You are right Mr. Francois Gautier when you say that Indians are only looking at short-term goals at the cost of long-term achievements. Here we are sowing the seeds of antagonism and enmity between individuals and groups in the name of religion/region/race/caste and so on. Even after 60 years of independence from the clutches of colonialism and imperialism, in the 21st century of cyber marts, our way of functioning and thinking belong to the era of bullock-carts. For example, whenever we advocate about the upliftment of the underprevelaged poor, we rarely take their economic status as a criterion rather grant them quotas in admission in educational institutes and in employment by their caste and the religion they belong to. No doublt, in the short-run we gain some votes and get to power but ultimately we take the national development a decade or two back. You may ask How?- Yes, if we are really concerned about the upliftment of the underprevelaged and needy; instead of providing them direct quota benefits in admissions and employment, we can build schools and colleges in their areas and bear all the costs of their education so that they can stand intellectually and professionally with their so-said general category citizens and it won't make their heads down that when they feel that they have been granted undue quota benefits at the cost of so-many general category people fared much better than themselves in the matters of profession or employment. Let God save India.
