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Monday, October 5, 2009
The hare and the Tortoise
As China marched forward, the world felt the rumbles. Everyone was left gaping with awe. The rise of a mighty nation was unraveled in glory. Never before was red so scintillating, never before was the message so audible.
Far west, the Empire State building turned yellow-red, signifying the acknowledgement of the uni-polar world of the emergence of yet another power, a coequal. Amidst all this, a forgotten nation, which once considered itself an equally potent competitor, was mired in contemplation of whether or not it could match China's rising spree. Yes, now India shares its border with the world’s youngest superpower.
I wonder why democracy is misused to overshadow matters of strategic importance in our nation. Does being engrossed in trivial issues like whether or not we should continue erecting statues of politicians make us more democratic? This is how China has an edge over us by being socialistic. And this is the very reason why we should question ourselves of whether or not we Indians are worth being democratic.
Taking into consideration the military prowess of both the nations, India seems to have been left limping behind both in the capabilities of the conventional and the nuclear forces. So there's a dire need for us to work towards narrowing down the differences with our mighty rival, and there better not be another 1962.
If there’s anything we enjoy, it’d be the lauding of us being an accelerating economy. We sure like to give ourselves a pat on the back and exaggerate anything that is even faintly like a dulcet. But when we giving it a reality check it’s not hard to say that the Chinese definition of growth is a little more advanced. China has consistently maintained a G.D.P. growth of over 9 per cent while India’s has been somewhere around 6 per cent. Even this growth seems superficial and the benefits don’t seem to be percolating in. The disparities between the rich and the poor, and the urban and the rural is still cavernous. In comparison to the Chinese nation, a vast majority of our population lives under the poverty line.
I wonder how India and China are even considered to be locked in a fierce competition considering the disconnected reality which is a world apart from what’s being projected. And if the reality is what is apparent from the figures, it’ll only take kindergarten-ish I.Q. for one to figure out who the hare is and who the tortoise is.
it is an accepted fact by now that china is an emerging powerhouse.the fact that they have a better military regime is also obvious.what put us into comparision with them is that we seem to procure our resources from similar if nor same areas.the idea that we are vastly under the poverty line is because we are a democratic county in name alone.much of our country's development policies remain on paper alone due to the currupt and lethargic institutions.here china has an upper hand.as our country is trying its fingers in too many pies its not able to stick to any policy. though china too suffers the same problems that we as a developing economy suffer its not enormous for them to surmount when put into comparision with us.while we have a problem of over population(and the elite migrate to developed countries)...it looks like our nation has a long way to run if it has to match steps with our neighbour...and make sturdy commitments with them to keep peace
"it looks like our nation has a long way to run if it has to match steps with our neighbour"
And that's the attitude I am talking about exactly. When some criticism is hurled upon us Indians, we either conglomerate to find flaws and forget about it later or like most of us, we seem happy to digest it and continue to go our way. We never try and go ahead to prove the criticism wrong. We never fight back. Instead, we are happy being apathetic. It's now become an established Indian trait. If things continue the same way, I'll not be surprised even if Somalia overtakes us in the near future!
it is an accepted fact by now that china is an emerging powerhouse.the fact that they have a better military regime is also obvious.what put us into comparision with them is that we seem to procure our resources from similar if nor same areas.the idea that we are vastly under the poverty line is because we are a democratic county in name alone.much of our country's development policies remain on paper alone due to the currupt and lethargic institutions.here china has an upper hand.as our country is trying its fingers in too many pies its not able to stick to any policy.
ReplyDeletethough china too suffers the same problems that we as a developing economy suffer its not enormous for them to surmount when put into comparision with us.while we have a problem of over population(and the elite migrate to developed countries)...it looks like our nation has a long way to run if it has to match steps with our neighbour...and make sturdy commitments with them to keep peace
"it looks like our nation has a long way to run if it has to match steps with our neighbour"
ReplyDeleteAnd that's the attitude I am talking about exactly. When some criticism is hurled upon us Indians, we either conglomerate to find flaws and forget about it later or like most of us, we seem happy to digest it and continue to go our way. We never try and go ahead to prove the criticism wrong. We never fight back. Instead, we are happy being apathetic. It's now become an established Indian trait. If things continue the same way, I'll not be surprised even if Somalia overtakes us in the near future!