which the vertical and horizontal sides make together.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EThe lines are to be referring to a rectangle, although some interpretations consider this to refer to a square. In either case, it states that the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the sides. If restricted to right-angled isosceles triangles, however, it would constitute a less general claim, but the text seems to be quite open to unequal sides.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EIf this refers to a rectangle, it is the earliest recorded statement of the Pythagorean theorem\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E(several hundred years\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003Ebefore\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Emighty Pythagoras said it).\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EThere is significant level of proof that perhaps Newton was not the first to discover the laws of motion. This is open to debate from both sides and is still fiercely contested. We await deeper analysis and more proofs.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\nI can go on. The gist is - we have lost what was originally ours, and are clinging to the imported wisdom as the only truth. We have lost all originality. And the burning down of Nalanda is the last great visible symbol of that.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\nI am no expert on ancient science, just a curious and open-minded student who ends up discovering things the formal system avoids mentioning in totality.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\np.s. For those interested in reading more, check up the works of Prof. C. K. Raju.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n. . . . .\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\nSome interesting sources for more reading -\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Col style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 2em 0px 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EKanad and atoms -\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kanada_(philosopher)\"\u003ERead here\u003C\/a\u003E!\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EPythagoras theorem - (a) \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.rediff.com\/news\/special\/did-india-discover-pythogoras-theorem-a-top-mathematician-answers\/20150109.htm\"\u003EGrey claims of ownership\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;(b) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baudhayana_sutras\"\u003EBaudhayana Sutras\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EMassive body of Indian maths thousands of years prior to western colonialism - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_mathematics\"\u003ERead here!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EIndian number systems went to Arab, and into the Christian world - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Codex_Vigilanus\"\u003ECodex Vigilanus\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EThousands of years of scientific Indian astronomy - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_astronomy\"\u003EIndian astronomy\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EHow calculus was exported from India to the West, and then exported back! -\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/philmat.oxfordjournals.org\/content\/17\/3\/378.extract\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EC.K. Raju. Cultural Foundations of Mathematics: The Nature of Mathematical Proof and the Transmission of the Calculus from India to Europe in the 16th c. CE.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EHow Indian numbers went to Arab, and then Europe, and came back! - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/sl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al_Hvarizmi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERead more\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003EMathematical genius behind zero and much more - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Br%C4%81hmasphu%E1%B9%ADasiddh%C4%81nta\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBrahmasphutsiddhanta\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003ETrigonometry of Madhava of Kerala - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madhava%27s_sine_table\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMadhava's sine table\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;Angus Maddison and economic history of the world - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Angus_Maddison#\/media\/File:1_AD_to_2003_AD_Historical_Trends_in_global_distribution_of_GDP_China_India_Western_Europe_USA_Middle_East.png\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EGraph here\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;georgia\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;times new roman\u0026quot; , serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E~\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/6729071849125840153\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8647794548092946175\u0026postID=6729071849125840153\u0026isPopup=true","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/6729071849125840153"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/6729071849125840153"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2016\/08\/how-would-indian-civilisation-be-had-Nalanda-not-been-destroyed-by-Sandeep-Manudhane.html","title":"How would Indian civilisation be different today had Nalanda not been destroyed?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11843171978811719595"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-vKczB9YqNT0\/V7bLXXrlVvI\/AAAAAAAACeg\/LuO_dxuutrs6GCIO3VShpGrz_8lLTMz_wCLcB\/s72-c\/nalanda%2B1.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647794548092946175.post-3258672652286550657"},"published":{"$t":"2016-08-17T15:49:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-08-30T14:41:44.666+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"days and events"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Digital India"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"India"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian economy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Narendra Modi"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pakistan"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Prime Minister"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Thinking of Independence Day 2016, and more!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EEvery independence day is special. It's a reminder for both Pakistan and India that entire generations were swallowed by the monster called colonialism, and a hard-earned freedom was achieved after grit and determination paid off in 1947.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EUnfortunately, the subcontinent's history took rather unsavoury turns after that, and demons of poverty, hunger, malnutrition and under-development still roam free. Our people who deserve the best, make do with poor per capita incomes in challenging circumstances.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EWhat a united approach to development could have achieved for everyone in south Asia, is marred by acrimony and discord. In light of this historical reality, and the present day troubles at the border, the speech of PM Narendra Modi from Red Fort on 15-August 2016 was an important one. Modi is trying to make governance more responsive and quick, against all prevailing odds. In a boisterous democracy with a free press and a multitude of opinions that disagree with anything a PM (any PM) may try to do, the task of leading India is not easy!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EI know that India is facing many problems that affect citizens' quality of life. We have to find solutions together.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EIn addition to tens of regularly important points made by the prime minister in an energetic Independence Day speech 2016, the following three struck me hard -\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Col style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 2em 1em 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;\"\u003EReminding Indians of something called “Work Culture”\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E-\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003E We Indians are proud of our ancient culture and legacy. PM Modi made it a point to repeatedly mention “work culture” to remind us that unless we work to improve our present through productivity and decisiveness, we won’t have a justified claim on a glorious future. His references to the countless (and some already successful) new schemes and initiatives was interlaced with the work culture dna. In my study of the past 25 years, he is the first PM to speak thus. Indira Gandhi - the iron lady - had used it earlier through a famous slogan “\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ci style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;\"\u003EBaatein kum, kaam zyada\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E” meaning talk less, do more. But that had fizzled out. Modi must have learnt his lessons, and his trying to ensure that IT can be used to\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E ensure transparency in delivery.\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETouching all sensitive issues and offering solutions\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;-\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003E The PM touched almost every sensitive issue the nation faces today, and he offered a quick insight into solving them. From atrocities on Dalits to Naxalite violence, from real estate frauds to need for genuine women empowerment, from food prices to OROP, he tried to offer an insight into what his government thinks about them. Each of these issues has the potential to force a turn in national discourse. He has tried to tackle them head on. It won’t be easy, though. The machinery is huge, and making it work in tandem has not been easy for any PM ever.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli style=\"left: 2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECalling Pakistan’s bluff\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;-\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003E For months, the government kept extending a visible or invisible olive branch to the Pak establishment (read Military) for a peaceful resumption of talks, or to find some solution to the Kashmir issue. Everything failed, and Pakistan wrongly made some moves on the international stage in a preposterous attempt to globalise the Kashmir issue in the name of “atrocities” by Indian state there. Ha ha - they conveniently forget the genocide carried out by Tikka Khan in East Pakistan in 1970–71 and the near genocidal conditions in Baochistan today.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003EIMO, out of sheer compulsion, PM Modi made the Baloch, PoK and Gilgit issues mainstream.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003EThis is a major development, and a first in 70 years of Indian independence celebrations. Expect global outreach. This will hurt China too as its CPEC corridor passes through Gilgit-Baltistan and reports indicate large-scale land acquisitions (typical Chinese style) from locals without permission.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003EThere is little doubt that the coming months and years will be eventful. One hopes that peace and sanity ultimately prevails, and dialogue or discussion helps bring calm. The passion seen on 15th August and 26th January should persist always, as we move ahead with a spirit of togetherness and mutual propserity.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"line-height: 21px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #333333;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003ESuch celebrations are an appropriate time to recall the sacrifices made by our martyrs, immortalised in many literary creations, such as this gem by poet Shri Makhanlal Chaturvedi\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21.6px; padding: 4px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small; margin: 0px; padding: 4px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21.6px; padding: 4px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large; margin: 0px; padding: 4px;\"\u003Eचाह नहीं मैं सुरबाला के,\u0026nbsp;गहनों में गूँथा जाऊँ,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large; margin: 0px; padding: 4px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21.6px; padding: 4px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large; margin: 0px; padding: 4px;\"\u003Eचाह नहीं प्रेमी-माला में,\u0026nbsp;बिंध प्यारी को ललचाऊँ,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21.6px; padding: 4px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large; margin: 0px; padding: 4px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large; margin: 0px; padding: 4px;\"\u003Eचाह नहीं, सम्राटों के शव,\u0026nbsp;पर, हे हरि, डाला जाऊँ\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large; margin: 0px; padding: 4px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21.6px; padding: 4px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large; margin: 0px; padding: 4px;\"\u003Eचाह नहीं, देवों के शिर पर,\u0026nbsp;चढ़ूँ भाग्य पर इठलाऊँ!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21.6px; padding: 4px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large; margin: 0px; padding: 4px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large; margin: 0px; padding: 4px;\"\u003Eमुझे तोड़ लेना वनमाली!\u0026nbsp;उस पथ पर देना तुम फेंक,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large; margin: 0px; padding: 4px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21.6px; padding: 4px; text-align: justify;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 4px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large; line-height: 21.6px;\"\u003Eमातृभूमि पर शीश चढ़ाने,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large; line-height: 21.6px;\"\u003Eजिस पथ जाएँ वीर अनेक।\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"font-size: 15px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px;\"\u003EHere's wishing all Indians a great fture ahead! 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, sans-serif;\"\u003EWith tremendous grit, determination and zeal, millions of Indians led by some of the finest leaders struggled for, and were able to, freeing the Indian subcontinent from the clutches of one of the most rapacious colonial masters ever, 70 years ago.\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-53885a5dOZI\/V7EmLQrAiwI\/AAAAAAAACas\/tX-eWvgzHUoXBy4ttqf26GpowO9ZmWt9wCLcB\/s1600\/1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Jai Hind, Vande Mataram, Indian independence, 1947, 15th August, Freedom, Democracy\" border=\"0\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-53885a5dOZI\/V7EmLQrAiwI\/AAAAAAAACas\/tX-eWvgzHUoXBy4ttqf26GpowO9ZmWt9wCLcB\/s320\/1.jpg\" title=\"Jai Hind, Vande Mataram, Indian independence, 1947, 15th August, Freedom, Democracy\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EVande Mataram\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIndia was free, on 15th of August, exactly 69 years ago. The biggest, bulkiest and the most promising democracy of 130 crore citizens is now entering its 70th year of freedom.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThese seven decades have been tumultuous for India, which has swerved through the highways of disorder, confusion, conflicts, evolution but definite progress on all fronts. All, \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003Ebut one\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E that's defining global discourse and power today.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ETimes have changed dramatically in the last few years, however. From a purely brick-and-mortar model of economy dominating the discourse on what freedom and achievement could mean, we are now witnessing a profound shift towards click-and-mortar or pure-click models dominating not just individual national economies, but spanning the oceans at literally the click of a mouse.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EToday, digital assets define some crucial aspects of a national economy like\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EAbility to share information (email, messengers, chat tools, social media)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EAbility to transact commercially online (marketplaces, payment gateways)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EAbility to connect to the world and showcase one's work (social media)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EProject national power through platforms everyone uses daily (Apps, Software)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ERunning parts of the real, hard economy (giant digital corporations)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EAnd in the middle of this profound change, India has emerged as with many natural advantages. A growing nation of 1.3 billion individuals where the per capita income can only improve with time represents the biggest commercial and strategic opportunity for any brand or company. That is the reason for almost every large global brand to make a beeline for starting operations in India where they need to be physically present here in a large way, or to operate with minimum physical presence where the nature of things do not require them to.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ECrores of Indian constantly email, chat, blog, transact, move, buy, sell, entertain, get entertained, upload and download data, and live a part of their lives online. This is just the beginning. In another 10 years, the changes would be much deeper, much broader and far more permanent despite all the impermanence attached to such electronic empires and their contours.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ETo any patriotic Indian, and 15th of August is the perfect day to ponder upon this, the one aspect of this revolution taking place is very striking. It is -\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E \u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003Ethe near total absence of homegrown, Indian-owned digital brands that dominate any sector of what is written above.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIndians run Google, but do not own one, and no dream to create one.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIndians crowd on the Facebook, but do not own one.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIndians love Amazon, and do not own a company even a quarter of that size.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIndians love to email, and have to do it on some foreign platforms.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIndians love to chat for free, and multiple foreign brands enable that.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIndians love to drive using Maps, and no Indian brand dominates the space.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIndians love creating and watching video, and multiple foreign brands happily enable that.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIndians love to celebrate the power democracy offers on Twitter, and have none of their own.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EA large part of the business of government of India is transacted using foreign email providers!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EAnd we are now \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/epaperbeta.timesofindia.com\/Article.aspx?eid=31815\u0026amp;articlexml=State-Schools-may-Get-Khan-Academy-Lessons-15082016002027\"\u003Eplanning to help our government schools\u003C\/a\u003E by learning videos from the mighty Khan Academy, \u003C\/i\u003Eso coming generation of authentic Indians will learn through American-accented lessons.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESo much for 70 years of freedom, and \u003Ci\u003EBharat Mata ki Jai\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EWe are blindly allowing all our key digital experiences to be totally dominated by mostly American brands, who are only to happy to offer the same. And we are handing over our national digital markets to them on a platter.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EChina, our arch-rival, perhaps read this decades ago, and started preparing. And today, they have national champions that not only beat American internet brands at their own game, the likes of Alibaba are planning to dominate Indian markets as well.\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EAnd we are happily allowing that, without a murmur of protest.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ENaturally, \"protest\" here carries entirely different connotations. It means a sense of unease, marked by genuine patriotic concerns of getting edged out of this version of commerce which will totally redefine everything in a decade.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThe figures of the past one decade prove this beyond a shade of doubt. Digital dominates, totally.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3D7uOwRY-SM\/V7EkgJao8sI\/AAAAAAAACac\/DWuEXB81Y18-y5K649uttJdi8Z_vRG91wCLcB\/s1600\/2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-3D7uOwRY-SM\/V7EkgJao8sI\/AAAAAAAACac\/DWuEXB81Y18-y5K649uttJdi8Z_vRG91wCLcB\/s320\/2.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHad India will a small country with little or no growth prospects, a dwindling population, or a very rich country with no bubbling youth with global aspirations, perhaps we could have afforded giving a damn.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESo with a little common-sense, if we exptrapolate \u003Cb\u003Etoday's scenario \u003C\/b\u003Einto the future, the picture is clear, and not pretty at all.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VQxIT5rcifw\/V7EilUjr2eI\/AAAAAAAACaQ\/vUIG0bUT0Yo6y0K23F0Hfo_4zJX9KLfJwCLcB\/s1600\/1.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-VQxIT5rcifw\/V7EilUjr2eI\/AAAAAAAACaQ\/vUIG0bUT0Yo6y0K23F0Hfo_4zJX9KLfJwCLcB\/s400\/1.png\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EWhere is mighty India in any of this? The tragedy is that Indian talent runs a lot of what you see in the table, but while staying abroad. Because back home, in \u003Ci\u003Eswatantra \u003C\/i\u003EIndia, something is holding everyone and everything back.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EI appeal to prime minister Modi to think hard and deep about all this. You are a visionary and nationalistic PM with a digital vision. Please make it happen through Indian means. The road will be long and hard, but a start has to be made now.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIf that means a huge government-funded centralised effort, so be it. If that means hiring the brightest and capitalizing their dream heavily, so be it. If that means getting the best and brightest Indians back from the US and supporting a chosen set of strategic projects, so be it.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ELet true digital independence dawn on India.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJai Hind!\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E~\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cb\u003E \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/4913811496746835102\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8647794548092946175\u0026postID=4913811496746835102\u0026isPopup=true","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/4913811496746835102"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/4913811496746835102"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2016\/08\/this-independence-day-call-for-digital-independence-by-Sandeep-Manudhane.html","title":"This independence day, a call for Digital Independence"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11843171978811719595"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-53885a5dOZI\/V7EmLQrAiwI\/AAAAAAAACas\/tX-eWvgzHUoXBy4ttqf26GpowO9ZmWt9wCLcB\/s72-c\/1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647794548092946175.post-1580979790492562185"},"published":{"$t":"2016-08-13T10:43:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-08-30T14:41:44.605+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Civil Services"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"competitive exams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Exam strategies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"IAS exam"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"India"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UPSC"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UPSC papers solutions"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How to maximise scores in UPSC Prelims exam - detailed analysis"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EAs I do each year, here is the comprehensive solution to both papers of UPSC Civil Services exam 2016. Each session is of 2 hours.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: purple; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EWhat you should learn from these sessions\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Col style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EMacro approach to tackling a tough test like this\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHow to budget your time across the 100 or 80 questions\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EBasic test-taking-techniques (TTT)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EScan - Search - Select - Solve techniques to maximise your score\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EStaying positive throughout till the last moment\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ETricks and Test-smarts e.g. using options to quickly get the answer\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EUPSC Prelims 2016 - Paper I (GS)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHere is the complete questionwise analysis\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"YOUTUBE-iframe-video\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/W75GkxnMLWA\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W75GkxnMLWA?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red; font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;\"\u003EUPSC Prelims 2016 - Paper II (GS - CSAT)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHere is the complete questionwise analysis\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"YOUTUBE-iframe-video\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/TfeACs7AfSo\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TfeACs7AfSo?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETo read detailed analysis, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/ias.pteducation.com\/2016Analysis\/PaperIAnalysis.aspx\"\u003Ego to this page.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"\u003E~\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/1580979790492562185\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8647794548092946175\u0026postID=1580979790492562185\u0026isPopup=true","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/1580979790492562185"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/1580979790492562185"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2016\/08\/detailed-solutions-to-UPSC-IAS-exams-by-Sandeep-Manudhane.html","title":"How to maximise scores in UPSC Prelims exam - detailed analysis"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11843171978811719595"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/W75GkxnMLWA\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647794548092946175.post-1918136732568729546"},"published":{"$t":"2016-08-11T13:05:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-08-30T14:41:44.623+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Civil Services"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"competitive exams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Exam strategies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"IAS exam"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"India"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Indian democracy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"UPSC exam - a mirror to the Nation"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ERecently, the preliminary stage of renowned civil services exam of Union Public Services Commission was held across India. Lacs of young women and men, desirous of getting into the topmost services like IAS and others, participated enthusiastically. These youngsters, full of passion and hopes, have a heartfelt desire to contribute positively to a transformation of the nation.The number of aspirants is growing by the year, and it is interesting to observe that in an era of rapid privatisation of economy, the longing for government jobs is growing! I analyse this exam each year, and try to decipher and learn\/explain the trends behind the questions.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-S_mw9EyZwaA\/V6wqSr82IaI\/AAAAAAAACZM\/k1kW4qmmJ3wLaDAHjMV8XLxzDBFEGeY6gCLcB\/s1600\/111.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"UPSC, IAS exams, Civil Services, Narendra Modi, transparency, UDAY scheme, Aadhar card, PT's IAS Academy, PT education, Sandeep Manudhane\" border=\"0\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-S_mw9EyZwaA\/V6wqSr82IaI\/AAAAAAAACZM\/k1kW4qmmJ3wLaDAHjMV8XLxzDBFEGeY6gCLcB\/s320\/111.jpg\" title=\"UPSC, IAS exams, Civil Services, Narendra Modi, transparency, UDAY scheme, Aadhar card, PT's IAS Academy, PT education, Sandeep Manudhane\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EWe will now focus on a special aspect of this, which is the fact that the flavour of questions included this year in the examination clearly reflected the changing parameters of administrative services in the country. The manner in which the present government, in keeping with a changing world, is trying to inculcate a completely new paradigm, was visible through the questions. A sincere student, and every citizen for that matter, should try to understand this.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EFive aspects related to this become clear.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFirst : \u003C\/b\u003EEnvironment and ecology has not only become a sensitive issue, to keep pace with the various global treaties and institutions has become essential for India. A nation that would always listen to other, proposed the creation of an \"International Solar Alliance\" headquartered in India, and this was quite stunning for not only the common people, but also world powers. The manner in which India, bound by various complex treaties and conventions of the United Nations, is having to modify its laws, is interesting to watch. Many questions reflected the complex nature of the environmental issues confronting the Western Ghats in India.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESecond : \u003C\/b\u003EThe government is connecting administration with technology to enable faster processes, and this has become a ground reality now. The multiple elements of Digital India are not just showcased in reports, they are entering our lives. An example is \"\u003Cb\u003EDigilocker\u003C\/b\u003E\". Who could have imagined just 10 years ago that school certificates of students would be stored in authenticated digital lockers which they'd be able to use anytime, anywhere? The manner in which neem-coated Urea (fertilizer) will reduce corruption and increase productivity, is interesting to watch. Core-banking is now an established technique, and students were reminded of Payment Banks also. It is clear that the government wants future civil servants to not only be sensitive towards grassroot realities, but also have the courage to accept technology to deliver quick governance processes.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThird :\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003EThe Modi government, on one hand gave a huge platform to Aadhar authentication services, and at the same time launched a list of Schemes (\u003Ci\u003EYojanas\u003C\/i\u003E) with the potential to transform India's administrative and current framework. Questions were asked pertaining to many schemes, indicating the UPSC's desire to select students aware of them. Examples include the \"UDAY\" scheme for power distribution companies, \"SWAYAM\" scheme for large scale online courses, Stand-up India scheme for the backward classes and women, crop insurance scheme for farmers, Rashtriya Garima scheme for Dalit-dignity, etc. That India's administrative discourse will revolve around these schemes in the coming future, is certain.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFourth : \u003C\/b\u003EIt was clear that global developments are leaving their sure marks on India, and we have no choice but to engage with them. How the \"Project Loon\" of Google could deliver 4G-internet through balloons was visible, how China's renminbi made it to the IMF's SDR, what are the controversial subsidy 'boxes' of WTO, how does the European stability mechanism work; what's the relationship between RCEP, ASEAN and India, India and the Ease of Doing Business Index, China's One Belt One Road prohject, etc. - were enough for us to understand that the coming years will be quite different from the decades gone by. Indians, and civil servants, will have to be ready to tackle these issues.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFifth : \u003C\/b\u003EWe cannot afford to forget out roots, in the midst of all these changes. Our history, world history, our cultural legacy, our our democratic and parliamentary framework and rules, procedures to make new laws - all these hint at the fact that Indians can never turn away from their roots. More so for UPSC IAS exam aspirants!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIn addition, the reading comprehension passage and basic aptitude questions in the second paper ascertained the ability to successfully battle with numbers. Hindi medium students had, through protests in 2014, ensured that the second paper was made qualifying, rather than scoring. The allegation was that the English reading comprehension passages being asked (not the bilingual ones), were doing injustice. Also that the logical reasoning and mathematics questions were favouring students from the engineering background. If you observe the working style of top administration officials today, you'll find that preparing Schemes based on facts\/numbers and logically argued reports, and getting them executed using technology has become the government norm now. The numbers of all departments are being fed into online dashboards, for transparent public scrutiny. It is important to love one's own languages, but we should not deprive ourselves from learning English. Youth desirous of making a career in any field should not try to escape maths and logical reasoning. Sooner or later, they'll confront you for sure.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESo we see how an exam can judge not only students' static knowledge and bookish insights, but also their grip on national developments and the intense desire to contribute to nation-building. One hopes that these talented students will, in the coming years, avoid being victims of corruption and longing for favourable postings, and will contribute to making India a great nation in the 21st century.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EI have prepared a comprehensive question-wise analyses of both papers. \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/ias.pteducation.com\/2016Analysis\/PaperIAnalysis.aspx\"\u003ECheck here!\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sandeepmanudhane.org\/sminmedia\/Main-Editorial-Article-11-Aug-2016.aspx\"\u003EMy Hindi article on the same here -\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; 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, sans-serif;\"\u003EIndia, a giant nation with an amazingly ancient culture, and that has always considered high-quality education a key component of society irrespective of challenges, is on the horns of dilemma today. We have to ensure a steady place for ourselves in the brave new technological world, our resources are limited and we do not have the luxury of time either.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-v-1_U0Tm5Aw\/V5nwg0VP75I\/AAAAAAAACYQ\/CaNYnBjo4ZAlDJ_sHVIc-EfdGEegN3wpQCLcB\/s1600\/1.bmp\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"IIT, Indian Institute of Technology, Engineering, BE, BTech, Ph.D., Government, Technology, MIT, India, USA, PT education, MBA, IAS, Sandeep Manudhane\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-v-1_U0Tm5Aw\/V5nwg0VP75I\/AAAAAAAACYQ\/CaNYnBjo4ZAlDJ_sHVIc-EfdGEegN3wpQCLcB\/s320\/1.bmp\" title=\"IIT, Indian Institute of Technology, Engineering, BE, BTech, Ph.D., Government, Technology, MIT, India, USA, PT education, MBA, IAS, Sandeep Manudhane\" width=\"307\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe IIT spectrum\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIn the modern global economic order, the strongest and ablest nations are America, Japan, Russia, China, Germany, Britain and Korea. These nations invest heavily in science and technology, stress on basic research, and are good at dominating markets using the products of the R\u0026amp;D machinery. Most of the technologies that you and me use today, were born in these nations. If we scan the horizon a bit more, then for defence products, Israel too will be a contender. But irrespective of how we look at it, then except for a few sterling examples like ISRO etc., India is largely absent from the science and technology markets of the world. The nations mentioned have not only invested consistently and heavily in science and technology, they have also ensured great linkages between industry and academia.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EIn this backdrop, we find that the topmost Indian institutions in engineering and technology (not science) are the IITs - the Indian Institutes of Technology. Starting from the first campus at Kharagpur in 1951, they slowly spread to four more viz., Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur and Madras. They developed a reputation, and situation soon turned from a struggle for students to a problem of plenty. Lacs of students regularly started competing for the few seats on offer. It was hoped that as India, post 1991, moved on the path to building a free economy, these institutions would contribute in a big way to technical development of the nation.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThere were a few problems as well. During the 1980s, when India was a closed economy, a lack of opportunities prompted students to move abroad to Europe and America. Hundreds left, and debatable issues like \"Brain Drain\" - the outflow of talent - started hitting headlines. Director of an IIT had hit back strongly then saying that \"brain drain is better than brain in the drain\". He meant that instead of ruining ones talent due to lack of opportunities, it was better for talent to move on. People have forgotten that debate, as visibly there are opportunities with practically all renowned multinational companies within India itself. Hence, it is being automatically assumed that we are becoming a better system.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EBut after these initial five IITs, many governments started feeling that for a balanced regional development, more IITs will be required. It started with Guwahati in 1994. Then, it was a flood post 2008! Suddenly, in addition to technological development, it started looking as though these institutes were being used to achieve the goals of social development and removing regional imbalances too. And at the same time, due to reservation requirements, the existing institutes witnessed a sudden increase in overall intake, leading to a huge increase in load.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EToday, in 2016, India has a total of 23 IITs (including the six new upcoming ones). It is the first such example globally where an expansion of excellent technical education, through governmental fiat, is happening under a single brandname. Have we done the right thing? An analysis is important, and three arguments are being presented below.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EFirst : \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003ETo launch a new IIT, it will not be appropriate to assume government funding to be the only necessary and sufficient condition. To truly make IITs excellent, we will have to create solid \"feeder routes\" for them. That means a lot of excellent technical teachers, and proper industrial linkages. Both of these are in amazingly short supply. To expect that inflow of superb talent through a rigorous entrance test is all it will be needed to make IITs click, is a wrong thought-process. It is possible that we may pull off a miracle in the next 10 or 20 years, otherwise it may turn into a problem of reputation.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003ESecond : \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003EIndian manufacturing continues to be second-grade. It is an open secret that when confronted with China, manufacturing sectors of few nations can withstand the onslaught. When we are still finding our feet there, and when visionary programmes like \"Make in India\" still need time to fructify, then how will the thousands of fresh and talented engineers churned out of these 23 IITs (who will have huge dreams) find satisfying opportunities in India? Will many of them again look outside for work? Or will switch careers to move into Computers, or Management or Civil Services? Then why invest so much?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003EThird problem is :\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E The IIT-engineered and promoted technologies are still not the leaders in world commercial markets. For comparison, take MIT (USA), which leads in such development, ultimately deeply impacting world markets. We have not been able to do that still, on a large scale.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHence, in the coming years, we must stop at these 23 only, and try making them the best. The problem of technical education cannot be solved only by opening newer IITs. Technical teachers must have attractive career prospects, more industrial interfaces must be evolved, and deep research must be stressed upon. Only then will these 23 IITs play a relevant role in making India a world leader.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.sandeepmanudhane.org\/sminmedia\/Main-Editorial-Article-28-Jul-2016.aspx\"\u003EMy Hindi article on this topic appeared here. Click to open.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-gns2tEQfdY0\/V5nxXooHy_I\/AAAAAAAACYU\/ahrT3P-S0646jvdySLZBNjhi5gqeIWrLACLcB\/s1600\/1.bmp\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-gns2tEQfdY0\/V5nxXooHy_I\/AAAAAAAACYU\/ahrT3P-S0646jvdySLZBNjhi5gqeIWrLACLcB\/s400\/1.bmp\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E~\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/5619223339001050112\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8647794548092946175\u0026postID=5619223339001050112\u0026isPopup=true","title":"6 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/5619223339001050112"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/5619223339001050112"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2016\/07\/indias-iit-dream-by-Sandeep-Manudhane.html","title":"India's I.I.T. dream"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11843171978811719595"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-v-1_U0Tm5Aw\/V5nwg0VP75I\/AAAAAAAACYQ\/CaNYnBjo4ZAlDJ_sHVIc-EfdGEegN3wpQCLcB\/s72-c\/1.bmp","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"6"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647794548092946175.post-6491378724433795177"},"published":{"$t":"2016-07-28T16:45:00.000+05:30"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-08-30T14:41:44.874+05:30"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Amazon"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"common sense"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Facebook"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Google"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"intelligence"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"microsoft"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Wisdom"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Yahoo!"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"What is the difference between Intelligence and Common sense?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EI will analyse it using an unfolding story!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EYahoo\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;(and \u003Cb\u003ELycos\u003C\/b\u003E, \u003Cb\u003EAlta Vista\u003C\/b\u003E..) made a search engine much before \u003Cb\u003EGoogle \u003C\/b\u003Edid. That’s first-mover intelligence.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EAll of them failed to see Google’s inherent strength when they could have smashed it - that’s lack of common sense and wisdom. And very bad luck.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EGoogle decided to plod on, and build on it. That’s tenacity coupled with intelligence.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003ESome early investors made a killing. That’s foresight, intelligence and luck combined.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EYahoo still did not see any value in it. That’s a total lack of common sense.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EGoogle kept building on its success. And then launched social media tools (\u003Cb\u003EWave? Buzz?\u003C\/b\u003E). That’s ambition, and tenacity. But with little wisdom.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFacebook \u003C\/b\u003Eromped home with a much better strategy and product. That’s intelligence.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EGoogle continued fighting. Continues to. With G+.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EFacebook trampled it. That’s tenacity coupled with intelligence.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhatsapp \u003C\/b\u003Eemerged. That’s super-intelligence. Yahoo - the employer - misses again.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EYahoo got hammered in the long run.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EFacebook is still out there. Bought WhatsApp. Super-common sense.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EGoogle has its niche well-protected. Keeps projecting tentacles frequently.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMicrosoft \u003C\/b\u003Etrundles in now and then.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAmazon \u003C\/b\u003Ekeeps smiling, as it build totally unique niches. Intelligently.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EThey all are now intelligently getting into VR and AI. Common sense can’t tell us who’ll win. Neither can wisdom. A whole lot of variables need to come together to decide.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EMeanwhile, \u003Cb\u003Ebillions of us \u003C\/b\u003Eall use these tools, and comment on all of them, without spending a penny. That’s conveniently wise and intelligent of us.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-kQddJh10ucE\/V5npEkg16TI\/AAAAAAAACYA\/ThMgghPKvDoMqXGSvFpSu2QbeNvwcOt5QCLcB\/s1600\/1.gif\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-kQddJh10ucE\/V5npEkg16TI\/AAAAAAAACYA\/ThMgghPKvDoMqXGSvFpSu2QbeNvwcOt5QCLcB\/s400\/1.gif\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003EHa ha!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"qtext_para\" style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 21px; padding: 0px;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;trebuchet ms\u0026quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E~\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/feeds\/6491378724433795177\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/comment.g?blogID=8647794548092946175\u0026postID=6491378724433795177\u0026isPopup=true","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/6491378724433795177"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8647794548092946175\/posts\/default\/6491378724433795177"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/brightsparks.pteducation.com\/2016\/07\/what-is-difference-between-intelligence.html","title":"What is the difference between Intelligence and Common sense?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Anonymous"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11843171978811719595"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-kQddJh10ucE\/V5npEkg16TI\/AAAAAAAACYA\/ThMgghPKvDoMqXGSvFpSu2QbeNvwcOt5QCLcB\/s72-c\/1.gif","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}}]}});