Astigmatism of Indian leaders in the 50-90s
It is often said that India,Japan as well as China were at the same level when India got its independence. India had got its indepence from 200 years of British rule, Japan had been war devasted and the position of China was also no good. But now the story is completely different.. China has risen as a phoenix from its ashes to become a great economic giant which is seriously giving the United States a run for its money. Japan's economy moved up by leaps and bounds to become the second largest economy of the world and the Indian economy until recently was nowhere in picture.
So what reasons can be attributed to this vast difference :-
Firstly, Indian people failed to realize the benefits of their independence. The Indian mindset which is much different from the mindset of Chinese and Japanese people. Only a handful of Indian did have the urge to become the best, and they America as the place where they could satiate their dreams. This is where the Indian politicians could have led from the front, but they were busy reaping profits by victimising the state machinery.
Secondly, a feeling of nationality lacks in the Indian minds. Japanese people have the greatest urge to make their country the best in all fields. This urge to excel makes the Japanese the most hardworking people of the world.
Did the Indian political aspersions about polarization in the world which led to the formation of the NAM keep India away from the help of Global Superpowers ? India took loans from America and yet did not support its policy. This definitely resulted in American anguish which led to strangled relations for about three decades.
Was India too much of involved with its small neighbours without looking at the global scenario ? The policy makers failed to realize the importance of good international relations, the investments from other countries. Many companies like the IBM, Coca Cola closed their Indian ancillaries when India declared itself as socialist nation and shun capitalist nations and businesses.
So where did China differ from India as it also a Communist nation. Firstly, apart from the Korea War and Indian War, China had always kept away from terrorism and attacks. Secondly, Chinese people had a fear factor in their minds. The Chinese goverment had a very high influency on the freedom of speech of the people. India was its casual best on this issue. This restriction helped the fear factor in Chinese people thrust upon them to work hard.
So what reasons can be attributed to this vast difference :-
Firstly, Indian people failed to realize the benefits of their independence. The Indian mindset which is much different from the mindset of Chinese and Japanese people. Only a handful of Indian did have the urge to become the best, and they America as the place where they could satiate their dreams. This is where the Indian politicians could have led from the front, but they were busy reaping profits by victimising the state machinery.
Secondly, a feeling of nationality lacks in the Indian minds. Japanese people have the greatest urge to make their country the best in all fields. This urge to excel makes the Japanese the most hardworking people of the world.
Did the Indian political aspersions about polarization in the world which led to the formation of the NAM keep India away from the help of Global Superpowers ? India took loans from America and yet did not support its policy. This definitely resulted in American anguish which led to strangled relations for about three decades.
Was India too much of involved with its small neighbours without looking at the global scenario ? The policy makers failed to realize the importance of good international relations, the investments from other countries. Many companies like the IBM, Coca Cola closed their Indian ancillaries when India declared itself as socialist nation and shun capitalist nations and businesses.
So where did China differ from India as it also a Communist nation. Firstly, apart from the Korea War and Indian War, China had always kept away from terrorism and attacks. Secondly, Chinese people had a fear factor in their minds. The Chinese goverment had a very high influency on the freedom of speech of the people. India was its casual best on this issue. This restriction helped the fear factor in Chinese people thrust upon them to work hard.
posted by Savya at 2:17 PM
6 Comments:
Thanks Deep
Thanks for the info
the-free-soul
seems a bit hasty. expecting a bigger post on this.
you know Japan was a military major power prior to the world war II . The economic and social revolution cameabout in Japan which is also ,by the way a much smaller and non-diverse nation than ours, in the last 2 decades of the nineteenth century.Therefore they knew what freedom and prosperity was,the same was true with european countries that were also devastated by the war.(the european countries were helped by the marshall plan too i admit)
India on the other hand was a new country ,fresh to the experience of self-rule after 200 years and democracy for the first time ever.We struggled with that and with the size of the nation , change(read progress) was not that eeasy to come.In fact if you see what happened to most of the other countries that achieved independence around the time that we did , you would find that we are amongst the best performing countries . Lets not forget we have been stable for the last 60 years , we have had democracy and we have had freedom to pursue our dreams unlike most chinese.
Thanks for valuable comments ... pls do keep adding
Sahi article hai dost. I definitely agree with u we Indians have a very poor national character n work culture n thats the reason for our poor performance. Look we take great pride in cheating others n cheaters n corrupted ppl r considered to be bonds. If u do ur journey with a 2nd class ticket then u r considered as a dumb fellow but if u have a general ticket n travel in sleepers then u r a stud.
Japanese do strike but in a decent way, but Indians strike to evade work.
I have been to HAL,Kanpur where ppl just chat in afty n do no work, there was a fellow Mr Murthy who was doing his work sincerly so others were making fun of him.
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