What is the reality? India is on the verge of losing foodgrains self-sufficiency & is planning to import foodgrains. USSR was a super power, it did not concentrate as much on the agriculture side as it did in the space race. Soon it had to import wheat from the USA & Canada. There were food-riots in Soviet cities. Now the USSR is no more!
Will the same happen in India? Will India only concentrate on the BPO business (TCS, Infosys, Satyam, WIPRO, HCL) & ignore agriculture? Will we have to depend on foreign countries for wheat & rice? Will there be food-riots in Indian cities?
At least the USSR produced its own weapons. But how much of the weapons India has are indegenously made. Bofors guns are from sweden. Mig fighters are from Russia. Our aircraft-carriers are actually 2nd hand vessels bought from other nations. How can a country become a superpower if it does not manufacture its own weapons? If we buy the weapons from other countries, they would know what weapons we have, the defects & capabilities of it, etc. This information could be passed over to our enemies! How then, can we win over our enemies? "India, a superpower!" in our dream maybe! But on ground, its just India!
RE:Pride goes before the Fall.
by ved prakash on Nov 29, 2007 02:31 PM Permalink
Quite reasonable assesment, but why to look at agriculture alone asa problem area.To my mind law and order,corruption,unemployement and to top the list is sheer ignorance of a reasoned understanding of Indian psyche.Most of the intellects dwelve in set of parameters of their choice with leastconcern for fundamental issues. 1.One time we went for extensive public sector when that failed we indulge in privatisation extensively.Public sector indulged in producing consumer goods and matrials such as sugar yarn soap,coooking oil, shoes and what not.Same is for power sector even minihydel projects were to be erected by state. 2.Corporates are taking over the society leaving little scope for small industry and enterpreneur.Now even onions and potatoes need to be sold by corporates. 3.On one hand we keep opening new institutions for professional education but we have little regard for the kind of infrastrustructure most of such institutions have,thye become another set of corporate loot or increase in unemployement levels. 4.The basic education system is gone and its output is of no socio-economic worth.Sme is true for health care Govt hospitals have big budgets for salary and other expenses but one can'r get any services,medicines,injections and surgicals have to be purchased from open market. 4.Safety at work place & common places is questionable ,safety in transportations is a nightmare more and more people die. what do we mean by being super power? will somebody be serious
