SOME TIME IN EARLY 80's WHEN I WAS IN GUJARAT, A PLACE CALLED ATUL, I HAPPEND TO HEAR MR. PALKIWALA, WHO HAD JUST RETURNED FROM RELINQUISHING HIS POSITION AS AMBASSADOR. DURING HIS VISIT AND ADDRESS IN VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES, THE ONE QUESTION THAT HE COULDN'T ANSWER TO HIS SATISFACTION WAS 'WHILE FEW AMONG TOP 50 IN ALL THOSE UNIVERSITIES ARE INDIANS, WHY INDIA, WITH SUCH TALENTED MANPOWER REMAIN AS UNDERDEVELOPED AND NOT DEVELOPED'. HE EXPLAINED TO US THAT IT'S THE POLITICIANS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS, KEEPING THE COUNTRY 'UNDER-DEVELOPED' INSPITE OF SUCH VAST RESOURCES. HIS STATEMENT IS ALL THE MORE RELEVANT EVEN TODAY. TODAY ALL POLITICIANS CLAIM THAT THEY ARE 'FOR PEOPLE' WHEREAS THE STORY IS THE OPPOSITE. WHILE IN RULING PARTY THEY DON'T WANT CRITICISM AND CLAIM WHATEVER THEY AREDOING IS GOOD FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE SAME POLITICIANS WHEN IN OPPOSITION CLAIM WHATEVER RULING PARTY IS 'ANTI-PEOPLE'. WHO WILL SAVE THIS COUNTRY FROM SUCH ELEMENTS?? BESIDES OF LATE WE HAVE TOO MANY POLITICIAL PARTIES, I CALL THEM AS 'UNEMPLOYED' AND 'NON-EMPLLOYABLES' ELSEWHERE AND I WISH THAT WE GET A LEADER WHO BOLDLY EARMARKS SOME FUNDS AS 'POLITICAL FUND' AND KEEP SUCH ELEMENTS AWAY FROM DAY-TO-DAY TINKERING.
RE:PALKIWALA'S EXP IN US AS AMBASSADOR
by balachandra singde on Feb 29, 2008 10:22 AM Permalink
Recently Minister Mr. Sibal visited Australia and on the SBS Hindi channel Ms. Jaya Sharma took his interview. Jayaji asked him, when India is progressing so fast why the intelligent people are leaving for jobs in foreign countires such as USA etc. To that the Minister replied that about 25000 NRIs have come back since 'we have offered them good job with big salaries and best facilities'. This is a very wrong assumption that our scholars are leaving the country for better life. They go out because they are certain that their talents will be recognised abroad. 25 years back my friend's son went to USA in a big IT company. One day the company was stuck up with a problem and they were about to loose millions. His son requested them to handover the papers and he will find the solution. Within two days he could solve the problem. Immediately that Company recognised his talent, he was promoted as a President of the Company and given a big pay cheque along with a big bungalow with 10 acres of surrounding beautiful garden. If this would happened in India, he would not have got credit for his achievment but somebody from Ministry would put forth their cousin to take credit and this fellow would have been even dismissed that he should not make any complaint etc. So recognition of talent is the main criteira for which the intelligent go abroad and not for job. Recently my son's friend an IT professional left for Africa leaving the central government job because he was very much bored of
RE:PALKIWALA'S EXP IN US AS AMBASSADOR
by super success on Feb 29, 2008 10:07 AM Permalink
when u were working i was studying in school call vallabh ashram run by swamiji
