India is divided in many ways and is being divided further by religion , caste and culture . As long as the people dont start to think of India as a nation prosperity is beyond our reach .. Shilpa shetty gained popularity that people rose in arms to condemn it (they have to realise it was not racism but two women hitting hard to hurt the other ) at the same time a couple of days before the condemnation i was having a cup of coffee with the news that many biharis were killed in assam and i didnt find any protests or any remarks because they find them poor .. We do have talent but doesnt know how to use it .. Its a big show that we dance to the tunes of the western world who are humming the raga of india being a new superpower for their benifit of opening up the indian market to get rich dividents ..India as long as being ruled by some stupid politicians getting elected in the name of caste and creed will never be led to the modern world ..
RE:India a new superpower ?
by on Feb 14, 2007 05:23 PM Permalink
It's also the politicians who want poor people to remain divided and iliterate for their votes....India's future is bleak in the hands of our current netas..
Yeah, this is true.. The IT field is bringing so many things and creating so many oppurtunities.. even an Engineering fresher like me is dreaming of a startup in the coming months! I thank god for blessing me to be born an Indian.. I have complete freedom to plot my success and at the end of the day, I would be proud to have achieved something bcos its done by an Indian! CHEERS!! But possibly, all the outcomes should go in as inputs to the poorer people.. would love to see everyone in India happy!!
RE:Looking forward for India to rule the World!
by borncheater on Feb 14, 2007 05:27 PM Permalink
absolutely.. the wealth has to trickle down to poor people.
No matter what, it is imperative to be proud of our country. If you have this basic ingredient, you would yourself be propelled to do something for the country and therefore for fellow citizens. It is extremely easy to blame & point at shortcomings - even the most developed countries have them ! Singapore is regarded as a "police state", US is often accused of being totally immoral in values & self centred in attitude. The difference in in the type of negation. Yes, we may have "miles to go" ... bit what is important are we going ?
RE:Pride in one's country
by on Feb 14, 2007 05:11 PM Permalink
Dear Mr Shah...Singapore is not regarded as a poice state, strict fines are there so that people remain in discipline..You know Delhi Metro daily spend 4 hours just to clean up the chewing gum on the doors..There gum is banned on stations, isn't it right...Here jumping a traffic light cost only Rs 100/-..so no one cares, there it's cool $100..so they care..that's discipline...
It's funny when someone says India is becoming a superpower, India has such a poor infrastructure, it cannot be said..See the Delhi (capital) airport, it's so dirty & full of filth..See roads..there is garbage all over...Flyovers are illplanned....No power and no water..Poor..India can only compete with Pakistan, Bangladesh..etc..
RE:India is Third Class country
by on Feb 14, 2007 05:26 PM Permalink
What can Delhi do, when it has such neighbours as Haryana & UP...remember Nithari Kand..
RE:India is Third Class country
by INR on Feb 14, 2007 06:50 PM Permalink
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. I REALLY APPREICIATE TELLING THE TRUTHS...LET US NOT HAVE ANY MUCH HYPE , LET US NOT BELIEVE FACINATED WORDS, LET US NOT HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT THESE.
TELL ANYONE , IS IT NOT CORRECT WHAT ABOVE SAID BY HIM...ITS TRUE. WHATEVER SAID...NO INFRA.,CLEAN,WATER, POWER ETC..
WE ALL HAVE TO ACCEPT THE FACT AND WORK TOWWARDS CLEAN UP. LET US ALL FROM OURSIDE BE CLEAR, CLEAN AND HAVE A HELPING TENTANCY TOWARDS CLEANING THE SOCIETY. I STRONGLY BELIEVE IT STARTS FROM INDIVUTAL, FAMIL, STREETS ETC......
WE MAY GET FINANCIALLY WEALTH IN FUTURE, BUT UNTIL UNLESS WE CLEAR ABOVE SAID...NO WAY HAVING DREAM OF SUPER POWER. WHOEVER TALKS ABOUT SUPERPOWER, I FIRMLY REQUEST THEM TO VISIT ALL SUPER POWER COUNTRIES, LET LOOK OUT THEIR PLANNING, OPERATIONS , STRATEGIES ETC.
PLEASE DONT CHEAT PEOPLE FOR ENRICHING UR POLITICAL LIFE. HOPE WHAT I MEANT..WHOEVER ITS EITHER GOVERNMENT SERVENT OR NON GOVERNMENT.
I REQUEST EVEN REDIFF TO BRING OUT THE COLUNM FOR BRINGING OUT THE PUBLIC ISSUES/CONCERNS ETC..HAVE KIND OF BLOGS FOR ESPECIALLY FOR INDIA CONSTRUCTIVE PATH WHICH HAS TO COME OUT FROM THESE DESTRUCTIVE STUFFS MENTIONED BY ABOVE READER.
RE:India is Third Class country
by a on Feb 14, 2007 05:08 PM Permalink
I hate all this superpower hype. Do we want to become a bully ? The world superpower conjures that image of a hated ugly bully. Small european countries like denmark, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and Luxembourg are all rated much higher in most of the health and wealth parameters and quality of life than USA or Russia. These are not 'superpower' but life is better than in so called bully superpowers who are hated world over. So better to have excellant quality of life than all superpower hype.
RE:India is Third Class country
by prakash rajagopalan on Feb 14, 2007 05:22 PM Permalink
india is not a superpower but it will become one in near future. India doesnt need to compete with pakistan and bangladesh because even if they have different flags and anthems and borders, they basically belong to india. India is different. India has been destroyed by the colonials and now it is building itself. If you have heard the proverb that rome was not built in a day. apllies to india very well. We have produced superior engineers, doctors and academians who leave india and work for other western countries. The brain drain is what stopping india's dynamic growth, But the left out indians will strive to make india the best.
Its old wine in a new bottle. DISCIPLINE is the key for indians. Neither politicians nor bureaucrats nor common man has learnt it. It would take another 100years for us to reach what developed countries such as singapore & US have reached. We may have mental prowess but unless we change our attitude we would see the brain drain soon.
RE:New India????????
by Sami mi on Feb 14, 2007 04:53 PM Permalink
Right.. its all about attitude.. Politicians will nonetheless remain politician.. its attitude of people, that needs to change.
RE:RE:New India????????
by SUNIL Pradhan on Feb 14, 2007 05:08 PM Permalink
" India do not have man like ruzvlet"( who has done significant infrastructral actvities in US). Infrastructure is bottleneck which stops us to makes us shining.We need substanstial effort to make our infrastructure better.
This to all of those Alok Pande. How many times you have taken effort not to throw garbage through your balcony when no one is watching you. How many times you have tried not to spit on the road? How many times you have bribed to make the normal paper moving process in an Govt office faster, so that you may be benifited?? Think !!! -Eshwer
RE:The world is waking up to a New India
by on Feb 14, 2007 04:57 PM Permalink
Eshwer is right. Blaming others and expecting things to be alright is easy. Every individual has to make an effort. And it starts with YOU MR. ALOK PANDE - who ever you are.
One need to see the situation at our leading Airports,Railway stations,Industrial clusters & highways & India shining story makes you nervous.The mess at these vital installations for growth is a cause of concern.It is important that our ploiticians understand the urgency to improve this.TOI has highlighted the plight of Railways unhygenic existence under the Lalu regime in todays editorial.
You cannot say New India because India has still a long way to go. There are cows, buffaloes on the roads, garbage and filth lying on the road. Roads are never swept clean. There is sewerage water overflow from the drains. Villagers make cow dung huts in empty spaces. Open spaces are used for urination and defaecation. People spit on the raods and blare their horns in protest. There is extreme corruption at al levels. You call it New India. India is the dirtiest and the worst place to live.
RE:The world is waking up to a New India
by Dragon Cares on Feb 14, 2007 05:04 PM Permalink
It's all in the attitude of the people. No meaning in blaming the Politicians, Government Officials and etc. Politicians and Government officials are came from us only. So, if they are corrupted and not clean and not sincere means, we, our people are corrupted, our people are not clean and our people are not sincere. So, it's we need to change ourselves to move forward towards better future. We need to learn a lot of good things from other country people; not just copying Discos, hair styles, etc. Punctuality, cleanliness, trustworthy, politeness, braveness, etc. etc. etc are those things that we need to look into and learn them and change ourselves. Then only our country could become developed country. Just look at around India, other countries are moving very fast bcoz it's people understand the situation, they tend to change according to the need. We, our people are wasteing so much time in the name of discussions, meetings, court cases, religious conflicts, all bcoz of too much of democrazy and it's killing our country. Does any of our politicians or our people realize on how much we are wasting our time and money by having unnecessary 'yatras', 'rally', 'bandh'???? nobody cares.
RE:The world is waking up to a New India
by on Feb 14, 2007 05:03 PM Permalink
Alok All these are due to people like you.I am currently in UK. Here roads are clean but people's heart and oul is not clean. You will be rendering greatest service to the nation if you leave the country immediately as New India do not require people who are in height of pessimism.
RE:RE:The world is waking up to a New India
by thepolice stewart on Feb 15, 2007 05:24 AM Permalink
WELL SAID THAT ABSOLUTELY TRUE,VISIT OTHER COUNTRIES TO FIND HOW THEY ARE.THEIR SOULS ARE NOT CLEAN(IAM GENERALIZING) HOW SELFISH PEOPLE ARE IN OTHER COUNTRIES.I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN A DIFF COUNTRY FOR 7 YRS AND IAM LEAVING TO INDIA NEXT MONTH TO HELP CHANGE MY NATION AND LET PEOPLE KNOW WE ARE GOOD BUT WE ARE LAGGING AND IN THE PROCESS WILL GROW MYSELF AND MY COUNTRY GROW I WISH EVERONE COULD STAY IN A DEVELOPED COUNTRY FOR A YEAR TO UNDERSTAND HOW SELFISH PEOPLE ARE,IF YOU LIVE FOR A MONTH OR JUST GO FOR A VISIT U WILL ONLY SEE GREEN. ASK ME ABOUT INDIA AND INDIANS,I HAVE STUDIED IN THE NORTH,SOUTH,WEST,EAST,CENTRAL INDIA AND HAVE WORKED AND STAYED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD FOR 7 YEARS AND I REALIZED HOW GOOD WE ARE AS A NATION (INDIANS SELDOM KNOW),AND I KNEW EVEN BEFORE VISITING AND STATING IN THESE PLACES,ITS JUST THAT I HAVE ENOUGH PROOF. NO,IAM NOT 60 YRS OLD,IAM 27 AND I WILL INSPIRE A FEW. WISH ME LUCK GUYS,I KNOW I WILL FACE MANY CHALLENGES BUT I REALIZE THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE LIKE ME,WICH ME LUCK!
RE:RE:RE:The world is waking up to a New India
by meera jagannathan on Feb 15, 2007 09:01 AM Permalink
Thanks to this young courageous Indian. I wish you enormous luck in your new life. You are right in that people in western countries tend to be selfish.But they are highly disciplined and if we imitate them in this, we will become a great nation.We must support anyone who wishes to change the status quo and offer constructive advice. The IITians who have started a party are on to something new. This is a promising start.But for us to start working to change the way things are, we must first recognize the defects. The high rates of illiteracy, child labor, lack of civic sense, apathy to the surroundings,lack of effective population control are all some of the more obvious problems. We must support NGOs and other organizations that work to eradicate the ills, and also contribute physically or financially to some cause. But it is a difficult task-our problems have multiplied along with our population. But I am an optimist,and I think our moment is now, and we can all work together to tackle at least some of these in our life time.I have traveled and lived in the US and France. It is with a sense of wonder and envy that I have always reacted to clean surroundings, efficient, uncorrupted civic authorities, and other first world amenities. I hope some day we will have all this in India.
RE:The world is waking up to a New India
by on Feb 14, 2007 05:00 PM Permalink
I completely agree with Alok, India stinks at all levels..It's the dirtiest place to live in the whole world..and New Delhi is the worst capital..There are all dirty places with no discipline..People urinate openly..Cows fully roam...It's better to live in some African country..
RE:The world is waking up to a New India
by rahul m sharma on Feb 14, 2007 04:32 PM Permalink
Then please do us all a favour and leave the country...we really could do without pessimists like you..
RE:RE:The world is waking up to a New India
by Sami mi on Feb 14, 2007 04:57 PM Permalink
rahul.. u are no one to tell anyone to leave country.. its our right to voice our opinion.. so if you cant give things a serious thought then don't atleast criticize. perhaps you havnt really faced the great indian beaurocracy and red tapism yet...
RE:RE:The world is waking up to a New India
by lalit chablani on Feb 14, 2007 04:52 PM Permalink
I totaly agree with u rahul, people like alok are for no good. They can just critise and don't want to change things. I bet you how many times he himself had done thoes all things which he has mentioned
RE:RE:RE:The world is waking up to a New India
by arun sevugarathinum on Feb 14, 2007 04:58 PM Permalink
Changing 1 billion people is not that easy.but we will have to achieve this by creating awarness.i ahve strong hopes that we will achieve it.
RE:The world is waking up to a New India
by Philip Kurian on Feb 14, 2007 04:55 PM Permalink
Mr. Alok & Mr. Pradeep.. U two are speaking about 'face make up packages'. Lets concentrate on infrastructure ....Our face will look good once we got enough money in our pockets Kurian
RE:RE:The world is waking up to a New India
by pradeep agarwal on Feb 14, 2007 05:01 PM Permalink
Infrastructure is the pocket where you keep the money.We will loose all the money that is pouring if pocket is not stiched properly.
RE:RE:The world is waking up to a New India
by sailendra mishra on Feb 14, 2007 05:04 PM Permalink
Change yourself before make a comment on India. A country can change only when her (india) citizens change themselves. before blaming india u must know what u can give to country.
RE:The world is waking up to a New India
by arvind kumar on Feb 14, 2007 05:15 PM Permalink
I strongly agree with Alok..Though we love our country we need to realize and accept that there are lot of messy things happening here. One has to visit other countries to know better about India...We are lagging in everything.
RE:RE:The world is waking up to a New India
by lalit chablani on Feb 14, 2007 05:28 PM Permalink
we are lagging but not out of race and even not too far to win it. It is just matter of time.
