My Vision of Prosperous India

My Vision of a Prosperous India

The following poem by the great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore adumbrates my vision of a prosperous INDIA .

    * Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high.
    * Where the knowledge is free
    * Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
    * By narrow domestic walls
    * Where the words come out from the depth of truth
    * Where the tireless striving stretches its arms towards the perfection
    * Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
    * Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
    * Where the mind is led forward by Thee
    * Into ever-widening thought and action
    * Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country

India: once upon a time mockingly and on occasions disrespectfully referred to as “The Land of the Snake charmers, Elephants and Beggars”, “The Land of a Million Gods” etc., with the advent of time has undergone a stark metamorphosis & is now being referred to using flattering epithets such as “The Silicon Valley of the East”, “The Cradle of the IT industry” & “The World’s Outsourcing Hub”; clearly signaling India’s arrival on the ‘big’ stage in a ‘big’ way. As understanding of the historical traditions is very important in order to form a concrete futuristic vision of nation like India. India has a long history and as it is understood presently, it has covered a span of five thousand years since the period of its first known civilization. In a bid to provide my vision for and of India in the 21st century, I put forward my perception, views and opinions under different topics

In economic field, I hope India will make great progress. Agriculture will make a rapid advance, generating enough surplus and providing food for everyone. Certainly the industrial development will have a balanced look providing work for everyone and at the same time bringing prosperity and sustained development for our natural resources. And there will be no...