Is India a nation of low IQ morons?
No, not at all.
Then why India is not coming up with holistic development despite being blessed with ideal conditions, resources and most talented human beings? If one is looking for answer, the simplest way is to look for how other countries have done to make it big. Take top three countries to understand:
- USA
- Japan
- China
True Spirit of Nation Building
What is common in these three nations? Only one thing - Spirit of Nation Building. People of all these three nations are very sincere, thoughtful and passionate about nation. They always keep national interest higher than own interest. They are very clear that they can live a happy life only when nation is strong. They understand that in order to have a good life it is crucial to make nation stronger. They know very well that it can never be possible to have good life if nation is not strong.
Whenever this spirit is adopted by people of any nation, it start doing good, develop at faster pace and in return give good life to its citizens. And this is where people of India are severely lacking. The spirit of nationalism is limited to singing songs, selected days of celebration and worst thumping chest and shouting aloud about nationalism. And when it comes to deeds we are quick to see selfish interest, get corrupt and do things which are bound to harm nation. It is not difficult to understand that all this leads to weak nation.
Paralyzed nation
Corruption is typical example. It has damaged nation. Unfortunate but true that more than half of nation is under severe poverty. They suffer and die due to hunger, malnutrition, lack of treatment, no house, no sanitation, no proper education. This is like a paralyzed nation. Just like a body with half side paralyzed, nation with more than half population under severe poverty is like paralyzed nation.
The minimum basic necessities - Shelter, Food, Treatment, Education, Security are lacking. If a nation can not provide these to citizens, then there is something grossly wrong. And that wrong is Corruption. Till we eliminate corruption, we can never eliminate poverty and till poverty is eliminated, nation can not become stronger and its people will continue to suffer.
Dharma
India is said to be the land of Dharma - the path of righteousness. It was this wisdom to live a life based on path of righteousness which is honesty, sincerity, knowledge and hard work which was the foundation of great culture and great civilization that India was known for. If one look around, Dharma has been eroded from people's heart, mind and soul. People look for short cuts to serve selfish interest. Fake presentation is glorified and those sincerely following Dharma are ridiculed and humiliated both in public life and in media. And this approach to cater only selfish interest weakens nation.
Similar selfish approach is seen when we vote, we vote for money, in favor of caste or religion, in return of favor or based on other baseless reasons. The shortsighted people do not realize that what ever one accumulates, it is not possible to live a happy life in a paralyzed nation. Just a person can not live happily with paralyzed body. People of India must broaden their vision, look beyond selfish interest, work hard honestly to build nation and then only they can think of having good life. Till then they can only fool themself, change governments and blame each other.
Loss of Trust
Another reason why people are not thinking about nation is that people have lost trust in everything - in system, in government, in politicians, in care takers of law, in administrators, in media almost everything. When people see that those in high places are dishonest and fake, do not follow principles and manipulate everything, they lose trust. This has led to a state that people have started thinking only about how to make self stronger in power and money even if that harms nation. Result a chaotic state with no care for system and nation. Only thought in mind is what can I get. With this state no nation can become strong.
Who is responsible for loss of trust and consequently this state of nation ?
There are traitors in many shades.
- Four pillars of democracy be it legislature, executive, judiciary and media.
- The fifth pillar of democracy - So called high profile people like top industrialist, educationist, celebrities, religious heads and so called intellectuals.
They feel bad when people say they are all corrupt. They claim they are not all alike, not all bad. But all in these five pillars are equally responsible by acts of commission or acts of omission. They either do deeds harmful for nation or silently endorse by not actively fighting against such wrong deeds. People of these so called five pillars of democracy are equal partners in suffering and death of people of India.
Nation Building
Usually people talk about industrialization, money, power of arms and other things when they talk about strong nation. But in reality it is following:
- Putting a good system in place with accountability and transparency
- Making system work properly so that people develop trust and get motivated for better work
- Time bound goal oriented action to achieve holistic development starting from poverty elimination, provision of basic necessities and moving towards higher goals.
If this is not the case then nothing will work, no amount of debates, no planning, no schemes, nothing.
Now it is for people of India to prove their worth by voting for honest and creating a better system.
Face it or continue to lose it.
No, not at all.
Then why India is not coming up with holistic development despite being blessed with ideal conditions, resources and most talented human beings? If one is looking for answer, the simplest way is to look for how other countries have done to make it big. Take top three countries to understand:
- USA
- Japan
- China
True Spirit of Nation Building
What is common in these three nations? Only one thing - Spirit of Nation Building. People of all these three nations are very sincere, thoughtful and passionate about nation. They always keep national interest higher than own interest. They are very clear that they can live a happy life only when nation is strong. They understand that in order to have a good life it is crucial to make nation stronger. They know very well that it can never be possible to have good life if nation is not strong.
Whenever this spirit is adopted by people of any nation, it start doing good, develop at faster pace and in return give good life to its citizens. And this is where people of India are severely lacking. The spirit of nationalism is limited to singing songs, selected days of celebration and worst thumping chest and shouting aloud about nationalism. And when it comes to deeds we are quick to see selfish interest, get corrupt and do things which are bound to harm nation. It is not difficult to understand that all this leads to weak nation.
Paralyzed nation
Corruption is typical example. It has damaged nation. Unfortunate but true that more than half of nation is under severe poverty. They suffer and die due to hunger, malnutrition, lack of treatment, no house, no sanitation, no proper education. This is like a paralyzed nation. Just like a body with half side paralyzed, nation with more than half population under severe poverty is like paralyzed nation.
The minimum basic necessities - Shelter, Food, Treatment, Education, Security are lacking. If a nation can not provide these to citizens, then there is something grossly wrong. And that wrong is Corruption. Till we eliminate corruption, we can never eliminate poverty and till poverty is eliminated, nation can not become stronger and its people will continue to suffer.
Dharma
India is said to be the land of Dharma - the path of righteousness. It was this wisdom to live a life based on path of righteousness which is honesty, sincerity, knowledge and hard work which was the foundation of great culture and great civilization that India was known for. If one look around, Dharma has been eroded from people's heart, mind and soul. People look for short cuts to serve selfish interest. Fake presentation is glorified and those sincerely following Dharma are ridiculed and humiliated both in public life and in media. And this approach to cater only selfish interest weakens nation.
Similar selfish approach is seen when we vote, we vote for money, in favor of caste or religion, in return of favor or based on other baseless reasons. The shortsighted people do not realize that what ever one accumulates, it is not possible to live a happy life in a paralyzed nation. Just a person can not live happily with paralyzed body. People of India must broaden their vision, look beyond selfish interest, work hard honestly to build nation and then only they can think of having good life. Till then they can only fool themself, change governments and blame each other.
Loss of Trust
Another reason why people are not thinking about nation is that people have lost trust in everything - in system, in government, in politicians, in care takers of law, in administrators, in media almost everything. When people see that those in high places are dishonest and fake, do not follow principles and manipulate everything, they lose trust. This has led to a state that people have started thinking only about how to make self stronger in power and money even if that harms nation. Result a chaotic state with no care for system and nation. Only thought in mind is what can I get. With this state no nation can become strong.
Who is responsible for loss of trust and consequently this state of nation ?
There are traitors in many shades.
- Four pillars of democracy be it legislature, executive, judiciary and media.
- The fifth pillar of democracy - So called high profile people like top industrialist, educationist, celebrities, religious heads and so called intellectuals.
They feel bad when people say they are all corrupt. They claim they are not all alike, not all bad. But all in these five pillars are equally responsible by acts of commission or acts of omission. They either do deeds harmful for nation or silently endorse by not actively fighting against such wrong deeds. People of these so called five pillars of democracy are equal partners in suffering and death of people of India.
Nation Building
Usually people talk about industrialization, money, power of arms and other things when they talk about strong nation. But in reality it is following:
- Putting a good system in place with accountability and transparency
- Making system work properly so that people develop trust and get motivated for better work
- Time bound goal oriented action to achieve holistic development starting from poverty elimination, provision of basic necessities and moving towards higher goals.
If this is not the case then nothing will work, no amount of debates, no planning, no schemes, nothing.
Now it is for people of India to prove their worth by voting for honest and creating a better system.
Face it or continue to lose it.
