I will always rate 1991 economic liberaion policy made be Late Pm P V narsimha Rao and Preaent Pm Dr Mamohan Singh(then FM)against the wishes of so many present UPA leader like p chidambaran(who happened to revolt against Narsimha rao)
RE:India turn 60
by Prof R K Gupta-India on Aug 15, 2007 10:26 PM Permalink
ha ha ha.Chidambram.That harvard boy? he thinks he knows ultimate.Direct decendent of hankaya.he know s only one thing tax and tax. I am afraid he may not start toilet tax for using toiltes as it is also a service.For your kind information when reforms were on drwaing board neith rao nor Narshimha rao were anywhere.It is direct fall oyut opf Uruguy rounbd and washington consensus signed by india to get out of fianncial mess and bankruptcy.The fools had run the country till then.Dont give credit to wrong guys.in would have done same as all action plan were prepared by a,merican experts in 12 point agenda.Not for india only but for several other banana republics.Can you tell me why india was braught to sucj state by tehse idiots at all when they are so great.Every one wa sthere before 1988 too.media is doing well feeding junk in mind of indian public and wrong facts at directions of their polticial masters for advertisement and allotment of plots.
RE:India turn 60
by Libran on Aug 15, 2007 07:36 PM Permalink
Remember liberalisation was not a choice. It was only previous congress regimes has suppressed this imminent global trend of this age. Even China and Russia had to embrace it. It was a no-brainer decision. It was only because of strong influence of Nehruvian socialistic thinking that it got delayed. No doubt - if Rajiv had become PM again, he would have outwardly he would have shown to implement some aspects of liberalization but not completely - as his strong-headed advisros would not have allowed him to go for full-blooded initiative
I don't disagree that these decisions have contributed. But the article seems heavily one sided. Eaach of these decisions have their fallibility
1. Universal Franchise is great and an absolute must - but it has not contributed to the progressive empowerment of women. 33% reservation might, just might. Only complete education for all will bring some good measure of success in this case.
2. Bangladesh war - No doubt, one of the greatest victories of India. Though this war was forced on India by the circunstances created by Pak, Pak is not going to forget this wound easily. Kashmir problem is its direct fall-out. As pointed out, china-ISI sabotage in the N-E had temporarily been curtailed, but has been taken up with vigour by both those countries to teach India a lesson. 3. Liberalization has worked its magic only for a small percentage of population - I feel the gap between the haves and have nots is just increasing. Again, this was a decision that was inevitable, in fact China beat us there by 10 years and is reaping its benefit to the fullest. Problem with Indian liberalization is that India has not found a good way to ensure that all get the share of bounty. 4. India's uclear Muscle. I think this was a great decision. Indira Gandhi should have gone ahead with her plan in 70's before the NPT. Then we would not have this thorny problems such as current N-Deal 5. India needs to be very careful with US. They dump anyone for their countries benefit and rightly so.
Rajiv had a vision. Unfortunately he was guided and advised by wrong people. He didn't have the experience in politics. He was panic and clueless. People around deceived him. Sadly he had to pay for all these with his horrifying death. Oh God' he doesn't deserve this. I remember while he was the opposition leader, in one of his interview with a scribe he spoke like this,'dear people of India I understood my mistake from the experience. Please give me a chance. I will prove. This sentence was totally from his heart. But no chance. That's a tragic history. I feal from my heart India would have become the present stage it is long before had he been the Prime Minister. We lost a budding leader. Jai Hind.
RE:Rajiv Gandhi and his vision
by Libran on Aug 15, 2007 07:15 PM Permalink
No doubt he was clean when he came in but could not remain so. Not his fault - It is the Indian political system. Again his being clean, just like Sonia's is that they started at the top. They did not have to struggle from the bottom/grass-root to reach that level. Having such advantage, he squandered it. If he repented or not is just a moot hypothetical point now
RE:Rajiv Gandhi and his vision
by Prof R K Gupta-India on Aug 15, 2007 10:33 PM Permalink
yes he had good vision as he piloted civil plane.one such flight i was travelling by forynue or misforytune he banged onnb tarmac while landing.I am not sure that was him or his co pilot.
As an Indian I am happy that the country has done well in 60 years, diamond jubilee - got for it. But i will add two points from which we have to learn: 1. Making Nehru PM when Sardar Patel for the best candidate, this set a sad precedent in years to come. 2. Partition- at the time of partiotion India was still under British rule and it was there responsibility for the smooth process of mass migration. But the british soldiers had already left and the country was in a state which we see Iraq and Afganistan. This was reported in the on the BBC this year, ask the questions t othe queen not salute her. So learn from these 2 misttakes get red of the Nehru Gandhi clan and never trust the occupiers.
RE:Happy but Sad
by tapan l kotecha on Aug 15, 2007 07:39 PM Permalink
well said man, if sardar patel had been made the PM, the probelms of Kashmir,pakistan and all partiton will not have come, it was sardar patel who has untied various terrertiores to united india, hearty tribute to great man, nehru gandhi has divided india only jai hind
RE:Happy but Sad
by ron josh on Aug 15, 2007 08:39 PM Permalink
We need a statesman not an educated buffon (puppet). The Nehru/ Gandhi clan have divided the country, the last viceroy was asked be Nehru to hand over the power to him, blame him and the british for all the problems we have.
Economic liberalisation... If it didn't happen Neither me nor you would be reading this article. Rediff would have not been existing ;) Net would have been a distant dream to us.
Azaad hindustan ke azaad generation... Vande Mataram
If Rajiv Ghandhi is there today, he woud have been very proud. Wud have been delighted to see, india success story in business it and other arenas. India relly miss him He is one leader who cud unite india. Under the current scenario, the only pewrson who can unite india is Nareendra Modi
RE:rajiv ghandhi
by MONISH ROY on Aug 15, 2007 07:07 PM Permalink
If Rajiv Gandhi is alive, the country would have gone to dogs. His grand father and mother spoiled India beyond repair. Due to his death (thanks to LTTE), we got P V Narasimha rao and with him great growth. What Rajiv Gandhi did with his massive majority, except passing the Muslim women bill? This Karam Chand Gandhi (you call him Mahatma), Nehru were a curse to this nation. Unfortunately, we did not have another Godse to save the country from Nehru.
RE:rajiv ghandhi
by hardy rock on Aug 16, 2007 01:34 AM Permalink
Monish Roy regrets there r no more Godses, Abhishek chouhan merrily endorses the dirty Views. Many such stupids openly support Modi. Likewise there are some stupids in muslims too who support such characters of their community.
RE:rajiv ghandhi
by Libran on Aug 15, 2007 07:21 PM Permalink
Monish, I completely disagree with you on My dear Mahatma. I agree on all other points. I was going to elaborate - but I will stop short as I am afraid that there will be barrage of posts redriding Mahatma.
RE:rajiv ghandhi
by Fredy on Aug 15, 2007 07:22 PM Permalink
You are absolutely correct. Modi is the real leader who can unite India by removing the adversaries against him. Great keep it up...
1) Not retaking Kashmir from Pakistan despite having faught 4 wars with them. The terrorism that stemmed from it and the general bashing of India on the world stage later on degraded us as a power.
2)Mandal commission's report implementation.
3)Not going ahead in war with Pakistan in the year 2002
RE:The real five decisions/
by abhishek chauhan on Aug 15, 2007 07:19 PM Permalink
4) Nuclear tests...(paved way for some independence in various fields)
5) Sonia Gandhi as congress leader. not any Indian leader in 100 crores..!.what r her contribution, credentials & skills...forget Itlay (Hey r we in chronic habit of enslaving ourselves..?.)
