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P CHIDAMBARAM
Subject: A FAILING NATION
INDIA SHOULD LEARN FROM CHINA! (Amidst dirty politics & a failing nation...) I ask Indian HRD minister how long he will live ...and how long will INDIA live... comes the bitter truth. A nation progress is into hands of politicians and if they are party to chair grabbing spree...I bet India will loose on every front.I briefly summarise all experiences I have recollected being in India & abroad. 1.Its a long and sustained effort to built glory...I mean unfazed glory. I ask HRD minister do elite institutions abroad have reservations..and I can challenge if a student gets into IIT & IIM its sheer intelligence which he accrue in clearing the competitive exam, they are not breeded into glory inside the institution itself .Here is crux of situation..that means if poor performing students gets inside..people abroad will no more be interested in harbouring trash...IT WILL ONLY DILUTE AWAY nation elite institution glory down the lane.At end INDIA will loose what it had. 2.China is smart.India should learn from it. Question is of literacy..I mean primary education..why we lack in boosting it...why we staggered in population policy compared to china when we were first nation in world to start it.Further China investment and policies are diverted towards generating employment for mass youth ( I mean unskilled and semi-skilled persons)...into industries and exported goods...they never restrain educated youth in flocking abroad ...(masses go out every year)so its becomes a win-win situation. Nation does not embank on chair policies like reservation.Further discipline in work counts and not nepotism. At end I reiterate honourable Indian president quest....WE WANT TO REINVENT INDIA...not the way politicians do (as five decades down the independence)social stratum like Brahmin & shudras doesnt exist but economic stratum like India & China does. This could be verified from figures comparing India & China for FDI and external trade in billion dollars per year. I reiterate "when nation compromise on quality..it make people worse" Here I sound what I have seen all developed nations move on merit.. I bet again they will pick up the best professional from anywhere in the world even at the cost of their own exchequer. NOW WHERE DOES VIRTUE LIES!!! (JAI HIND)

Yours Sincerely,
Colossom
USA
2006-08-26

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